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Like a Kid Again
When I proposed this week’s topic “Tell us about books that you have introduced to by your children/grandchildren”, it was because we had already touched upon just about every angle related to books we loved as children, and I realized … Continue reading
Posted in advice, art, audiobooks, authors, autobiographies, awards, book covers, book review, book series, characters, childhood, Children's books, classics, e-books, experiences, Family, fantasy, favorites, HEA/HFN, historical, history, honors, inspiration, libraries, Life, memories, natural disasters, novels, pets, plots, publishing, reading, series, teaching, Tonette Joyce, using talents, writers, YA
Tagged Artimus Fowl, Cat Heaven, Click Clack Cows That Type, Dear Mrs.LaRue, Harry Potter, Our Tree Named Steve, Percy Jackson., Reading Children's books, Septimus Heap, The Cheese Touch, The Wimpy Kid, Todhunter Moon, Tomie De Paola
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Grandma, Have You Read…
Our Friday Fox asked, “Tell us about books that you have been introduced to by your children/grandchildren.” One of my greatest blessings is knowing that my kids, grandkids, and two great-granddaughters ALL love books. Specific titles often appear on Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in blessings, book series, Books, Children's books, classics, collections, contemporary, Family, favorite books, Middle Grade Books, Patricia Kiyono, TBR List
Tagged Babysitters Club, best-sellers, Boxcar Children, Children's books, DaVinci Code, family, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, libraries, Magic Schoolbus, Magic Treehouse, reading, recommendations, series books, thrillers, Twilight
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Short Affirmation
We had covered our favorite books from our childhoods in several posts. We will be discussing books to which we have been introduced by our kid children and grandchildren soon, because when I thought of the topic, my colleagues here … Continue reading
From the Mighty Mississippi to the Grand River
Our Tuesday Fox asked, “If you were asked to rewrite/modernize a classic novel, which one would you want to adapt?” As I’ve mentioned before, I really haven’t read many classic novels. I read a few in high school (mainly the … Continue reading
Posted in characters, Children's books, favorite books, Patricia Kiyono, What if
Tagged modern adaptation, Updating a classic
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Reviewing a Childhood Classic
The Original Text of Boxcar Children By Jeff Salter On one of the FB groups (I belong to) where some of the “old-time” children’s series books are discussed, someone recently mentioned something about the original Boxcar Children series having been … Continue reading
Posted in book review, book series, Books, characters, childhood, Children's books, Family, Jeff Salter, memories, reviews
Tagged Boxcar Children, Gertrude Chandler Warner
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