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Bookish Kids – Aesop’s Fables Free Resource
I do some volunteer ESL tutoring, and today as my learner and I were exploring some online resources I came across a charming (and slightly animated and sound-enhanced) online version of Aesop’s Fables, suitable for children. The typeface is pleasant and the vintage illustrations and animations are charming. It’s free; check it out by clicking […]
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Another Michigan Author: Holling C. Holling
It’s hard to maintain one’s interest and motivation in hobbies and interests during these bizarre times; for me, a curious mind is the best defense against defeat. Today’s discovery has helped . You may recall an episode of the 1990’s series “Northern Exposure” in which laid-back local DJ Chris, played by John Corbett, reads a […]
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Michigan Monday – Christopher Paul Curtis
One of Michigan’s best known and most highly commended authors, Christopher Paul Curtis was born and raised in Flint and worked on an assembly line for thirteen years before moving on to other pursuits including college at U of M – Flint. Mr. Curtis worked on the line at GM’s Fisher Body Plant #1 for […]
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Sunday Classic for Bookish Kids: The Little House books
There are so many interesting resources online about Laura Ingalls Wilder that I will not try to incorporate them into the narrative (with one exception); see a list of links at the end of the post. Throughout a good portion of my childhood I read and re-read most of the “Little House” series, Laura Ingalls […]
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Sunday Classic – The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth George Speare)
Katherine (Kit) Tyler, fresh from Barbados, is in for a rude awakening as she shows up on the doorstep of her maternal aunt’s household in Connecticut Colony in 1685. Friendship, hard work, love, courage, illness, courtship, threats of violence complete with angry villagers carrying torches (or at least that was my impression), and once again, […]
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Lots of Newly Free Audible Books for Bookish Kids and their families
I generally only post kids’ books once a week, but I just learned that Audible has made a selection of children’s books and classics available for free! See the link below; titles are divided into Little Listeners, Elementary, Tween, Teen, Literary Classics (including Atlas Shrugged, one of my favorite classic novels), Folk and Fairy Tale […]