I told you I am into fairy tales this year. 🙂 Hope’s review of Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley convinced me to pick this one up and soon. Although it has been on my radar for years and years, I had never read this positively captivating … [Read more…]
It has been a curious year of reading aloud. My little family is growing up, and it is more obvious to me in this arena of our family life than almost anywhere else. Also, the fact that I have four children in four distinct phases of development has never been more apparent to me. With … [Read more…]
My total this year, between reading to myself {for myself–you know what I mean} and reading aloud {the number of titles that I actually read is a little iffy because Steady Eddie and I share duties at night}, is somewhere in the neighborhood of sixty books. This, of course, doesn’t include picture books. The number … [Read more…]
This was a strange year of reading for me personally, mostly because it has been a profoundly difficult year. When I think of this year, I think of authors or themes rather than individual books. Still, there are a few stand-outs. Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer–oh, how I love this book! You can read my … [Read more…]
On our family’s recent trip to Boston and its environs, high on our short-list of places to visit was The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. I knew that I wanted to commemorate my visit with a souvenir of a book (or two), and Melissa Sweet’s new book, Some Writer!: The Life of E.B. … [Read more…]
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