Mireille Silcoff’s Chez L’Arabe (2014)

2017-07-24T15:11:50-04:00

Weeks after reading these stories, a glance at the table of contents brings back their characters and arcs in a moment. (With "Flower Watching" and "Eskimos" I also required the aid of the characters' names I'd noted.) These stories stood out, not only as independent narratives but, simultaneously, for the

Mireille Silcoff’s Chez L’Arabe (2014)2017-07-24T15:11:50-04:00

January 2015, In My Reading Log

2020-10-01T12:53:35-04:00

Ater a year of new-new-new, January has been filled with the familiar, the known. It's not been about making new-shiny-library-residing friends, but about becoming better acquainted with long-time residents of my own bookshelves, remembering what drew particular authors onto my MRE (MustReadEverything) list and particular books onto my shelves. Have

January 2015, In My Reading Log2020-10-01T12:53:35-04:00

Ted Kooser’s House Held up by Trees

2014-03-18T11:59:12-04:00

"Not far from here, I have seen a house held up by the hands of trees. This is its story." So states the title page of this illustrated work with prose by Ted Kooser (who has won a Pulitzer Prize for his poetry) and images by Jon Klassen.

Ted Kooser’s House Held up by Trees2014-03-18T11:59:12-04:00

Rumer Godden’s The Dolls’ House (1948)

2014-03-17T16:11:42-04:00

The day I consider myself too grown-up to read a children's story, is the day I stop reading. Rumer Godden's The Dolls' House (1948) Illus. Tasha Tudor (1976) I re-read this slim volume countless times when I was a girl. Not only did I have a dollhouse, but I was one of

Rumer Godden’s The Dolls’ House (1948)2014-03-17T16:11:42-04:00

There’s more to Astrid Lindgren than Pippi

2014-07-11T16:03:10-04:00

Astrid Lindgren's The Brothers Lionheart (1973) Trans. J. Tate Illus. Ilon Wikland (1984) Everybody knows Pippi Longstocking, but not so many readers know The Brothers Lionheart. I read it on the advice of a reading friend, who counts it amongst her favourite children's books. And then I learned that it's also one of Iris' special

There’s more to Astrid Lindgren than Pippi2014-07-11T16:03:10-04:00
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