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What’s On My Nightstand: March 2018
I’m participating in the What’s On Your Nightstand? roundup at 5 Minutes for Books this month. Here are links to my reviews of completed reads, as well as some glimpses of books in…
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Friday Fave 5
This space has been neglected lately, thanks to a combination of busyness and my general ambivalence about being online. But I find myself drawn back to Across the Page, remembering the good things…
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Lady of Shalott
This week, Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott” was on my 6th grader’s reading list. She read it, then last night I read it aloud to both girls and basically we all registered our…
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What’s On Your Nightstand: March 2013
I missed this roundup last month, but I wanted to take the opportunity to look back over the last month’s reading — and see what others have on their nightstands, too! Here’s my…
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The Castle of Llyr
We’re continuing to enjoy Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain, and we finished the third book, The Castle of Llyr, this morning after a few marathon read-aloud sessions. This tale included the further adventures…
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Friday Fave 5: March 1
The truth is, I’m a little down today — feeling inadequate and blah. At work, my husband was talking with a man here temporarily from Wyoming. The man’s company may keep him here…
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Poetry Friday: The Man from Snowy River
But the man from Snowy River let the pony have his head, And he swung his stockwhip round and gave a cheer, And he raced him down the mountain like a torrent down…
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A Little House Traveler
I picked up A Little House Traveler by chance on the juvenile biography shelf last week. Barbara at Stray Thoughts hosts a Laura Ingalls Wilder Challenge this month, and when I saw this…
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Read-Aloud Thursday: Parrots, Hamsters, Goblins, and American History
I’ve wanted to participate in Read Aloud Thursday for awhile now. It’s an opportunity to share the books your family is experiencing together. I have an 11-year-old and a 9-year-old, and as usual…
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Poetry Friday: Animal Poems
I picked up this book of animal poems from the new books shelf at the library. Flipping through it as my two daughters buckled up in the back seat, I came upon a…