Well, when Melissa blogged about the new book by Susan Cooper I was intrigued, despite her lukewarm review. I mean, not only is it Susan Cooper, but — hoo boy! — it’s a historical novel about the Battle of Trafalgar! The title of the book, Victory, refers to Admiral Lord Nelson’s flagship. :D And, alas, I [...]
Category Archives: Children's Books
Lordy, Lordy, look who’s . . .
Golly gee, where does the time go? It’s been more than a month since I last blogged or visited others. A busy month with lots of work, assorted stomach and upper respiratory ailments, and the holiday fest that includes Hanukah, Christmas, and a bunch of birthdays. Including mine. Lordy, Lordy, now I’m, uh, thirty-nine and [...]
Reading
Notice (on the sidebar) that Lena and I now have the same book on our separate bedside tables. That’s because my bookworm side trumped my mom side and I just couldn’t wait for her to finish Little Town on the Prairie before starting it myself. So we’re going back and forth (”it’s my turn now” [...]
Breathless
Wow, it’s been a busy week. A LOT going on . . . 1. I had the theater experience of a lifetime. God bless the University Musical Society, for bringing the Royal Shakespeare Society to Ann Arbor, Mich. They didn’t just come and do a couple of shows, either. They were in residence for three weeks, [...]
Oh, crap!
I almost forgot about Banned Books Week! Boy, it sure doesn’t feel like a whole year ago that I read Catcher in the Rye. Okay, looking at ALA’s list of the top ten most challenged books of the year, well, gee. The only one we have in the house (besides Catcher and I am NOT reading [...]
Mishmash
Boy, if anyone actually reads this I will be shocked. I haven’t managed to visit one single other blog since we returned from camp. My blogroll is positively dusty. I am sorry about that. It’s not from lack of interest. I have been working like crazy. Why do I do this to myself? I am my [...]
Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, Gertie
Do those names ring a bell for you? They’re the five sisters in the “All-of-a-Kind Family” books by Sydney Taylor. Hats off and much gratitude to Guusje, who reminded me of them. Lena lost her first upper front tooth yesterday and the tooth fairy took that as the perfect excuse to buy a copy of All-of-a-Kind [...]