Barb, that's so awesome! YAY you!
And oooh, 4th Sharing Knife? I like it better than the Miles series, but I know this is quite a minority opinion!
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Strix - Jan 30, 2009 5:05:45 pm PST #8401 of 28431
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Laura - Jan 31, 2009 7:22:21 am PST #8402 of 28431
Our wings are not tired.
Yay Barb! Go you with the well deserved recognition.
Anne W. - Feb 02, 2009 3:19:39 pm PST #8403 of 28431
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
As if we didn't have enough reason to admire the pilot who safely landed that plane in the Hudson...
Strix - Feb 03, 2009 2:00:59 pm PST #8404 of 28431
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That's made of awesome!
Laura - Feb 03, 2009 2:22:49 pm PST #8405 of 28431
Our wings are not tired.
Oh my! Seriously, this Sully dude does more than his fair share to alter the balance of good guys to idiots.
beth b - Feb 06, 2009 9:42:41 am PST #8406 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
ok, so I accidentally signed up for a four week course on the newbery award. ( Really , i was answering a survey that I had no idea was a contract to take a course.) othere than the 12 billion articles per week I also have about 12 books to read:
so anyone have favorites from the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s .
course will be talking about the original purpose , current purpose and general relevance of the newbery.
Laga - Feb 06, 2009 9:48:50 am PST #8407 of 28431
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH edit- oh wait, that's 60s.
flea - Feb 06, 2009 9:58:04 am PST #8408 of 28431
information libertarian
I ADORED Rabbit Hill (1945) and the Twenty-One Balloons (1948) as a child, and while I haven't reread them as an adult I think they would hold up. I think there would be some very interesting things to say about Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (1930) and The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle (1923), both of which I read and enjoyed as a child but have seem some more recent discussion of their appropriateness for today's kids due to racism. Most of the rest I either haven't read or read and don't remember.
megan walker - Feb 06, 2009 9:59:05 am PST #8409 of 28431
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Among medal winners, I've only read The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. Both great.
Among honor books, I'd recommend Mr. Popper's Penguins (which I still have) and, obviously, the Little House books.
lisah - Feb 06, 2009 10:10:56 am PST #8410 of 28431
Punishingly Intricate
I'd recommend Mr. Popper's Penguins (which I still have)
We did a performance of this at my library when I was in like 3rd grade! I loved that library and the totally indulgent librarian. My best friends and I spent hours and hours of (unsupervised except by the librarian) time there, in the summer especially.