I hazily woke up from a night of dreaming, faintly aware of a soft buzzing. It grew louder and I could just make out the scent of fresh cut grass. Ah, summer, I thought. Early morning lawn-mowing always marks the start of summer. Later that day as I sat outside, there was a clunk, clunk…
Category: Children’s Books
Why You Should Pick Up Shannon Hale’s “The Princess Academy”
Years ago, I asked one of my friends what her favorite book was. She said, “The Princess Academy”. At first, I thought that it sounded kind of dumb. Later she showed me the cover of girls in dresses walking on a long winding road in the mountains. A little house on the left and a…
A Medieval Lesson for the Modern Reader
My family and I are renting a house right now from some friends who speak mainly Portuguese and German. But we both speak Spanish, so that’s how we communicate. Upstairs, they have a library stocked with a fair amount of books they left behind. It’s really fascinating to look at all the titles and see…
Most Memorable Childhood Reads
When you read a book as a child it becomes part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your life does. -Kathleen Kelly (You’ve Got Mail) Reading a book as a child is part of learning about the world. Every page you flip, whether it be by choice or per the…
The Reader in the Rye 