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Thursday, August 27, 2020
Reading Through History: The Winged Girl of Knossos by Erick Berry (1933)
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Set on the island of Crete during the rule of King Minos, The Winged Girl of Knossos (of which Paul Dry books sent me a review copy quite s...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Reading Through History: A Bone From a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson (1992)
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A Bone From a Dry Sea is a 1992 Carnegie Medal winning middle grade novel with a dual timeline. In the past, Li, a primitive young woman in...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Reading Through History: The Dream Time by Henry Treece (1967)
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The Dream Time tells a story set not long after humans first began walking the Earth, and its main character, Crookleg, is an artist whose ...
Friday, August 14, 2020
Book Review: Francie on the Run by Hilda van Stockum (1939)
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In this sequel to The Cottage at Bantry Bay , Francie O’Sullivan has finally had the surgery required to heal his foot, and he is ready to h...
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Fumbling Through Fantasy: Half Magic by Edward Eager (1954)
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Mark, Katherine, Jane, and Martha, the children of a single mother, find themselves entrusted with a lot of responsibility when they discov...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Book Review: Family Grandstand by Carol Ryrie Brink (1952)
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The Ridgeways, Susan, George, and Dumpling, live with their father, a college professor, and their mother, a mystery writer, in Midwest city...
Monday, August 10, 2020
Read-at-Home Mom Report: 2020 Challenges Check-In
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Before the pandemic turned the world upside down, I had big plans for completing reading challenges in 2020. Though I have read a lot of boo...
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