You guys, you can’t even believe how fired up my house was on Christmas Eve when we told the kids it was ok to go ahead and open up their Cannonball Exchange books. There was much rejoicing. Mswas, Yesknopemaybe, HasenKlub, you guys are the best. You are the reason that we keep doing this every year. This is pretty much the best virtual group of friends on the planet! Horses, Gilmore Girls, World War II, The New England Patriots — all of their interests were […]
Goblins, Gnomes, Cobs, Oh My!
I had decided this summer to re-tool my sophomore English class and teach genres that don’t always get taught in small, private schools. One of those genres, and one of my favorites, is Fantasy. So I’ve been trying to read as much YA Fantasy as I can, looking for contemporary and classic works. One of the classics that I’ve stumbled across is George MacDonald’s The Princess and the Goblin. Interestingly, C.S. Lewis saw Mr. MacDonald as an inspiration for writing. Mr. MacDonald’s style is very […]
And Sometimes You Just Shouldn’t Read the Sequel
Pollyanna Grows Up is the second Pollyanna book, but the last one written by Eleanor Porter. It’s a servicable read, but a lot of the charm of the first book is lost in this one. The plot is split in two parts. The first half of the book is still about young Pollyanna, not even a year after her accident and recovery in the first book. She’s sent to stay with a complete stranger in Boston while her aunt and Dr. Chilton go off to […]
Anyone can learn to draw a LION!!
(This is a review of a book series but I’ll count it as one review. I highly recommend any of these books.) Sometime last year on a Pajiba comment thread, I was reminded of Ed Emberley’s drawing books. I knew I had one of his books as a kid; I could so clearly see the cover in my mind’s eye (pictured above). I know that I used the book to learn to draw, because at the age of about 7-8, I had drawn a […]
The one with the skunks.
So Cassie is the killjoy Animorph, apparently? I wasn’t a part of the fandom back in the day, and I’m still not, so I really have zero idea what other Animorphs fans think of plots and characters. I just know what I think, and I always liked her when I was a kid, perhaps because I have a permanent streak of killjoy in me myself. I was always the first kid asleep at slumber parties by several hours (if I didn’t call my mom to […]
More Books I’m Giving As Gifts (Reading On Their Own Edition)
Now, just because they can read on their own does not mean that you can’t read these books with them, just saying. Because that’s definitely the case with this first book: Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo – So the only problem with this book is that I only ordered one copy. And now I have about ten different girls I want to give a copy to. Because guys, it’s SO GOOD. There’s 100 different amazing women, with 100 […]
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