Way Back Wednesday

By Lizs Book Snuggery | October 19, 2011

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Story and Pictures by Virginia Lee Burton In this age of technology, which functions and changes at breathtaking speed, I love to look back over the picture books of Virginia Lee Burton. It’s a grounding experience and reminds me of the quote,  “The more things change, the more they…

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Way Back Wednesday

By Lizs Book Snuggery | September 21, 2011

“Flossie and the Fox” by Patricia C. McKissack; pictures by Isadora Duncan Patricia McKissack, in her introductory “Author’s Note” confides, “Before I became a writer, I was a listener.”  This fortunate recipient of stories told on hot summer evenings by her grandmother, poems dramatized by her mother, and most especially, delightful tales spun by her…

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