Category Archives: Book of the Month

“It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper.”  Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine This week The Writer Community prompts asked us what childhood book made the biggest impact on us. For me it was Ella Enchanted. Thinking about this book made meContinue reading “Book Review: Ella Enchanted”

“Rosie hated her curly golden hair. When she was old enough to hold minimal conversations, the itsy-bitsy-cutesycoo sort of grown-ups would pull the soft ringlets gently and tell her what a pretty little girl she was. She would stare at this sort of grown-up and say, “I am not pretty. I am intelligent. And brave.”Continue reading “Book Review: Spindle’s End”

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey “What a tragic tale! Why these stories for children always have to turn out so dreadfully is beyond me. I think if I ever tell it to my grandchildren, I will change the ending and have everyone live happily ever after. We are allowed to do that, are weContinue reading “Book Review: The Snow Child”