For those of you curious about my source of new words last week, Oscar Wilde’s children’s stories, I posted a review of that book on Sunday: Book Review: Stories for Children by Oscar Wilde and a Wilde visit to St. Louis. … Continue reading →
Read I finished Unbowed by Wangari Maathai in time for book club, Book Review: Unbowed by Wangari Maathai, and Oscar Wilde’s children’s stories in time for a lecture noting the 130th anniversary of his visit to St. Louis, Book Review: Stories for … Continue reading →
Book: Stories for Children by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by P.J. Lynch Genre: Children’s book Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company Publication date: 1990 Pages: 94 Source: Library Summary: This book contains six of Oscar Wilde’s stories for children, drawn from two separate collections … Continue reading →
Today’s new words are from Stories for Children by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by P.J. Lynch. Apparently, the children that Oscar Wilde wrote for knew more words than I do! Linnet talking to the old Water-rat in “The Devoted Friend”: “And … Continue reading →
I was on a bit of an American kick last week with reviews of American Nations and American Terroir and a post about the very American story in The Help. Book Review: American Nations by Colin Woodard Book Review: American Terroir by Rowan … Continue reading →