![25 KidLit Annotations: Board Books [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/babys-first-words.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
One of the assignments for my children’s literature course this past term was to write 25 annotations (snapshot reviews between 50 and 150 words) on all sorts of kidlit. It was a great opportunity to delve out of my comfort […]
![Talkin’ About Tolkien: Tolkien & The Silmarillion [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/tolkien-and-the-silmarillion.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Tolkien & The Silmarillion by Clyde S. Kilby Format/source: Hardcover/Purchased secondhandPublished: 1976Publisher: Harold Shaw PublishersLength: 89 pages Genre: Biography★★★★ Yes, this delightful little volume is ‘outdated’, having been published in1976, a year before The Silmarillion. But it remains a valuable read as author Clyde S. Kilby, an Inklings […]
November was a better month than October – I did lots of steady work for uni. I’m taking a quick break from my final assignments to write this post. I’m almost done one paper (a report on eliminating overdue fines on […]
![5 Favourite Platonic Relationships [TTT]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/top-ten-tuesday-new-host.png?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Tom and Hatty in Tom’s Midnight Garden – I recently read this book because I needed a classic for my children’s literature course (it won the Carnegie in 1958). I was pleasantly surprised by the development of Tom and Hatty’s relationships. […]
September’s Result Nevermind that this post is two months late😬Though I don’t remember how many votes it got, The Map Thief by Michael Blanding was the winner. The subtitle on the front of the book purports it to be “the […]