A Christmas Like Helen's by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock, ill. by Mary Azarian 2004: Houghton Mifflin Company 32 pages Christmas always puts me in a historical frame of mind. From soon after Thanksgiving until past Epiphany, stories and trivia and memories flow constantly through my mind like a silent soundtrack to everything I do. I think about … Continue reading What Little Girls are Made of
Put It in Writing: Inspiration from letters, historic and otherwise
Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present ed. Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler Dial Press, 2005 824 pages Several years ago, I worked as a book reviewer for the local newspaper. Every few weeks, I dropped by the paper's downtown office and browsed through a small room full of soon-to-be-published books. … Continue reading Put It in Writing: Inspiration from letters, historic and otherwise
Eleanor Roosevelt, Leader-in-Waiting
Eleanor by Barbara Cooney Viking, 1996 32 pages As a child, I spent a great deal of time with my maternal grandparents, both of whom were members of Tom Brokaw's "Greatest Generation." Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the salient figure of their early adulthood, a fixture of an unforgettable time. They mentioned him often, and I … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt, Leader-in-Waiting
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