I wrote today’s post as an assignment for a course on teaching children’s literature. *** The plight of refugees is one of the most notable crises of this decade. Devastating stories fill the news and reach the ears of children. […]
The first month of 2018 is behind us! I did a lot of excellent reading in January, thanks in part to having to read the Cybils middle grade speculative fiction shortlist 😛 I returned to university on January 3 after […]
War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Janet Brennan Croft Having participated in the First World War, and having seen two of his sons serve in the Second, Tolkien was concerned with many of the same themes that interested other […]
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Born out of a desire to get a family of book lovers to connect more over what they’re reading, Family Reads is an occasional feature where my mom, dad or sister and I read and discuss a book. Why we chose […]
Here are two books I would have loved as a kid. They would have been an appreciated change from the unicorn fantasy books I devoured. Wednesdays in the Tower (Castle Glower #2) by Jessica Day George Strange things are afoot […]