In Praise of Betsy-Tacy: A Tribute to Maud Hart Lovelace and Her Classic Novels
If you haven’t yet read these timeless classics by Maud Hart Lovelace, you’re in for a treat!
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The Best Books of Summer
My favorite middle grade/YA book recommendations for fun summer reading!
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Arts & Flowers
If you have an artistic bent—and access to flowers—I encourage you to give this unique idea a try!
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Forgotten Gems: The Mitchells Series
The first post in my new blog series about forgotten children’s novels that need to be rediscovered!
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On My Bookshelf This Spring
A handful of the five-star novels I read this spring, in no particular order: The Penderwicks At Last (Jeanne Birdsall) I have never anticipated a book’s release more than this one. Since early 2015, I’ve longed to find out what would transpire with the...
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Books & Butterflies
Summertime is for butterflies! I’ve always been fascinated with the butterflies that visit our farm, especially the showstopper of summer, the yellow swallowtail butterfly: I recently read Gene Stratton-Porter’s classic novel A Girl of the Limberlost....
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