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A Gift from Miss Missy’s School
Dear Children and Their Grownups,
Two of my people have created a book just for you—readers who long for a story of a different sort. In our tale there are no dragons for heroes to slay, or worlds for wizards to save. It’s simply the story of how my pack and I came to realize we needed a school for all the animals on our farm who wanted to learn and teach from those great books of knowledge passed down to us through… Oh, sorry! Marica says I run on sometimes. Back to our story.
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No Reader Worth His Salt
C.S.Lewis: “When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
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In Fairyland
From the Kid Blog at Miss Missy’s School where Marica talks with kids (and their grownups) about reading and writing…I’d like introduce Andrew Lang (1844-1912), author of In Fairyland. More than anyone, Lang was responsible for making fairy-tales popular with children, and grownups as well, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He’s most famous for a series of 12 Fairy Books which were titled using color names. The first of these was The Blue Fairy Book (1889)…
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Writing Down to Kids
What the intelligent child likes is to be “written up” to. He wants promotion; he wants to get into the adult world; he wants progress
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As Someone Once Said | Abigail Adams
A very important question is asked and answered at the end of Chapter XI: Questions, Questions, Questions in Miss Missy’s School. But I can’t tell you what it is! (Though you may be able to guess.)
This is the chapter where the Big Dogs– including Tiger the Cat– tell their stories about Tommy’s insatiable curiosity. Aubrey is a bit embarrassed and apologizes to everyone. “Tommy should know better than to waste your time like that,” she says.
Rocky says “Ruff,” and Tiger agrees.
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Books about Books
From the Grownup Blog at Miss Missy’s School where the author of this family-friendly gives some ‘behind the scenes’ about the book, and talks about what children’s book authors have to say about writing for kids.
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For educators of all sorts
For educators of all sorts The Child and His Book: Some Account of the History and Progress of Children’s Literature in England (Mrs. E.M. Field, […]
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What People are Saying
What People are Saying ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviews of Miss Missy’s School ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I fell in love with this pack of dogs and their people. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ When […]
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“Readers become learners”
“Miss Missy’s School is a wonderful story with something for people of any age, making this a great book to read all together. Readers become learners …”
