Let’s Talk Controversy – Laura Ingalls Wilder

In case you haven’t heard… Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name is being stripped from her literacy award because of some controversy on the way she described the natives in the Midwest in her “Little House” series.  I’m no stranger to banned books, controversy over books, etc. but I also would never say that any of itContinue reading “Let’s Talk Controversy – Laura Ingalls Wilder”

H2O by Virginia Bergin ~ Book review!

The story is told from Ruby’s point of view in a way that I can only describe as journalish or conversational. I will admit first of all that it took me a VERY long time to actually read this book. I kept looking at it on the shelf at the bookstore (the cover is veryContinue reading “H2O by Virginia Bergin ~ Book review!”