Today I’ve got a batch of middle grade titles I’ve recently enjoyed. Plus, courtesy of the great people at Kane Miller, I’m giving away a series of four chapter books perfect for kids reading on their own or for reading …
Tag: classic children’s literature
a big batch of old and new middle-grade favorites
During the first couple months of 2020 — in that eons-ago time when my library was open — I was merrily reading and compiling a list of middle-grade reads that struck my fancy. I thought I’d post those titles today …
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fiction faves…a variety pack
It’s time for another posting of fiction I’ve enjoyed recently. As I mentioned on Monday, today’s mix contains a mix of vintage and contemporary. There’s some fantasy, a bit of humor, and one graphic novel. Hope you find something grand! …
gold and silver…musings on the riches of children’s literature
I was a Campfire Girl back in the Dark Ages. Our little rag-tag group would descend on Camp Bluewater in the forests of northern Minnesota, swim in that clear, cold lake, and sing our Wohelo song together to the strumming …
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fancy some fantasy?
One of my goals for Orange Marmalade in 2019 is to delve a bit into fantasy — which sounds very dwarf-like, this delving. Partly in order to keep expanding my own reading menu; partly because I recognize that for many …
a happy, vintage, read-aloud find
The Curious Lobster, written by Richard W. Hatch, illustrated by Marion Freeman Wakeman originally published in two volumes in 1935 and 1939; this edition 2018 by New York Review Books 392 pages I love when I stumble across a classic …
the best bear in all the world
Last week I recommended a new chapter book, a sequel to the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle stories, and mentioned my Trepidation Factor when a beloved old book gets reprised. Well, multiply that by a factor of …I don’t know, 100?… when it’s a sequel …
something old, something new… introducing Missy Piggle-Wiggle
Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure, written by Ann M. Martin with Annie Parnell, illustrated by Ben Hatke published in 2016 by Feiwel and Friends 242 pages How many of you have read Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle? If you have, I’m guessing …
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a lively retelling of Les Mis for children
Les Misérables the epic masterpiece by Victor Hugo retold and illustrated by Marcia Williams first U.S. edition published in 2015 by Candlewick Press Marcia Williams is an exceptional, favorite UK author/illustrator who has retold many classic stories including Shakespeare, Dickens, …
summertime book of the week…The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Tasha Tudor first published in 1911; illustrations copyright 1962 Mary [stood] waiting, a plain little thing, twisting her thin hands together. She could see that the man in the chair was …
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