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Graven Images by Paul Fleischman

July 15, 2016 by Amy Leave a Comment

Curious to read more from Paul Fleischman’s varied oeuvre, I picked up a collection of three of his short stories that won a Newbery honor in 1983.  Entitled Graven Images, the stories share a common element of some sort of statue or figure that represents something to the characters in the stories. The first story … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction Tagged: Newbery Award, Newbery Through the Decades, short stories

I meet Wodehouse

April 12, 2012 by Amy 6 Comments

I picked up this Modern Library compilation of Wodehouse short stories at the library, thinking I’d load probably use it as an appetizer to one of his novels.  I went on a very brief overnight trip with Steady Eddie yesterday, taking along my usual small stack of books to keep me busy in the hotel room while he was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Adult Fiction, Books Tagged: Adult Fiction, humor, Reading to Know Bookclub, short stories

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