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 »
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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 »
Great novels in the Library Project
Today I have two pairs of novels for you, on the theory that sometimes you need something challenging, heavy, dark, and the novel equivalent of a serious examination of conscience. Sounds cheery, right? I’m here to serve. Oh, and also because if you have someone on your Christmas list who likes this sort of… Read More »
Patterns, architectural and otherwise, in the Library Project
Title: A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction Author: Christopher Alexander et al. File Under: Architecture, Practical Beauty I’ve been meaning to write about this book for a long time — ever since my friend Christina lent me her copy. Since we are (loosely) exploring the idea of beauty here on the blog, it seemed like… Read More »