For me, it was dangly earrings, curly hair and contacts. For Anne Shirley, it was upswept hair and long skirts. For Betsy Ray, it was no freckles and curly hair. And for Mona, it was a bob and red nail polish. Those beacons to girls of what it might be to be grown up. And [...]
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To be pretty. And grown up.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, Betsy Ray, Heaven to Betsy, Melendy Family, The Saturdays on January 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Am I Snobby? Or just right?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I saw this post on the National Museum of American History’s blog when it first came out. Entitled “My Tweenage Historical Bookshelf,” I got all excited. And then I read the post and I was no longer as excited. My roommate sent me a link to the post earlier this week and we had the following [...]
More on literary pilgrimages
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged historic sites on January 19, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Just spotted this article: Jo March Was Born Here, all about literary historic sites. It also includes a slide show (though I was unable to read the complete captions-not sure if that was the website or my computer). Some favorites of kidlit history are mentioned: Laura Ingalls, Jo March, Anne Shirley (though not in the [...]
My new favorite family, the Melendys
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 19th century houses, Elizabeth Enright, Melendy Family, World War II on January 18, 2010 | 6 Comments »
There was a time, not so very long ago, when I was not familiar with the Melendy family. Sure, I had heard them mentioned by friends, and they sounded like a nice enough family. But my life, I thought, was full. Ooops. For those that don’t know about the Melendys, they are the center of [...]
The Perils of Historical Fiction
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged historical fiction, women's history, World War II on January 8, 2010 | 7 Comments »
It’s not that I don’t like historical fiction for kids. It’s just that there’s so much bad historical fiction out there–books that probably aren’t going to convert any kids to the history-nerd lifestyle. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been doing a lot more reading than usual. Due to the bizarre combination of a [...]
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