Readspace

We read books and then tell you about them

Browsing Posts tagged family

My readalike list for Rebecca Stead’s Newbery winning When You Reach Me was published in Booklist’s online newsletter Read Alert this morning!  If you like books and reading, I highly recommend subscribing to this free newsletter.  Any comments about the books on my list or When You Reach Me, comment below. Amazon Affiliate: If you [...]

I think I first read the Little House on the Prairie series in the summer time, but it is the winter scenes that really stick with me still.  Snow angels and sugaring snow, making pictures in the frost on the window, twisting hay and grinding wheat, Pa getting lost in a snow storm…Maybe because this [...]

The Anne books and all the short stories by L.M. Montgomery are all intertwined in my mind with the wonderful movies by Kevin Sullivan which I remember watching on PBS when they first came out.  After that, I had to read all the Anne books, followed by the Emily books, the Story Girl, several other [...]

It is funny what sticks with you.  This book is one that it seems like we always had.  I remember reading it over and over again, and scratching and smelling the little stickers for hot chocolate and candy canes and a Christmas tree and oranges and apple pie. Bibliography: Scarry, Patricia M. (1970). The Sweet [...]

Bibliography:  Smith, Andrew.  (September 2009).  In the Path of Falling Objects.  New York: Fewiel and Friends.  ISBN: 9780312375584 Plot Summary:  Jonah and Simon are on a road trip, but it isn’t a teenage lark.  Abandoned by their mother, out of food and water, they pack the little precious possessions they own and set out across [...]

Bad Behavior has blocked 337 access attempts in the last 7 days.