Mirette's mother madame Gateau owns a boarding house in Paris. The boarding house is a haven for performers of all sort and so Mirette encounters many colorful characters on a daily basis. The guest who really grabs her attention is Monsieur Bellini - a famous, but now retired high-rope walker. M...
This wordless books tells its simple story entirely through pictures - a mama cat goes away to hunt while her four frisky kittens wait in the barn. The pictures are sweet and expressive and this is a fun/cute 'read'. I did find that Izzy seemed to want to rush through the pages which is quite diff...
3.5 stars. I love the idea behind this more than I can even express. This is the story of Wu Mei - a legendary female Shaolin Nun and Kung Fu master. It's an amazing story and it's a fine book really, but something about the combination of story and illustrations didn't quite meet my full expectat...
Ten year old Rebecca works in a mill to help support her family. Recounts the details of her long day, 4:30am to 7pm. It seems that the women all have 'Lowell Fever,' a strong desire to read, learn and expand their minds. The money they earn at the mill is good and allows them pursue their intellec...
The word “marvelous” seems entirely too strong to use about Margaret Knight. Knight was an early inventor, most well known for making square bottomed paper bags. Other than her diligence and persistence, Knight seemed to be a perfectly ordinary person and not worthy of a book.
This was a favorite bed time read, many years before I ever knew anything else by or about Sylvia Plath. I so wanted one of these magical beds, especially the submarine bed or the snack bed or the flying bed or... well, they're all pretty awesome. Plath even made the hammock sound special and entici...
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