Today I’ve got a batch of books to add spice to your March reading stacks. Let’s get started with some hints of spring. March in Minnesota did not come roaring in like a lion this year. It has been warmer …
Tag: vintage children’s books
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! …
old and new read-alouds for young listeners
Today I’ve got some choices that are just right for sturdy, young listeners. Most can also be handed to young, capable readers. Vintage and new, books in translation, all brimming with peppy adventures. Pleasant Fieldmouse, written by Jan Wahl, illustrated …
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 …
merry polar bear cookies to you!
Today I’m revisiting a post I wrote seven years ago, full of cookies and mayhem. Then I’ll sign out until after the holidays. My kids are coming home and I’m looking forward to this time together, precious beyond words. …
the silver lining…five positive spins on rain
Rain has perhaps a tarnished reputation of late with the devastating hurricanes and floods across the globe. Images of rainfall have been connected with misery. Today’s rain-soaked books are saturated with jubilation, imagination, humor, tenderness. I think they’ll put a …
a big, bad, dim-witted wolf and a completely clever girl
The Complete Polly and the Wolf, written by Catherine Storr, illustrated by Marjorie Ann Watts and Jill Bennett originally published in 1955-1980; collected and reissued in 2016 by The New York Review Children’s Collection Once upon a time there was a …
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if quirky is your thing…
I’ve been reading my way through a bunch of the New York Review Children’s Collection titles lately. Several of them I’ve passed along to you here and there. Today I have a bunch to recommend, particularly if your sense of …
a charming old British storybook for little listeners
The Teddy Robinson Storybook, written and illustrated by Joan G. Robinson this edition published in 2014 by Macmillan Children’s Books I know Pooh Bear and I know Paddington, but I’ve never before met Teddy Robinson, though his stories have been …
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there’s a summer place…five nostalgic pieces of summer
Memorial Day is the gateway to summer. My childhood memories are of the lovely idleness of summertime — of freedom to play unhindered; to wear any old thing and spend the day out of doors, returning home grass-stained, mosquito-bitten, grimy, …
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orange marmalade 