Title: Anne of Green Gables Author: L. M. Montgomery Genre: Adventure, Read-Aloud, Chapter Book Age Group: 10 and up, to be re-read at regular intervals! One of my favorite things to do when I’m not feeling well or when it’s blizzarding out (or both) is to re-read childhood favorites. But they have to be stellar. Very… Read More »
Rascal ~ A coming-of-age book in the Library Project
Title: Rascal Author: Sterling North File Under: Read-Aloud, Chapter Book, Coming of Age Age Group*: 8-12 Keeping the theme of books for boys (if you can call my not posting in the Library Project for quite a while “keeping a theme”), I would love to remind you of Rascal. Really good children’s books express… Read More »
Rumer Godden in the Library Project and the Little Oratory
Title: China Court: The Hours of a Country House Author: Rumer Godden File Under: Fiction for adults, Book club selection Age Group*: Older teenage to adult — mostly will appeal to women There is a certain kind of novel that I find necessary to my existence. It’s not that I have to have… Read More »
E. Nesbit in the Library Project! And a movie for the family!
Title: The Story of the Treasure Seekers; The Railway Children; and others! Author: E. Nesbit File Under: Read-Aloud, Chapter Book, Kid’s Problems My inclination is to post about the Chronicles of Narnia for every Library Project entry. I consider them the perfect childhood reading. Realizing that that wouldn’t be practical or informative, I will… Read More »
C. S. Lewis and the Hierarchical Vision of Life ~ The Library Project
Title: The Complete Chronicles of Narnia Author: C. S. Lewis File Under: Read-Aloud, Chapter Book, All-Round Greatness As far as I am concerned, I owe C. S. Lewis my interior life. So don’t expect me to be less than exuberantly enthusiastic about Narnia. Please give your children the gift of imagination, adventure, wit, and wisdom.… Read More »