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Author Archives: Katy K.
Brain, Child
Brain, Child Here, my friends, is a magazine for every mother (and possibly father) on my f-list. While most parenting magazines vary by parenting style or (in my experience) devolve into bland children’s clothing and toy fashions, Brain, Child assumes … Continue reading
This Place in the Snow
Here’s a couple of picture books that Mr. Froggie Pants and I really enjoyed. This Place in the Snow by Rebecca Bond A group of children build a fantastical snow fort in the enormous pile of snow left by the … Continue reading
The Elves and the Shoemaker
The Elves and the Shoemaker by John Cech. Illustrated by Kirill Chelushkin “A long, long time ago, when shoes were still made by shoemakers and not by machines in factories, a shoemaker and his wife found themselves in very hard … Continue reading
Sorcery and Cecilia and The Grand Tour
Rereading Wrede’s Enchanted Forest Chronicles reminded me that she had a couple of new and unrelated books come out which I’d not yet gotten around to reading. Here they are. Sorcery and Cecilia, Or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia … Continue reading
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The Heroines
The Heroines by Eileen Favorite It’s the early 1970s. Thirteen-year-old Penny Entwhistle lives with her mother in a little B&B on the Illinois prairie. Along with some regular customers, this B&B is visited by the heroines of literature, who come … Continue reading
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V for Vendetta
I admit, I haven’t read the book. I should do that. It was really weird watching the extras, where they talked about the book without mentioning Alan Moore at all. Also, I’m feeling pretty certain that everyone here has already … Continue reading
Robin McKinley and me
When I was a wee bookworm, just old enough to bike places by myself, I used to bike to my local branch library about daily during the summer. There I would carefully select books from the youth fiction section, and … Continue reading
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