Quick, how many kidlit orphans can you name? Go ahead–I’ll be here after you finish your list. A lot, right? Anne Shirley (and just about all of Montgomery’s heroines), Sara Crewe, Mary Lennox, Rebecca (of Sunnybrook Farm), Pollyanna, Judy from Daddy-Long-Legs and on and on. Then, throw in the kids that have a [...]
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Orphan Stories
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged orphans on January 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From my archive. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged picture books on January 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Over the last few months, I’ve been going through my old blog and converting it into a readable word document. It’s a huge project, and perhaps silly, but I’m a historian so I want to preserve this bit of my own history. At any rate, tonight I ran across the following post about a top-notch Christmas [...]
Story first, history second
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged historical fiction, WWI on January 2, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Perhaps I was a wee bit prejudiced as I started reading. Friends that I trusted had very mixed reviews, but I didn’t quite believe them. After all, the book had won the 2011 Newbery award. And it was set in 1936, flashing back to 1917 and 1918. Quite possibly one of my favorite time periods. I should [...]
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