I cannot remember where I first heard about Favorite Poems Old and New, but I do recall the excitement when I finally found it somewhere, second-hand and affordable. This sturdy volume of almost 600 pages is a treasure. Last night Miss 12 was wandering around aimlessly, so we grabbed the book and settled down on […]
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How to Write a Book—A Free Christian Novel-Writing Course for Teens and Adults
Over half the members of our family write, but Miss 14 is our fiction star, having penned several novels. I’ve been thinking of getting her a novel-writing course. She participates in NaNoWriMo every year and imitates other writers’ styles as recommended in The Writer’s Workshop, but I wanted to give her something more. As I […]
Resources for Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Prince Hamlet, distraught by his widowed mother’s rapid remarriage, is approached by his father’s ghost demanding revenge on his murderer. Torn by conflict, Hamlet is maddened by this command, causing all around him to worry for him and setting in motion a plot which ends, as you may know, with almost every survivor dying at a […]
Review: English Literature for Boys and Girls by H.E. Marshall
Ambleside Online has influenced our family in many ways, not the least by introducing us to great books. One that we’ve been using for many years is English Literature for Boys and Girls by H.E. Marshall, written in 1909. We are blessed to have a century-old copy for our teens, complete with roughly cut pages […]