Toddlers often squeal upon first seeing the ocean, jumping up and down as the tide tickles their toes. Older kids charge forward into the waves with a whoop. But every now and then, a little girl stands on the shoreline with arms outstretched, as if to embrace the sweep of sky and water. Her expression is one of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘children’s books’
Sanibel holiday
Posted in Fiction, Reviews, Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, tagged beach, children's books, Florida, Florida fiction, holiday, Junonia, Kevin Henkes, Sanibel Island, shelling, vacation, young readers on May 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Jump for this ‘Moon’
Posted in Fiction, Reviews, Thoughts on Books, Writing and Reading, tagged children's books, Clare Vanderpool, Kansas, Moon Over Manifest, Newbery Medal, Watermark Books, Wichita on January 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Because I started writing this blog a year ago this week, I at first thought I’d do a “State of the Blog” post and thank all the readers and writers out there that have made “On a Clear Day I Can Read Forever” so worthwhile and fun, etc., etc. But then I got lost in a [...]
Wrapping up some more books
Posted in Reviews, Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, Writing and Reading, tagged An Object of Beauty, Bloody Crimes, Bruce DeSilva, children's books, Ellen Potter, Emily Winfield Martin, Fannie Flagg, Fiction, gift books, holiday reading, I Still Dream About You, It's a Book, James Swanson, Lane Smith, mystery, Nonfiction, Rogue Island, Steve Martin, The Black Apple's Paper Doll Primer, The Kneebone Boy on December 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been reading a lot more than writing the last couple weeks, not just books but everyone else’s lists of best books, favorite books, recommended reading, etc. Consequently, my own TBR list grows ever longer, and I will be writing to Santa about that. But it occurs to me as I start wrapping up books [...]
Zora, girl detective
Posted in Fiction, Reviews, tagged children's books, Eatonville, Florida fiction, Victoria Bond & T.R. Simon, Zora and Me, Zora Neale Hurston on November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Who knew? Years before Nancy Drew ever cracked a case, Zora Neale Hurston was solving mysteries in early 20th-century Eatonville, Florida. At least that’s the way writers Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon have imagined it in their engaging new novel for middle-graders, Zora and Me, narrated by Zora’s best friend, Carrie Brown. The summer before fourth [...]
Because Winn-Dixie is closing
Posted in Fiction, Reviews, Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, Writing and Reading, tagged Because of Winn-Dixie, children's books, Kate DiCamillo, Newbery Medal, The Magician's Elephant, The Tale of Despereaux on July 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Because Winn-Dixie is closing its Clermont store, I immediately thought of Kate DiCamillo because she grew up in Clermont and because her award-winning kids’ book Because of Winn-Dixie is set in that small Florida town near Orlando. Not as it is now, with sprawling subdivisions and modern supermarkets in shopping plazas, but back 30 or 40 [...]
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