In this first book, Jasmine is too young to participate in the New Year’s mochi celebration, but she somehow manages to turn traditions upside down, much to the surprise and admiration of her family. For kids who like the Clementine series by Sara Pennypacker, or the Ramona series by Beve...
Long gone right after the fire was Barry Lewis A.M. Adrain We have an old cardboard box with a picture of a little girl sitting in a bed with a raggety ann type doll surrounded by a peach colored blanket The little girl looks to be about 8 yrs old and is holding a lollypop in...
As the storyline progresses, he becomes increasingly mad, starts having delusions of grandeur, and, finally, on the "43rd of April of the year 2000" he believes himself as the King. (V. Putin was first elected president of Russia on the 7th of May of the year 2000. Gogol wrote his ...
“The play’s the thing / Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.” It’s an oral art, a text made to be used onstage. It is simultaneously some of the best poetry in our language. I wonder if it is really passing out of use now. I mean, do kids love this language ...
the more potent the curse will be. Muttering the curse over a candle with an enemy’s name carved into it would be a simple and not-terribly-visceral way to do it. Sewing up one of these Psalms into a doll-baby containing an enemy’s hair or foot track and tossing it into a fire...
This should have been obvious , Rose has an amputated rear right leg and now a near lame right arm- she is essentially an invalid . That the doll is nearly life sized to my sweet pug is also an unconscious similarity. I’m of course completely absorbed with Rose’s needs , we both ...
This is probably my favorite comic of the week and may be in contention for my favorite single issue of the year. Offbeat pairings of heroes is what this title is all about. But seeing Aquaman and the Demon on the cover even made me do a double take at how crazy it was. But JMS ...
My family in the Midwest also buys very nice cars, much more than they can afford. I can afford nicer, but I drive a new Chevy. It’s all about priorities and the choices you make in life. If a nice big house but stuck inside most of the year is your thing, gr...
I tumbled down the steps like a rag doll. I knew I had injured my head as soon as I hit the bottom step. This was the first of a series of concussions that I endured through violence over the course of my childhood. My momma lied to Dr. Nicholson about the true source of my ...