Posts Tagged ‘Jean Craighead George’
Jean Craighead George, Naturalist and Young Readers Author Extraordinaire
With the recent passing this May of Young Readers author, Jean Craighead George, I felt it entirely appropriate to devote a blog to her enormous legacy. The New York Times article on her passing praised her “lyric prose, vivid descriptions and meticulous research.” I think about what comes to mind when categorizing Ms. George’s contribution…
Read MoreBooks to Celebrate Thanksgiving With Your Children
As the last Thursday of November nears, families across America will begin the yearly journey “over the river and through the woods” to grandmother’s house or just across the street to share a day of thanksgiving with relatives and friends. We, like young Dorothy Gale in “The Wizard of Oz”, believe the truism she spoke…
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