Title: The Miracle Worker: A Play Author: William Gibson File Under: Plays, Foundational, Child Development, Read-Aloud (and perform!), Education, Special Needs, Homeschooling Age Group: From adolescence to old age A work of art can convey truths in a way that no textbook ever can. If that art is based on, as they say, “a true story,”… Read More »
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Each Peach Pear Plum in the Library Project
Title: Each Peach Pear Plum Authors: Janet and Allen Ahlberg File Under: Read-Aloud, Picture Book Age Group: Nursery-Rhyme set and indeed all ages To me, the test of a good book for any age is whether you can read it out loud the required one million times without throwing it across the room. The test of… Read More »
Nursery Rhymes in the Library Project
Title: Original Mother Goose, The Real Mother Goose (two versions of the same basic book) Author: Mother Goose, illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright File Under: Nursery Rhymes, Read-Aloud, Education, Collective Memory Age Group: Tiny tots — even babes in arms — on up. Dear Kristen, loyal reader, reminded me to bring the Library Project back around to books… Read More »
Anne of Green Gables in the Library Project
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 »
The inimitable P. G. Wodehouse in the Library Project.
Title: Thank You, Jeeves Author: P. G. Wodehouse Genre: Humor, Read-Aloud, Short Stories (Wodehouse wrote about 99 books and plays; I recommend this one to start with, followed by Right Ho, Jeeves, which contains the truly epic Market Snodsbury address by Gussie Finknottle*, and then there’s no stopping you, but Blandings Castle could be next —… Read More »