From: Lauralyn Persson <lpersson>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:59:24 -0500

Hi everyone - I'm new to this list, and very much enjoying the messages. I'll just say very briefly that my two favorite old classics with wonderful school scenes are
*The Secret Language* by Ursula Nordstrom and *Understood Betsy* by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. (Also Pippi Longstocking's subversive tactics...)

My sister home-schooled her two children until they reached high school age, and after that she ran a small alternative school in her house for a few years - and I know she was always fond of the account of the one-room schoolhouse in Understood Betsy.

The information below identifies me, I guess - if it's good form to introduce myself, then that's who I am - Lyn

Lyn Persson Head of Youth Services Wilmette Public Library 1242 Wilmette Ave. Wilmette, IL 60091 847/256i40 lpersson at some.place
Received on Thu 30 Sep 2004 02:59:24 PM CDT