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Saturday, April 29, 2017

Reading Through History: Magic Maize by Mary and Conrad Buff (1953)

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Magic Maize is a short novel about Fabian, a Maya boy in 20th century Guatemala who is caught between his father's love for the old w...
Friday, April 28, 2017

April Link-Up: Old School Kidlit Reading Challenge 2017 (Fantasy)

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Today marks the end of the fourth month of the Old School Kidlit Reading Challenge, which focused on Fantasy. I read three books for the...
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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Reading with Little Miss Muffet and Little Bo Peep, April 2017

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It's been a bit of a crazy month. We traveled to New York for a family trip, then less than a week later I went back to New York alone t...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Fumbling Through Fantasy: The Racketty-Packetty House by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1906)

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Once upon a time, the dolls of Racketty-Packetty House - Ridikilis, Meg, Peg, Kilmanskeg, and Peter Piper - lived in a beautiful dollhouse...

Fumbling Through Fantasy: The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards (1974)

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When the three Potter children, Ben, Tom, and Lindy, visit the zoo one October afternoon, they make an unusual friend in Professor Savant,...
Monday, April 24, 2017

Fumbling Through Fantasy: When Marnie Was There by Joan G. Robinson (1967)

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Anna struggles to make friends and frequently gets into trouble at her boarding school, which troubles her foster mother, Mrs. Preston. In...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Book Review: Here Come the Elephants! by Alice E. Goudey, illustrated by Garry Mackenzie (1955)

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Lately, Miss Muffet has taken a real liking to nonfiction, so I've been reading factual books aloud to her at lunch time, or after lun...
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