http://kidlithistory.com/2009/09/16/piecing-it-together/ Everything I need to know about history, I learned through children's literature Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:05:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://kidlithistory.com/2009/09/16/piecing-it-together/#comment-46 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:17:26 +0000 http://kidlithistory.com/?p=21#comment-46 Don’t forget Laura sewing shirts. She could sew well but she didn’t like to do it.

]]> http://kidlithistory.com/2009/09/16/piecing-it-together/#comment-32 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:33:15 +0000 http://kidlithistory.com/?p=21#comment-32 Yesterday, just 24 hours ago, I stood in Orchard House, home of Louisa May Alcott in Concord, Mass. It was the last day of our vacation and the best, having toured Walden’s Pond, Concord Museum and Hawthorne’s home. I looked out the same windows as she and her family looked out of, saw the many posessions that belonged to them and lived, for a while, in her world. An event I so hope to duplicate in future years on Prince Edward Island when I hope to visit the home where L.M. wrote the books that have influenced my life. Children’s literture is far reaching and inspiring for those who pause to appreciate it !!!!

]]> http://kidlithistory.com/2009/09/16/piecing-it-together/#comment-31 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:42:58 +0000 http://kidlithistory.com/?p=21#comment-31 Great quotes! When people speak wistfully of the old days, when everyone cooked/sewed/knitted, instead of buying cheap factory-made clothes, etc., I always think that one of the great benefits of life today, compared to centuries past, is that we only have to cook/sew/knit if we WANT to. Choice is a good thing.

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