by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jun 9, 2017 | Blog, Writing, Writing for Children, Writing for kids, Writing for YA
Slider’s Son and Summer. First, have I mentioned that summer is magical? That summer is hands-down my favorite season, favorite time, and as I grow older, I want more than ever to eek out every second of sunshine and warmth and bike-riding, star-gazing and...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Dec 7, 2014 | Book Review, Writing
The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman I read this Newbery winner, too, though it wasn’t on my Sabbatical reading list. My bucket list for life includes reading every Newbery winner since 1922 when the award was founded, so this year has moved me well...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 21, 2014 | Book Review
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos Guess you can see I lifted the image off Amazon, huh? THIS has been the singular biggest surprise of all the Newbery books I’ve read so far on Sabbatical. I LOVE this book! First, the protagonist is immediately likeable, and by...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Oct 21, 2014 | Blog, Book Review
This book may not appeal to everyone. The first chapter made me wonder how on earth it won the Newbery. Second chapter, more of the same. By the third chapter, I was mezmerized. Reading this book was like being immersed in a beautiful flowing stream of...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Sep 17, 2014 | Blog
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...
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