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The Eighty Dollar Champion
In a season when I am finding few books that I want to read all the way to the end, The Eighty Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts wouldn’t let me go. It’s the…
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Books in the atmosphere
I’ve been reading in undisciplined fashion this summer — which means that instead of being in my usual one-book-at-a-time mode, I’m in multi-read mode. Currently I’m alternating between Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird,…
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Now I Remember: The Autobiography of Thornton W. Burgess
Sometimes you can enjoy a series of books, but grow disillusioned when you read the author’s biography. (This happened to me when I read Elizabeth Goudge’s autobiography.) But in Thornton Burgess’s case, I…
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Read Aloud Thursday: Burgess Bird Book
It’s no secret around these parts that we’ve been bird watching all summer. Thornton Burgess’s books have been a nice fit as read-alouds, and recent titles have included The Adventures of Mr Mocker…
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Rodentry
We’ve been enjoying hamster stories around here. Last Christmas, the addition of two of these little rodents led the kids to dub our home “New Hamsterdam.” Then a few months later my daughter…
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Watership Down
Watership Down is one of the books Mrs. G., the school librarian when I was in 8th grade, recommended. I remember loving it, but beyond that, and beyond the general subject matter of…
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Rabbit Hill
Back in May when I was raking dead leaves off my flower garden, I uncovered a nest of baby rabbits. There was brief chaos: I wondered if I’d stepped on them or hurt…
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The Man Who Listens to Horses
My husband gave me The Man Who Listens to Horses: The Story of a Real-Life Horse Whisperer when we were dating. (We’ve been married ten years.) I read most of it, and this…
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In praise of border collies
I’ve grown up with border collies. We’ve owned a total of 5 of them over the years since I was a very young child. My children have caught my enthusiasm, and along with…
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Another Herd of Horse Books
Curious about what kinds of comparisons might emerge among the many horse books I’ve read to my 7-year-old daughter, I’ve started keeping track. I want to do one more post about them, then…