The world of children’s literature lost two well-loved children’s authors last week: Donald J. Sobol and Else Holmelund Minarik. Which of us did not read at least one “Encyclopedia Brown” mystery as a child? For many of us, it was our first introduction to the mystery genre. The series debuted… Read more »
Book Description: For star-crossed lovers Nimira and Erris, there can be no happily ever after until Erris is freed from the clockwork form in which his soul is trapped. And so they go in search of the sorcerer Ordorio Valdana, hoping he will know how to grant Erris real life… Read more »
Banff National Park © K. Pekar, 2012 I’m just back from a fantastic three-week vacation with my family, two weeks of it spent in Banff and Jasper National Parks in the Canadian Rockies. Gorgeous mountains, beautiful streams and waterfalls, lovely walks and hikes, gondola and tram rides, whitewater rafting, and… Read more »
Category: Nonfiction Subject: Writing, creativity, and creative block How I got the book: Public library The Sound of Paper: Starting From Scratch is a series of related chapter or essays on creativity and creative blocks. Author Julia Cameron (The Artist’s Way) begins each essay (or chapter) by musing on some… Read more »
Category: Family movie (historical; fantasy) Movie source: Netflix We recently watched From Time to Time, a 2009 British television movie based on L. M. Boston’s The Treasure of Green Knowe. My daughter and I love the Green Knowe series, and we tend to become a bit irked whenever a movie… Read more »
Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn Series: Bridgertons #4 Genres: Historical Romance Also by this author: The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy, Because of Miss Bridgerton I’ve recently finished rereading Romancing Mister Bridgerton, a delightful, laugh-out-loud confection of a novel. It’s the fourth in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, and my… Read more »
Born on July 2, 1919, Jean Craighead George grew up in a family of naturalists, so it was only natural (if you’ll pardon the pun) that animals are a major focus of her writing. She worked as a reporter 1940s and as a writer and editor at Reader’s Digest, but… Read more »
Eric Carle, the popular children’s author and illustrator, was born on June 25, 1929 in New York state. His immigrant parents returned to Germany when he was quite young, and Carle spent the war in Germany. His father was conscripted early in the war, and Carle himself was conscripted to… Read more »
I managed to squeeze out one more “This Week’s Articles” before leaving on vacation. The feature will be on hiatus until mid- to late July. I’ve got a number of reviews and other posts scheduled for while I’m gone, so the blog will continue to be active in my absence…. Read more »
I’ll be going on vacation for almost a month beginning around June 20. I won’t have Internet access (or even electricity!) for a good portion of that time, so the “This Week’s Articles” feature will be in abeyance until I return. I do have some reviews and other posts scheduled… Read more »
