Through the Looking Glass Book Reviews

Monday, April 4, 2022

Jane Goodall - Scientist, Environmentalist, Writer, and Reader

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Illustration by Petra Braun   When I was a student at the University of Oxford studying zoology, Jane Goodall, the famous primatologist, cam...
Friday, April 1, 2022

Happy Poetry Month - A review of Classic Poetry

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Dear Friends,  Happy April and happy Poetry Month.    When I was little, my father used to read to me. He had such a beautiful reading-aloud...
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Please look after this bear.

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In the late 1930s-1940s, Michael Bond, author of Paddington Bear , saw Jewish refugee children (Kindertransport children) walking through Lo...
Friday, March 25, 2022

Books for Refugee Children

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  Art by Sophie Blackall Long ago, but what sometimes feels like yesterday, my family and I fled a war-torn country as refugees. We were luc...

Winter is melting into spring - With a beautiful picture book by Kazuo Iwamura

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While I was on vacation in Hawaii, spring arrived in my valley in southern Oregon. During my absence we had some much needed rain, and so th...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Women's History Month - Emma Lazarus, an activist and author of poetry and prose.

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In 1883 and American poet called Emma Lazarus wrote a sonnet called The New Colossus . She wrote the poem to raise money for the constructio...
Sunday, March 20, 2022

Happy Spring! With a review of Crinkle, Crackle, Crack It's Spring.

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  "In the spring all the little flowers came out obediently in the meads, and the dew sparkled, and the birds sang; in the summer it wa...
Saturday, March 19, 2022

Getting to know Freya Blackwood, author and illustrator

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  Freya Blackwood has been illustrating children’s book for some years now, and I have always been charmed by the characters that she creat...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Happy Birthday, Kate Greenaway

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Art from the Pied Piper of Hamelin For many years I saw Kate Greenaway's artwork without knowing who the artist was. Her style is very d...
Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Aloha from Hawai’i with a book about sea turtles.

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Aloha dear friends, I am vacationing on the island of Kaua’i with my family, and I wish I could send you the sound of the ocean and the beau...
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Ashland, Oregon, United States
I have always loved books and cannot remember a time when I could not read. For me reading, and having books in my life, is a necessity, not a luxury. I live in a lovely college town called Ashland, in Oregon. I share my home with my husband, three dachshunds, and two cats. We live on a farm where we raise grapes for winemaking, so there is always outdoor work to be done. In addition to reading, collecting books, reorganizing books, and reading about books, I love to hike, knit, cook, play music, and travel.
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