I had the opportunity to recently hear the author present at the Children's Literature Conference at Shenandoah University. It was interesting to hear her tell stories about this book that she so obviously meticulously researched. She's a lot like a dog with a bone in terms of seeking out her fac...
This story was about a dog who went to school with his owner. The dog was very bad at first until he starting liking school. I enjoyed this book and found it funny. Also I believe children would also enjoy this book. I loved how the booked rhymed and was easy to read. Children could easily relat...
Every time the phone rang, I jumped out of my skin. It was never Alexis, or her mother, or Morrison’s. Or Jake. As if.It was either Grandma or about Grandma.At five o’clock it was Mrs. Philips calling to say Grandma was wandering again. After that call, Mom fired the aide and Grandma spent the ni...
—CHARLES, ON ANNIE, 1851 Other than losing Mary Eleanor as an infant, nothing terrible had happened to the Darwin family. They had had the usual bouts with childhood illness, including the recent scarlet fever, but nothing out of the ordinary. Still, Charles could be an anxious and worried fath...