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, […]
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 […]
“I fell in love with this pack of dogs and their people”
“I bought the book for my grandson’s 8th birthday. It’s my habit to read books before I gift them and fell in love with this pack of dogs and their people. …”
“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…”
“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
Some Stars, Please!
If you’ve been reading the Family Reading Gifts, excerpts from Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School, you have gotten a sense of the story. And if you’ve seen the “As Someone Once Said,” and the other posts from the Grownup Blog…
Read before you buy
Read before you buy If you, too, like to preview the books you give to the children in your lives, please check out the longer […]
“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.
“As Someone Once Said” | Will Rogers
This quote comes from “Chapter X: Zero-One-Two” in Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School. This is a funny chapter! I don’t want to give it away, but the premise is that Bebe thinks she knows how to do something, and Jordan tells her she’s doing it wrong. But she won’t believe him. Even as he tries to explain it to her, she insists she’s doing it correctly. Finally, in frustration, Bebe says,