If you can imagine this, when I was a child, a little Golden book cost $0.25. My grandmother used to slip a quarter into her letters to our family for […]
Old Ironsides
The mention of “Old Ironsides,” brings a smile to my heart. While on vacation in 2000, our family had quite an afternoon aboard her in Boston Harbor. Later that same […]
Books That Build Character
Frequently, I am asked by parents in my library for a book on “character.” They want help in teaching their children about right and wrong, about virtue, about knowing how […]
Reading by Ear
I have often written about the atmosphere of reading, how the presence of books in the home, parents who read, and reading aloud to children makes reading a way of […]
Lord Peter: A Norse Fairy Tale
I wonder if anyone knows how many fairy-tales have been told since the world began. It is certain that the familiar ones barely scratch the surface of that number. I […]
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