I know the tagline at the top of my blog says “Everything I need to know about history, I learned through children’s literature.” And I stand by my claim that my reading of certain books (over and over and over again) helped form my love of history. But in reading books like A Little Princess [...]
Archive for February, 2010
What’s left out. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on February 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Trying to remember the first time. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A Little Princess, Anne Shirley, Frances Hodgson Burnett on February 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I wish I was one of those people that could remember exactly how old I was when I read key books of my childhood. I’ve been slowly reading Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children’s Book by Anita Silvey, and there are lots and lots of essays that include something like “I [...]
Postscript to Cold and Hot
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just ran across this NPR story, all about snow and literature. The first literary piece featured? What else but The Long Winter? A nice p.s. to my previous post on weather in children’s literature.
Isn’t that romantic?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Little House, All-of-a-Knd Family, L. M. Montgomery, Maud Hart Lovelace, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Betsy Ray, Anne Shirley, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Sydney Taylor, The Secret Garden on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Minnesota Post recently made a list of best Dynamic Duos–in movies, literature, history, etc. And on it, much to the pleasure of the Betsy-Tacy Society and other BT fans is Betsy and Joe as “Literary Romantic Couples”–alongside some couples that are definitely not found in children’s literature. And though I certainly adore the fact [...]
For fans of Gone-Away Lake
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake on February 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today, while doing incredibly domestic things like reorganizing my kitchen cabinets, I listed again to this episode of This American Life. In “The House on Loon Lake,” a couple of kids find an abandoned house in the woods. Inside, it’s filled with stuff–from food still in the cupboard to letters to clothing. Along the way, the [...]
Cold and hot
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Elizabeth Enright, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on February 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
When thinking about extreme weather, the kidlit fan naturally turns to The Long Winter. The story of one of the worst winters ever just doesn’t seem to lose its appeal. I know plenty of people that pick it up and reread whenever they’re snowbound. Chapter titles like “We’ll Weather the Blast,” “Cold and Dark,” and “Not [...]
Let me count the ways. . . In love with Calpurnia Tate
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, historical fiction, women's history on February 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
As a public historian in Texas, there are certain subjects that you just have to deal with on a regular basis. The Alamo. Cowboys. The frontier. I have attended conferences where it feels like every single session is pre-1900 history and mostly about the Texas Revolution. These are all fine topics for historical study, but [...]
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