Monthly Archives: August 2012

Boy – Roald Dahl

Boy by Roald Dahl In the interest of full disclosure, I am a Johnny-come-lately to the world of Roald Dahl love.  As a child, my entire knowledge of him was limited to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which I did … Continue reading

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When I Was Your Age, Volume 2 (Part 2)

When I Was Your Age, Volume Two: Original Stories About Growing Up Friends, if you’ll recall, I reviewed HALF of the stories in this anthology last week – click here. The rest of the volume is reviewed below.  The second … Continue reading

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When I Was Your Age, Volume Two

When I Was Your Age, Volume Two: Original Stories About Growing Up Discovering that there was a second volume of these stories by authors was a real treat.  I’d enjoyed When I Was Your Age so much that I was … Continue reading

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Homesick

Homesick by Jean Fritz Jean Fritz is the queen of historical biography (Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George?, What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? and so many more) but her most personal effort is Homesick which tells of her … Continue reading

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When I Was Your Age

When I Was Your Age, Volume One: Original Stories About Growing Up In what can only be considered a stroke of brilliance, 10 authors were sent a letter asking for a story about their childhood.  This compilation is the result. … Continue reading

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The Lost Garden

The Lost Garden by Laurence Yep (1991) Yep is a serious and driven narrator.  The story of his life is relentless in the details.  Just as you are absorbing one story or part of his life he is moving on … Continue reading

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26 Fairmount Avenue

26 Fairmount Avenue (Newbery Honor Book, 2000) by Tomie dePaola Tomie dePaola is one of the best children’s book author/illustrators working.  Period.  Maybe you know Strega Nona or Oliver Button Is a Sissy.  Maybe you don’t.  But you really should, … Continue reading

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Knots in My Yo-Yo String

Knots in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli Reading Knots in My Yo-Yo String is a bit like being caught with an uncle at a family reunion and listening to him reminisce about parts of his childhood in a wandering … Continue reading

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A Look into the Lives of Authors

I remember learning to write, or rather I remember hating to write.  I never knew what to write or what they wanted me to say or how to do it well.  Things were much easier for me when I got … Continue reading

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