From: Robin L. Gibson <gibsonr>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:00:27 -0400

I love E.L. Konigsburg's work, and especially that she does not write "down" for children. Her style to me is what some would call "sophisticated" as if that is something children can't handle. She never underestimates her readers. I love
"A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver" for the sense of history she incorporates so effortlessly. If you didn't know who Elinor of Aquitaine was before, that's okay . . . you'll definitely want to find out more after reading this.

As an art historian in a former life, I love "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" because I love museums. I love that the children want to run away to the Met and I love the sense of place she so accurately conveys in the text. The same accuracy applies to her characterization too -- she gets straight to the heart of her characters. And they are such memorable, true characters . . . beginning with Claudia in the Met, and her brother Jamie, and now Margaret Rose Kane, from The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, and her brother Branwell of Silent to the Bone.

Can you tell I'm a huge fan??

Robin


-Robin L. Gibson 252 Knoll Drive Granville, Ohio 43023 gibsonr at denison.edu
Received on Tue 19 Oct 2004 01:00:27 PM CDT