Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, Walnut Grove, MN (photo ©Kara Pekar, 2012) While we were on vacation last month, we stumbled across the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum in Walnut Grove, MN. I hadn’t realized we would be near any of the Laura Ingalls Wilder sites on this trip, let alone… Read more »
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 »
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 came across this book in my Amazon recommendations a few days ago. The cover intrigued me enough to take a look at the blurb: Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape,… Read more »
“Top Ten Tuesday” is a weekly blog feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is Top Ten Beach Reads. This is the first time I’ve participated. First a confession: I don’t really like the beach. I don’t like being hot, I sunburn quite easily, and I’m… Read more »
Cynthia Rylant is celebrating her 58th birthday today (June 6, 2012). Born in 1954, Rylant grew up in West Virginia, and discovered a love of writing in college. Her books range from picture books and early chapter books for younger readers (ages 3 to 8) to books for the middle… Read more »
If you have young children, chances are you have at least one book by Richard Scarry in your house. Why not celebrate his birthday today (June 5) by sitting down to read it together? Richard Scarry was born in 1919 and died in 1994. He wrote and illustrated over 250… Read more »
Gertrude Chandler Warner, the author who started the popular series of children’s books known as the Boxcar Children books, was born on April 16, 1890. She came up with the idea for the series while teaching during World War I, and penned the first nineteen books. (The series continued on… Read more »
Categories: Children’s, YA, Fantasy Book source: Public library The Thirteenth Princess retells the story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses from the point of view of a youngest thirteenth sister. Disregarded by the King after her mother dies in childbirth, Zita is relegated to work as a servant in her father’s… Read more »
