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From: Bklst at aol.com <Bklst>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 07:26:46 EDT
What a fabulous topic! One very early picture book that fed my continuing desire to save things and create new uses for found objects was A BIG BALL OF STRING by Marion Holland. I ran across a copy a few years ago and experienced a wonderful, visceral reaction to some of the illustrations. What a gem!
In sixth grade, I read a little Scholastic paperback (loved those!) titled MARY JANE by Dorothy Sterling. This was in Richmond, Virginia in 1965-66. We had ONE African American boy in our grade. He was quiet and kept to himself.? Reading MARY JANE gave me a connection and perceived insight into not only my classmate's lonliness and strength, but the strength and determination of an entire race. From there, I read every novel I could get my hands on about black Americans. Remember A PATCH OF BLUE? And Irving Wallace's THE MAN?
Like so many others, I found A WRINKLE IN TIME, HARRIET THE SPY, THE SECRET LANGUAGE, THE SECRET GARDEN (I see a theme) to be life-shaping books. Lisa Thalhimer
Received on Fri 26 May 2006 06:26:46 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 07:26:46 EDT
What a fabulous topic! One very early picture book that fed my continuing desire to save things and create new uses for found objects was A BIG BALL OF STRING by Marion Holland. I ran across a copy a few years ago and experienced a wonderful, visceral reaction to some of the illustrations. What a gem!
In sixth grade, I read a little Scholastic paperback (loved those!) titled MARY JANE by Dorothy Sterling. This was in Richmond, Virginia in 1965-66. We had ONE African American boy in our grade. He was quiet and kept to himself.? Reading MARY JANE gave me a connection and perceived insight into not only my classmate's lonliness and strength, but the strength and determination of an entire race. From there, I read every novel I could get my hands on about black Americans. Remember A PATCH OF BLUE? And Irving Wallace's THE MAN?
Like so many others, I found A WRINKLE IN TIME, HARRIET THE SPY, THE SECRET LANGUAGE, THE SECRET GARDEN (I see a theme) to be life-shaping books. Lisa Thalhimer
Received on Fri 26 May 2006 06:26:46 AM CDT
