I'm surprised at how much I didn't like it. Phillip is a boy with a huge crush on his older sister. When she gets married, he sulks and rebuffs the friendship of Lu, and earns the ire of the head nurse. One day out of pure grey boredom he is allowed to use Lu's toys and makes a fantastic city. Bu...
this was a brief introduction to shakespeare for children. some of the stories glossed certain plot lines over, perhaps e. nesbit did not think they were important. but i feel in shakespeare that the minor plot lines are just as important as the major ones (as we had discussed in class. my new...
Continuing the series about the Bastable children is The Wouldbegoods, in which the children discover that having money again and living in their Indian Uncle's fancy house in town does not make them automatically desire to be good. I didn't find this nearly as much fun as The Treasure-Seekers. ...
This is also a revisit because Shiloah brought up E. Nesbit yet again! Also, I realized that I have not ever recorded this one anyway so it is a good thing to revisit. I love this story. The adorable flipping back and forth from third to first person by the "young" author is priceless. And the ad...
I gather that people who read E Nesbit's works too often don't read the biographical info. If they did, they'd realize that she was in fact a revolutionary, who gave children MUCH more respect than her predecessors did.This is a collection of short stories, so following my usual practice with an...
This is a book very close to my heart, and in my top ten of my all-time favourite classic children's books. I first read this when I was 8 or 9, and have re-read it many times since. In fact my copy is looking decidedly battered and worse for wear (you always know you're on to a good book when th...