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Posts Tagged ‘Little Women’

The best presents. . .

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , 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.  [...]

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Christmas won’t be Christmas. . .

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This Christmas will be quite a bit smaller than usual.  Of course, with the economy still in the doldrums, I don’t think I’m alone in this.  But it’s not like things are quite to the point of Jo’s moan: “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents!” Looking back at kidlit history, there are plenty of [...]

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Pilgrimages

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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The Manifesto, so to speak

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 30, 2009 | 12 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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