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Juvenile biography

Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen by Deborah Hopkinson

January 25, 2018 by Amy Leave a Comment

This week I introduced my girls (ages thirteen and twelve) to the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice (and yes, Colin Firth).  Such a walk down memory lane for me!  If possible, Mrs. Bennett is more embarrassingly funny, Elizabeth more admirable, and Mr. Darcy more dreamy than I thought in my teens and early adulthood.  (Okay, maybe … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Juvenile biography, Juvenile Nonfiction

Some Writer! by Melissa Sweet

December 26, 2016 by Amy 1 Comment

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…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Amherst, Author/Illustrator Spotlight, Best Books, Bpston, Juvenile biography, Juvenile Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books

Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman

November 22, 2015 by Amy Leave a Comment

Lincoln:  A Photobiography by Russell Freedman is the latest book I’ve finished.  I read it because I assigned it as an independent read for my girls, and I’m really trying to keep up with them so we can discuss what they read.  Also, it’s the 1988 Newbery Medal winner, and Newbery winning books are of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Biography, Civil War, Juvenile biography, Juvenile Nonfiction, Newbery, Newbery Award

2015 Newbery Through the Decades–Wrap-Up

November 1, 2015 by Amy 7 Comments

Do you know why I love blogging and don’t want to give it up, even when time grows scarce and I can’t get into this space as often as I’d like?  It’s because blogging gives me a little bit of room to express myself.  My interest in and passion for books and all things bookish, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Juvenile Fiction Tagged: Bookish Thoughts, Juvenile biography, Juvenile Nonfiction, Newbery Award, Newbery Honor, Newbery Through the Decades

Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz

July 20, 2015 by Amy Leave a Comment

Homesick:  My Own Story is the fictionalized account of a window of Jean Fritz’s childhood.  It covers a couple of years of her life, though she explains in the preface that the events are drawn from her entire life (which partially explains the fictionalized part).  Her father was a director for the YMCA in Hankow, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Author/Illustrator Spotlight, Juvenile biography, Juvenile Fiction, Newbery Award, Newbery Honor, Newbery Through the Decades
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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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