Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story by Beverley Naidoo
I liked this book, but I didn't love it. I am not sure if that's because I've read so many books about South Africa that this one offered me nothing new under the sun. I think I was hoping for something about the child's perspective while battling to reunite with the...
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Crispin: The Cross of Lead has been on my reading list since it won the Newbery eleven years ago. I've read some other work by AVI, and I admire his writing. This was the perfect book to read back-to-back with Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! In fact, I read this one...
Love Lions Alive–our connections to saving lions in South Africa
http://lovelionsaliveproject.com/ If you've heard me talk, or seen my pictures, you probably know that I fell in love with lions while in South Africa. The lion reserve I've visited twice--Glen Garriff--in the Orange Free State (provence of South Africa)--has...
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village
On my Newbery Medal blitz during sabbatical (reading as many of them as I can that I haven't already read), I find myself slightly disappointed with some of the books deemed "the best of the best" in Children's Literature for the year. This book, short, and not a...
John Irving and other things I'm reading
I'm reading three books at once at the moment. I have a big reading list for sabbatical, so most of them are on that list. Right now, I'm reading I Write What I Like, by Steve Biko, Country of My Skull, by Antjie Krog (two South African books on my sabbatical list),...
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
I enjoyed this book. Actually, I LOVED this book. I guess one can't read Kate DiCamillo without enjoyment. I laughed aloud over and over. And as Paula Danziger used to say, "Underline the sad parts in blue and the funny parts in red. Every page should be purple." This...
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