After very busy days, I’ve been slipping into the Dutch countryside of dunes, mills, castles, canals, and swamps with teenaged Tom, his amazing dog Scout, and his two friends Carl and Bert. In Piet Prins’s seven-book Scout series, Tom and his friends help free their village from the Nazis, save lives, track down smugglers, burglars, […]
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Review: Bobby’s Friends! by Phia van den Berg
Bobby and his siblings were full of excitement when they finally flew from their home country, the Netherlands, to Pakistan. Although they were used to adapting to different cultures because of their father’s flood control work, settling into Pakistan in the 1950’s proved to be a challenge. Ten year old Bobby really struggled to understand […]
Books Read Recently
I only finished one book in the last week, Still House Pond by Jan Watson (review coming up). This book, while gripping, bothered me with its ‘modern attitudes.’ One good point was that it showed graphically how youngsters can be influenced by what they read. Of course, that is true for adults as well. Unfortunately, […]
Holiday Highlights, Week 2
This has been a hot, hot week. We worked in the house and garden, read books, ate good food, and enjoyed life. We started planning our summer learning contracts as well. School: The younger four children and I did nothing, not even documentation. Miss 17 started her final year’s work because she plans to be […]