Posted in Reading on Apr 23rd, 2010
Since April is National Poetry Month, I thought I’d read and review one of the (very few) books of poetry that has won the Newbery, Nancy Willard’s A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers (1982).
I confess I’m not altogether sure what I think of this book. I read it [...]
Posted in Reading on Apr 9th, 2010
Now, although I fasted from blogging and blog-reading during Lent, I did not fast from novels, nor from my little Newbery project. So, allow me to catch you up on the books I read these past six weeks. Here, in (roughly) tweet-length form, are my reviews of six Newbery winners:
When You Reach Me by Rebecca [...]
Posted in Reading on Feb 12th, 2010
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan, winner of the 1986 Newbery.
I read this book, which has no illustrations, to my 3-year-old daughter in one sitting. She kept asking for another chapter…and, no, it wasn’t bedtime or naptime. It was mid-morning, and she fell in love with this book.
Me, too.
I once heard Susan [...]