Here is a photo of my Barred Owl, adopted through the Adopt a Wildlife Ambassador Program offered by the Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick, Maine. I chose this one because it reminds me of my owl in “The Owl Keeper” (except this owl is much bigger)! The center is dedicated to rehabilitating sick, injured and [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Magical Winter Reads
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Astrid Lindgren, Berlie Doherty, Berta Hader, Children of Winter, Dylan Thomas, Elsa Beskow, Emily Hawkins, Eoin McNamee, Ezra Jack Keats, Hans Christian Andersen, Jan Brett, Jane Yolen, Joan Aiken, John Masefield, Kate DiCamillo, Katy and the Big Snow, Little Snow Goose, Maggie Kneen, Nightbirds on Nantucket, Northern Lights, Ollie’s Ski Trip, Owl Moon, Philip Pullman, Raymond Briggs, Sibylle Von Olfers, Susan Cooper, The Big Snow, The Box of Delights, The Dark is Rising, The Golden Compass, The Magician's Elephant, The Mitten, The Navigator, The Snow Queen, The Snowman, The Snowy Day, The Story of the Snow Children, The Tomten, The Tomten and the Fox, Virginia Lee Burton on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Late in the middle watch of a calm winter’s night, many years ago, a square-rigged, three-masted ship, the Sarah Casket, was making her way slowly through northern seas under a blaze of stars.” And so begins the adventures of young Dido Twite, who is rescued from a watery grave by Captain Casket in Joan Aiken’s [...]
