, their first record together, in 1971. light in the attic reissued it in 2010; it remains a singular jewel. the distinction of youth over children ’s choir is important: the singers were a bunch of 12-to-19-year-olds, which is to say, young people staring over the precipice, ...
Soft-covered, water-stained, and well-worn— “Stillness, in Pieces”by an obscure poet named A. Lin. Inside, someone had written a note on the first page: “This book has traveled more than I have. If you find it, rea...
Yet children, especially, have questions, and this incredibly gentle and surprisingly light story is full of both comfort and vividly imagined “answers.” The first one gives the book its title: A boy hears the voice of his sister calling him one day, a sister he’s never met because she...
READ BRISK VERSE Preview BookLife Review from Publishers Weekly. An Editor Pick. – "Sly, spry, and often touching, Keillor’s 31st book mounts a spirited revival of the art of light verse, as the bard of Lake Wobegon offers poems stripped of pretension but still sharply crafted, alive wit...
One day, I was at an intersection at a stop light and a nice new BMW pulled up next to me. The light had just turned red, so we both stopped quickly. The car behind the BMW was not happy he had not run the light, I guess. He got out of his car screaming and shaking his fis...
Examples include Matt de la Peña’s award-winning Last Stop on Market Street and Carmela’s Full of Wishes, and Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Giving Tree, and A Light in the Attic. For Kids Age 7-9: Chapter Books By this age, child readers can now read books th...
"My head aches, and I am going out for a whiff of fresh air," replied the young man. "In mercy don't go out, my boy!" cried the old man, with growing alarm. "You look gloomy and out of sorts since you read that letter. Really, you frighten me!" "You are mistaken. The...
In looking back, the highlight was not the mistake of undercooked food, but the laughter and humor that kept us entertained and engaged in story telling until an excellent meal was presented and shared. Perhaps some of the best-remembered dinner parties are those with a mishap or gaff attac...
I showed him the arc light, the telephone inductor, the induction apparatus, the telegraph, the scrap transformer and all my stuff. He was amazed and interested. The following day he reports on the outing: Took the tram up to Holmenkolden with Kaare. Then had a three hour trip to Kol...
and she thought he looked as if he’d been through the wringer. But he felt wonderful. This was almost 50 Christmases rolled into one, and she was showing him to his room: a real bed, soft pillows, fresh pajamas, a light switch he could flip whenever he wanted. He could go to the...