Today is the first day of school for most of my Texas neighbors. We also had a record high temperature of 107, but that’s beside the point. Depressing, but not the point. School is a really big part of so much of kidlit history. Because, you know, these are books about kids and they spend most [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Little House’
School days
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Little House, Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy on August 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Meeting Laura
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged historic sites, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on May 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
So, guess where I went today? Today, I went to the source. I walked the same rooms that Laura, Almanzo and Rose walked. Interior photos weren’t permitted, but let me just say this: it’s one of my favorite historic houses ever. It had so many wonderful personal touches, and their lives just oozed through the [...]
The dark side of fame, food and t-shirts
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, Heidi, Little House on April 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Some days seem to have recurring themes. Today’s theme: children’s literature! I have one of those page a day calendars on my desk at work. After being out a few days, I was making it current and ran across this quote: “Oh, I wish that God had not given me what I prayed for! It [...]
Beyond the frontier
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged All-of-a-Kind Family, Betsy-Tacy, Great Brain, John D. Fitzgerald, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House, Maud Hart Lovelace, Sydney Taylor on March 9, 2010 | 7 Comments »
At my museum, we get a lot of school tours. Sometimes, we even get survey responses or comments or samples of the lesson plans teachers use to prep for the field trip. Generally speaking, this makes me very, very happy. And generally speaking, I’m amazed to see how creative teachers are in connecting their textbooks [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The best presents. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Little House, Little Women, A Little Princess, Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery, Maud Hart Lovelace, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Ruth Sawyer, Heaven to Betsy, Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Betsy and Joe, Roller Skates on December 22, 2009 | 4 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. [...]
Pilgrimages
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy, historic sites, L. M. Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Maud Hart Lovelace on October 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This afternoon, while attempting to be domestic, I caught up with one of my favorite NPR programs, This American Life. A few weeks ago, they aired a new episode called “The Book That Changed Your Life.” How could I not listen? The entire show was fantastic, but I was particularly intrigued by Act 4: Little [...]
Judging a book by its cover. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy, Little House on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend, I was very, very excited to find a boxed set of Anne, 1-3. Of course, this may be considered odd by some since I have more than a few copies of Anne. And it’s not like these are first editions. But, could you resist a boxed set that looks like this? There [...]
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