These missionary kids in Puerto Rico and Brazil are showing off the books they have received! They are so adorable.
What is this warm fuzzy feeling in my heart?!? It’s the happiness that comes from sharing books! 😀
Seeing the huge smiles on their faces…. quick, I need a tissue.
You can get that warm fuzzy feeling too, if you donate now at http://www.gofundme.com/booksformks !!!
These are the books I read in November! Eleven books in eleven minutes- I tried to keep the video as short as possible, but I get excited talking about books!
Just because a book is mentioned here does NOT mean that I recommend it. Some of these were great, some not so good, and some I didn’t even finish b/c they were just that awful.
Books mentioned in order:
The Storm Before Atlanta- Karen Schwabach
The Writing Life- Annie Dillard
The CaseBook of Sherlock Holmes- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Young Joan- Barbara Dana
Eidi- Bodil Bredsdorff
Things Not Seen- Andrew Clements
Knit One, Kill Two- Maggie Sefton
The First Two Lives of Lukas Kasha- Lloyd Alexander
Shadow Bridge- Gregory Frost
For Darkness Shows the Stars- Diana Peterfreund
Same Kind of Different As Me- Ron Hall and Denver Moore
I did not win NaNoWriMo this year, and I am thrilled about it! People talk about failure as if it is this horrible thing, but failure is one of the best tools for learning and growing. I am a Proud Failure!
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl is a fantastic children’s book, and one that every kid should pick up and read!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Here are the top ten books for which I am grateful:
10. A Tale of Two Cities- Charles Dickens
9. The Birds’ Christmas Carol- Kate Douglas Wiggin
8. Jack and Jill- L. M. Alcott
7. The Woman in White- Wilkie Collins
6. Boundaries- Cloud and Townsend
5. The Mysterious Benedict Society- Trenton Lee Stewart
4. The Blue Castle- L.M. Montgomery
3. Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte
2. The Screwtape Letters- C.S. Lewis
1. Chronicles of Narnia- C.S. Lewis
Dispel from your minds any idea of movie adaptations. We are talking BOOKS here!
“Cheaper by the Dozen” and “Belles on Their Toes” by Frank Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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The dedication of the book says: “To Dad, who only reared twelve children. and To Mother, who reared twelve only children.”
So beautiful!
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The new movies with the title “Cheaper by the Dozen” are nothing at all like the books, and are perfectly awful. However the old 1950 movies of both “Cheaper by the Dozen” and “Belles on Their Toes” are pretty close to the original books, and very enjoyable.
Cheaper by the Dozen Movie 1950- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042327/
Come with me on a tour of some old bookstores in Savannah, Georgia!  The book stores in Savannah, Georgia, USA that I visited are…
E. Shaver, Bookseller- http://www.eshaverbooks.com/
Book Lady Bookstore – http://www.thebookladybookstore.com/
Both of these gorgeous stores are full of fancy couches and comfy chairs before the fireplaces, nifty nooks and secret out-of-the-way rooms, piled high with beautiful books, some old and rare, some new and shiny, more general bookiness than can be comprehended by the mind of man!
It’s book heaven! I visited book heaven on earth, and I didn’t buy a book. I did meet the owner of one, the actual Book Lady herself, and she was very sweet and gave me the run of the store. If you are ever in Savannah, you should visit these two lovely book havens!
I visited beautiful Savannah, Georgia, USA and saw the Children’s Book Festival! What an exciting time!
I was so glad to be able to visit Savannah, at the exact time that they had a Children’s Book Festival!
Here are the famous authors that I saw…
Rachel Randall- “The Dork Diaries”- http://www.dorkdiaries.com/home/
Marc Brown- “Arthur” – http://marcbrownstudios.com/arthur
Amazingly enough, I did not buy one single book. I’m not really sure how I managed it. It’s some sort of miracle! The laws of nature have been reversed, and Kailey did NOT buy a book!
We are halfway through NaNoWriMo, and I am way behind on my word count! I need to get writing!
“Beware the Ides of March” was a famous warning to Julius Caesar that he would be killed on that day. I wonder how many novels have been killed on the Ides of November?
I’m still trying to keep mine alive!
I visited the Savannah Children’s Book Festival, and met some famous authors, saw famous illustrators drawing their characters, and shopped along with some lesser known authors too!
Here are the famous authors that I saw…
Rachel Randall- “The Dork Diaries”- http://www.dorkdiaries.com/home/
Marc Brown- “Arthur” – http://marcbrownstudios.com/arthur
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