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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘A Little Princess’
What’s left out. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on February 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Trying to remember the first time. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A Little Princess, Anne Shirley, Frances Hodgson Burnett on February 18, 2010 | 5 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 [...]
The best presents. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A Little Princess, Anne of Green Gables, Betsy and Joe, Christmas, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Heaven to Betsy, L. M. Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Maud Hart Lovelace, Roller Skates, Ruth Sawyer on December 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I admit it–my favorite part of Christmas just might be presents. And it’s not so much the receiving (though don’t get me wrong–I do love receiving), but the giving. It’s the joy in finding just the right thing, something that is more than the sum of its parts, and seeing the reaction when it hits its mark. [...]
The Manifesto, so to speak
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A Little Princess, All-of-a-Knd Family, Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy, children's literature, L. M. Montgomery, Little House, Little Women, Maud Hart Lovelace on August 30, 2009 | 14 Comments »
When I was a kid, I spent most of my time in the nineteenth century. It all started with the Little House books. My grandmother read them to me, and they became my very first chapter books that I could read all by myself. From there, it was just a hop, skip and jump to Little [...]
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