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)…
“Just brilliantly done-and-brilliantly illustrated”
“Wholly charmed by Miss Missy, I was caught unawares by a book unique in many dimensions. Not just a child’s book, though children will indeed love it for the dogs’ adventures, surprisingly it is also a book for adults who think about how to teach…”
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“The good ones last”
I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story. The good ones last. –C.S. Lewis
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Read before you buy
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“Can it be, Marica, that some children do not enjoy reading?”
Can it be, Marica, that some children do not enjoy reading?”
“Sadly, it is true, Missy.”
“It’s enough to make me weep— if I were able,” Missy said, and it sounded as if she may indeed break down and cry.
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“Certain to engage the imagination”
“The development of each character engages kids and is told from a unique perspective – this isn’t just an ordinary animal story. Marica breathes imaginary life into each one of her farm’s pets with excellence…”
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Er the Gobble-uns’ll git you!
Have you noticed that Aubrey, the homeless hound that Missy and Rocky rescued at the very beginning of Miss Missy’s School: A Pack of Hound Dogs Starts a School speaks somewhat differently from the other Big Dogs? Each of them naturally has his or her own voice, just as individual people do. But Aubrey’s voice is peculiar….
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As Someone Once Said | Victor Hugo
Miss Missy’s School: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School is so much more than an endearing family story. It’s also a place for children and their grownups to learn!
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Too Lovable Tiger!
Alliteration! From the Kid Blog at Miss Missy’s School where the author of this family-friendly middle-grade book talks with kids about reading and writing.
