Author Topic: The Library (Read 2614247 times)

Frybabe · « **Reply #14680 on:** February 17, 2015, 11:01:10 AM »

The Library

Our library cafe is open 24/7, the welcome mat is always out.
Do come in from daily chores and spend some time with us.

We look forward to hearing from you, about you and the books you are enjoying (or not).

Let the book talk begin here!

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I expect the pipes will be frozen for a while.

Since I am in a crummy mood anyway, I am working on my taxes.

MaryPage · « **Reply #14681 on:** February 17, 2015, 11:10:52 AM »

I'm sorry about the whole mess, Frybabe, but have to admit that your last comment got a loud guffaw from me!

Paint a halo on me, as I mailed my taxes in last week. Refunds due from both state and federal. Woo hoo!

Granddaughter Maria had a plumber and her dad in her basement over a burst pipe all day yesterday. A case of old pipe, not a frozen one. Turns out it won't cost her much, as the plumber is a client who owes her money for saving him from foreclosure. Maria is an attorney.

We had a very fine snow, and about 3" of it, I think. I mean, what with the wind pushing it hither and yon, I would guess that to be about right. Much, much less in some spots and deeper in others. Beautiful, glaringly white day today. But Baby, it's Cold Outside! I'm staying in.

Ella Gibbons · « **Reply #14682 on:** February 17, 2015, 11:53:13 AM »

Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but my books are so delightful, it's great to be a reader and lose yourself in a good book, isn't it? To ignore it all, (eat and grow fatter)

I recently finished THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr; can't remember how I happened to buy it. It was a National Book Award finalist, perhaps that is where I learned of it.

It absolutely is one of the best books I have read in a long time. Has anyone else read it? As you get deeper and deeper into the book you start becoming fearful of what the author is going to do. I simply did not want to get to the end for that reason alone. What would I have done if I had been the author? Those kind of questions are haunting.

“Tackling questions of survival, endurance and moral obligations during wartime, the book is as precise and artful and ingenious as the puzzle boxes the heroine’s locksmith father builds for her. Impressively, it is also a vastly entertaining feat of storytelling.” –New York Times Book Review

Precise, artful, ingenious, impressive, vastly entertaining - yes, those words could describe it. I would add that the book tackles your emotions in many places, almost to the point where tears show.

Not everyone's cup of tea, of course.

But everyone will enjoy visiting, discussing and learning all over again the joy of Jane Austen's EMMA starting in March. I've been around Seniorlearn (Seniornet) since its inception in 1996 and can still remember the amazment I felt when I discovered the fun of sitting in my pajamas late at night or early in the morning with a cup of coffee and learning what others had to say about a book I was reading and discussing it slowly, savoring it. Such delight!

We all owe this to two people who started book discussions in Seniornet and began SeniorLearn on their own - we all should give them a huge applause.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR GINNY AND JOANP! Many, many thanks

mabel1015j · « **Reply #14683 on:** February 17, 2015, 02:18:49 PM »

WHOOP! WHOOP! Hooray! for Joan, Ginny, Jane and all the other nuts and bolts people who make Seniorlearn work, and for all of you who participate and make this such a joy to look forward to everyday.

Jean

Frybabe · « **Reply #14684 on:** February 17, 2015, 02:20:40 PM »

Thanks for the thoughts, everyone. Ginny's turn. She will need a little warming up, I think. Jane posted over in the Latin class and the Lady of Shalott discussion that she is without power now.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #14685 on:** February 17, 2015, 03:22:28 PM »

Well they said that little guy in Pennsylvania predicted another 6 weeks of winter and it appears he was right on - but winter with a vengeance - of course we have nothing like the rest of you but it dropped 40 degrees here yesterday within get this, 10 minutes - boy did my lungs do a number on me but was able to get myself in good shape with a hot glass of water - followed by my herbal combo and some hot coffee - sheesh - and then tonight another cold one but by tomorrow it starts to warm up again -

All this dark dreary weather is so hard on my disposition - been playing all my French contemporary music rather then any serious music - anything to keep myself from sinking into being a Moaning Myrtle as in Harry Potter -

Remember this - I loved that series...

Moaning Myrtle: I'm Moaning Myrtle! I wouldn't expect you to know me! Who would ever talk about ugly, miserable, moping, Moaning Myrtle? AHHHHHHHHHH!
[she lets out a piercing shriek and dive-bombs into one of the toilets, disappearing with a splash]
Hermione: She's a little sensitive.

don't you just love it...

pedln · « **Reply #14686 on:** February 17, 2015, 03:36:23 PM »

Oh poor Ginny. I hope she gets her power back soon. And Frybabe gets rid of her mess. Here it's in the teens and the road has about 10 or 12 inches, but that sure beats an ice storm like the one we had about 5 years ago that left some folks without power for 13 days. I'm not complaining and compared to some others I'm pretty well off. Warm with plenty to eat and an exercise bike in the basement.

Bellemarie, I would if I could send you a link to the Drabble intro, but it's part of a second-hand Emma paperback with very small print. We may have to make some changes here.

marjifay · « **Reply #14687 on:** February 17, 2015, 04:07:16 PM »

The weather is not bad everywhere, Ginny. Thank goodness! Here in Southern California we're happy that the temperatures are going down after they've been in the 90's in several areas. 90's in February! Today they are in the 70s. Lovely!!

I hope your power returns soon. How awful to be without power in this cold weather!

And my thoughts are with Frybabe and her frozen bathroom.

Oh, I just heard about your broken leg, Ginny. How terrible! Hope you have someone to help you.

Marj

marjifay · « **Reply #14688 on:** February 17, 2015, 04:33:52 PM »

Well, Jane, about my gripe about repeated messages. Apparently I'm the only one with this problem? It must be the SrLearn that's doing it. I have no problems with my other groups.

I have other gripes -- I get tired of seeing the message saying it's time to move on and when I click it I'm taken back several years to old messages.

Also often there is no link showing for a reply.

Marj

ginny · « **Reply #14689 on:** February 17, 2015, 04:37:21 PM »

I'm back, not sure for how long but we're fine, thanks for the nice remarks. It's not as bad here as it is in other parts of the country. Somebody hit a power pole apparently and it's not our lines which the pine trees keep inching toward, so there may be further developments.

Marjifay, no that was a long time ago on the leg, you must be using an old bookmark, but I appreciate the kind words anyway.

Ella, I loved that post about sitting up late with the PJ's, that's one thing one can't do in a face to face book club. That was beautifully written.

PatH, such wonderful neighbors you have.

Lots of great posts here! Pleasure to come in and read them.

Frybabe · « **Reply #14690 on:** February 17, 2015, 04:46:31 PM »

It's not a mess yet, Pedlin. The pipes are still frozen, but I have the valves closed in the basement so when they do eventually thaw, I won't have a super big mess. I must have had a premonition last fall when I had the plumber put new the valves. The old ones were so rusted and could not be budged.

Oh, Ginny, your are back. Hurray! You just reminded me of this article in our local online newspaper:

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/02/report_wienermobile_slams_into.html#incart_most-read_

MaryPage · « **Reply #14691 on:** February 17, 2015, 05:11:33 PM »

Today, I feel like the luckiest person in the world. The mailman left this humongous package at my door, and I opened it to find a book as big as and bigger than most World Atlases. It is called CHIHULY BLACK, and is made up of two hundred some pages of photographs of his Black Series. Breathtakingly beautiful.

And the story of how I have come by it is even more astonishing to me. Let me see: it is a young man whom I have never met who bought it just for me and sent it to me from Seattle, Washington. His mother in law is my number four daughter's college roommate and best friend. Mary's mother died some years ago, and I have adopted her ever since. I do adore her. And she me. So when she moved out to Seattle several years ago, my parting words to her were that she must see the Chihuly works. She was sort of "the Cha Who?" Anyway, she did as I told her, and now she is almost as big a Chihuly fanatic as I. Her daughter Caroline married a young Seattle native, and it is he who sent me this fabulous gift. Bless his boots!

PatH · « **Reply #14692 on:** February 17, 2015, 06:07:29 PM »

MaryPage, that's not luck, it's a well-deserved return on your goodness, even if by a roundabout route.

It sounds magnificent. He's amazing.

bellamarie · « **Reply #14693 on:** February 17, 2015, 07:06:40 PM »

Ella,

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I've been around Seniorlearn (Seniornet) since its inception in 1996 and can still remember the amazment I felt when I discovered the fun of sitting in my pajamas late at night or early in the morning with a cup of coffee and learning what others had to say about a book I was reading and discussing it slowly, savoring it. Such delight!

Oh this does bring me back to that wonderful feeling, when I first began. I stumbled onto the site by pure accident, praying I would find an online book club. I was so afraid I would not be allowed to join because it was Seniornet, and I was not a "senior." You ladies were so gracious, and welcoming to me, and since I had not read most of the authors of the books chosen each month, I considered myself a baby chick, and you all seasoned readers were like mother hens, helping me out.

Cheers and much gratitude to Ginny, and JoanP., for their fortitude in continuing on with SeniorLearn. I remember dear Gumtree, who lived in Australia, and would post in the middle of the night when we were all fast asleep on this side of the world. Although, I must confess, she and I had a few nightly chats, because I had sleep deprivation back then. We are so very lucky we have this great group, and I for one appreciate each and every post. I learned more than you could imagine, and had never read anything much more than Danielle Steel, and Mary Higgins Clark before joining. I hated History and never would have thought I could hold anything near intelligent enough conversation with anyone about World War I or II. Now, here I am having wonderful conversations with my hubby the History buff! Not to mention, my collection of Danielle Steel books are boxed and packed far back into my attic, because I just need more substance like Jane Austen. Not to say, a sweet little Steele romance doesn't call to me every now and then.

Everyone stay safe, warm, and be patient....Spring will come, we just have to get through this next month or so. I really don't mind the winter weather, I snuggle up in my sweats and sweatshirt, warm fuzzy socks, hot chocolate or tea, with my special warm blanket and my dog at my feet keeping them warm, while I read!

Ginny, so glad to see you are back and fine.

mabel1015j · « **Reply #14694 on:** February 17, 2015, 09:43:15 PM »

I like winter, and the other three seasons, also Bellamarie. In the spring, summer and fall, i love sitting out on our patio with a book, or two or three - i need variety in my reading - and watching the birds and the squirrels. In the winter, i like curling up on the couch, or in bed with a great comforter and with another stack of stories to look forward to.

I like changing my wardrobe by the seasons, right now i can wear, indoors and to take the dog out, sweaters that i've knit, or a down jacket that i have had forever (and will keep wearing altho the edge of the sleeves are beginning to fray) because i have never been cold in that jacket!

I have said before on some Seniornet/Seniorlearn discussion that i think i would not be happy in Fla or southern Calif where the temps are within 20 degrees all yr round. I like the beautiful fall leaves. I love searching for the first snowbells to poke up thru the snow - curiously last year they were up by the end of Jan, this year they have yet to make an appearance. Then come the daffodils, the hyacinths, the tulips, one after the other. Even when its cold enough to bundle up, i take a book out to the patio table to watch nature as i enjoy a good story, or a good history or non-fiction.

The snow is beautiful, but, of course, i never have to shovel it!

. My DH has a super-duper snowblower and if the roads are safe our son, dgt and g-sons are 15 mins away and come to help. My job is to provide hot food!

Tenn had terrible ice yesterday, i hope Maryz and her family are safe and warm.

Jean

maryz · « **Reply #14695 on:** February 17, 2015, 11:08:57 PM »

Jean, did y'all get much snow? As I said in Mystery, we're in this little pocket that didn't get snow or much ice. There was lots around us, and Nashville got hit really hard.

Like you, I love all four seasons. My least favorite is hot summer - and we have more of that than I'd like. But I do like our relatively mild winters.

jane · « **Reply #14696 on:** February 18, 2015, 10:29:41 AM »

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Well, Jane, about my gripe about repeated messages. Apparently I'm the only one with this problem? It must be the SrLearn that's doing it. I have no problems with my other groups.

I have other gripes -- I get tired of seeing the message saying it's time to move on and when I click it I'm taken back several years to old messages.

Also often there is no link showing for a reply.

Marj

I'm bewildered by this. I've never seen a message about moving on, or repeated messages.

1. Do you come to SeniorLearn.org via a bookmark to our index page? This is the ONLY bookmark/favorite/aol heart you want to use to come to this site.

http://seniorlearn.org/forum/index.php

2. Then click the "show new replies in discussions in which you've posted" link at the top of the page?

3. Then click on one of the little blue NEW icons next to the first discussion you want to read? That should take you to the first new message since you were here last.

4. When you've read that area, click back to the top and click "Show new replies..." Again and select another discussion you want to catch up on, click the NEW button.

Another way is to go down the index page and click on discussions you know you want to read, click on it and click a NEW button, if there is one.

Another way is to look at the left side of the various discussions. If that icon...a sort of pyramid with a bar theough the top is blue, something new has been posted, since you were there last. If it's a grey, nothing new has been posted since your last visit.

You can also enable notifications in your PROFILE and then click on the notify button on discussions you want to get an email about when something new is posted. This works well for some people.

If you've bookmarked a discussion like this one, you've marked a specific page, and you will always be taken back to that page, even when the discussion has moved on.

Maybe the above will help you sort out the old stuff and the repetitions.

Jane

jane · « **Reply #14697 on:** February 18, 2015, 10:31:12 AM »

I forgot to add above, and my IPAD and internet are wonky this morning, that
the only time a reply doesn't show is if you are not on the last page of the discussion or if you are logged out of SeniorLearn.org and looking in as a guest.

marjifay · « **Reply #14698 on:** February 18, 2015, 10:50:16 AM »

Jane, I have no idea of what you mean by "Do you come to SeniorLearn.org via a bookmark to our index page?" I don't know what a "bookmark to our "index page" refers to. What is the "index page"?

Marj

MaryPage · « **Reply #14699 on:** February 18, 2015, 12:51:19 PM »

I've never experienced any problems; none whatsoever.

I have each discussion forum I visit in my FAVORITES list. When a new page is started, I "save" that new page in my FAVORITES list, and delete the old page on that same list. That way, each morning I can go on line, look at my FAVORITES list, and, one by one, open each forum and read what everyone has had to say since I last was in there. Piece of cake!

My iPad, unlike my PC, does not allow me, for some reason beyond my fathoming, to stay logged in to any one forum. It will save them on my FAVORITES list, and I can read what everyone has to say. But I cannot REPLY unless I log in freshly. And that is easy enough to do.

jane · « **Reply #14700 on:** February 18, 2015, 12:54:39 PM »

Marj...What link do you use to come to SeniorLearn.org? When I open my computer browser or my IPAD, I click on a bookmark that takes me to the i dex page. That's the page here that lists ALL of our discussions. That link is to this page

http://seniorlearn.org/forum/index.php

From there I can scroll down and see all the discussions. I can then use any number of ways I listed above to get to the new messages posted since I last visited and posted in a discussion.

I usually click the "Show new replies..." And this gives me a list of all the discussions that have new messages. I work my way through the list.

I can also just scroll down that index page and click on those where that pyramid and bar icon is blue, click open that discussion and click the NEW button. When I finish, I click back out and scroll on down the index page.

Jane

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #14701 on:** February 18, 2015, 01:11:10 PM »

Hope you get this sorted out marjifay - if anyone can guide you through Jane is the one for sure -

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #14702 on:** February 18, 2015, 01:12:12 PM »

Don't you just love this optical illusion

bellamarie · « **Reply #14703 on:** February 18, 2015, 02:02:46 PM »

I always go to my aol email box every time I want to go to this site. I just click the email, blue link and enable and there I am. I do access it sometimes through my bookmark with absolutely no problems. Marjfay sounds like she has glitches that have nothing to do with this site. I never have any repeated posts or anything else she is describing. I have no issues with accessing it through my ipad Air, or iphone either. Good luck!

Frybabe · « **Reply #14704 on:** February 18, 2015, 04:03:52 PM »

Who is the artist Barb? Interesting that the beach and sea are just outside the porticos.

Somehow, I managed to lose all my library collection markers on my original Kindle. At first I thought I lost my downloaded books too, but no, they are all there - all 817 of them. I am spending time making new collection folders and moving my books into them, not a a quick task on the old Kindles with keyboard. Previously, the thing was getting real slow even though there is plenty of space left. I did a hard reboot. That is when I lost the folders. Unfortunately, the old Kindles don't take many apps, so it doesn't have an antivirus like my Fire does.

salan · « **Reply #14705 on:** February 19, 2015, 03:22:23 AM »

i just finished a book by Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost. It continues the story of the Waverly family that she first introduced in Garden Spells. I found both books enjoyable.
Sally

Steph · « **Reply #14706 on:** February 19, 2015, 07:56:11 AM »

Brr, we had cold wind and temps this am.. but not like the north.Daisy, the Corgi was not amused, but she is too bullheaded to let me put a coat on her.. laid down and refused to walk when I did, so off we went with coat for me and no coat for Miss priss.. Only walked a mile though, the wind was too too much. Off on a day trip today. Kings Ridge where I live has a variety of day trips and I mostly love them. We are going to the horse races and thank heavens, will be inside on the top of the grandstands in a very nice club.. our own private betting booths, a very nice lunch and a lovely day usually.

bellamarie · « **Reply #14707 on:** February 19, 2015, 09:52:31 AM »

We are a balmy -3 degrees this morning. All our schools are closed.

Steph, my Shih Tzu lives in his sweaters beginning Oct - May. I bought him a really nice coat and put it on him with these horribly frigid temps. He loves putting them on. When I take them off, he reacts as if he is not happy with me. Good for you for taking your walk. Sounds like a fun day you have planned.

I started a list of TBR books, and I really appreciate the recommendations everyone posts.

ginny · « **Reply #14708 on:** February 19, 2015, 10:13:53 AM »

OH my goodness, what a joy to come in here, what a lively happy place full of news of what everybody is doing, book recommendations, art work, helpful discussions on how to access the website, and really positive vibes. Just love it.

Thank you for the nice remarks. Congratulations, MaryPage, that's lovely. Good on YOU Stephanie for venturing out in this awful weather, thank you Salan for that recommendation, I'm not familiar with her work, I'll have to look her up.

Frybabe! Do I really remind you of an Oscar Mayer hot dog? hahahaa Knowing you, your encyclopedic brain picked up some reference to those weinermobiles in a long ago discussion and retained it, am I right?

I haven't seen one of those in years, and thought hot dogs were definitely off the radar health wise. Apparently not. I can still sing the song tho...OH...I.. wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner...er.... ah...

Here's the unscientific way I come to Senior Learn. You won't believe it, probably. I look it up on google, believe it or not. I click on the discussions link offered on google and I come in to the "Index" page which shows all the discussions if one scrolls down. But I don't. I click on the first link on the top left of the page right under my name. See the Show New Replies since you last posted or whatever it says? Directly under "Hello ginny?"

This is an old one, very old but I think you can see it. That's what I click on, all day long.

If I don't, I will come in several years ago on page 1. The pages show on the bottom of the discussion. Let me go out and see which page we are on now, every page is 40 posts.

We are currently writing on page 368. That is a LOT of posts under the bridge.

What a pleasure to come in here this morning and see all the great conversation.

marjifay · « **Reply #14709 on:** February 19, 2015, 11:31:19 AM »

The Shopkeeper's Wife sounds okay IF you like women's fiction, love stories, and romance novels (not my cuppa).

Marj

marjifay · « **Reply #14710 on:** February 19, 2015, 12:45:48 PM »

I have SrLearn on my favorites list, and it takes me to a list of the different discussions -- what you call the "index page," I guess.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #14711 on:** February 19, 2015, 12:56:08 PM »

AH HA sounds like you are on the right track - things are beginning to look up Marj - toast yourself hehe probably with a glass of water or cup of coffee but one down now the next phase of this web site configuration - Jane will again be a real good guide for you... really I am glad for you that you will be able to sort all this out...

Frybabe · « **Reply #14712 on:** February 19, 2015, 01:41:05 PM »

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Frybabe! Do I really remind you of an Oscar Mayer hot dog? hahahaa Knowing you, your encyclopedic brain picked up some reference to those weinermobiles in a long ago discussion and retained it, am I right?

HaHa, Ginny! No, it was just the mention of someone hitting a power pole that did it. I was surprised to see the article, first because I didn't know anyone was running around the area in one, and second, because it happened not a mile away from me, and I missed seeing it.

I am continuing my book on Atilla the Hun and the demise of the Roman Empire (that's not the title BTW) and am about to start another of Ruth Downey's Medicus mystery series. I will pass on Emma.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #14713 on:** February 19, 2015, 03:07:31 PM »

Fascinating article in the Guardian about the adult value of reading children's books and having literary acknowledgment and prizes for children's books.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/16/childrens-books-are-never-just-for-children?CMP=EMCBKSEML3964

The article includes a short list of children's books re-read as adults by some authors of the day which prompted me to think of the children's books I have re-read as an adult.

I love and re-read The Wind in the Willows following up with all the Willow books that after getting permission from the family William Horwood wrote. Not a re-read but I did read as each came out the Harry Potter series. Of course as a mom I re-read many children's books but for myself as an adult I've read Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, Oh yes, Paddington Bear - just about all the Brambly Hedge books - read again, here on Senior Learn Alice in Wonderland and my favorite two that we read in eighth grade, The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline. I even went to Saint Martinville to see the church, oak and statue of Evangeline. Love the story... may pull it out and read it yet again.

OK what children's books have you read as an adult? Won't this be great to hear what Children's books we have all read as adults.

Ella Gibbons · « **Reply #14714 on:** February 19, 2015, 04:05:10 PM »

Oh Barbara, I wish you hadn't mentioned Hiawatha - I will never - ever - forget the horror, the absolute terror, of having to recite this in front of the class. Each student in some class or other in elementary grade had to learn a poem or stanza of a poem and recite it and this one fell to me:

By the shores of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis. Dark behind it rose the forest, Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, Rose the firs with cones upon them; Bright before it beat the water, Beat the clear and sunny water, Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.

Ella Gibbons · « **Reply #14715 on:** February 19, 2015, 04:17:31 PM »

The poetry that was drummed into us in grade school rather ruined a lot of it for me, too bad. One time visiting Longfellow's home in Portland, Me the guide told us fascinating stories of the pirates that came into shore at times and burned down homes and killed people looking for treasure. That is why you see heavy shutters on the old houses there with large holes in them for the residents to poke rifles through to shoot those dastardly pirates.

There are numerous sites of the house on the web, the first floor has those heavy shuters.

Frybabe · « **Reply #14716 on:** February 19, 2015, 04:58:39 PM »

Right on, Ella. For me it was 8th grade. We had an English teacher who must have loved poetry. Unfortunately, he overdid it. I did read and enjoy Robert Frost, Ogden Nash, Poe ((The Raven), and Carl Sandberg in high school but got away from it after 10th grade. Oh, and I actually read the Iliad on my own some time ago. I have only started collecting (and reading a few) in the last year or so. That I attribute to spending time with this great bunch of people here on SeniorLearn. Goodness, The Odyssey, Ovid's Metamorphosis (in Latin), and now The Lady of Shalott.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #14717 on:** February 19, 2015, 05:34:20 PM »

Ah yes the famous lines from the middle of the third chapter - There are 22 chapters to this poem from the Peace Fire through his childhood, his friend making, fasting, sailing, fishing, going west to connect with his gods, courting, wedding, blessing cornfields, picture writing, lamentations, hunting, death of friends, famine, the white-man and finally his departure.

What I found interesting in the Intro to my copy it explains how Longfellow had just completed reading and used the Finnish epic Kolevala for the development and form of Hiawatha and for his research into the legends and material in the epic poem he turned to Schoolcraft's great book on the Indian. The intro further explains when reading to his boys after tea he read, The Red Swan and Hyperion and also he used Finnische Runen as thirteen years on the Rhine to help him.

Most of us never got all this when we were introduced to the short few stanzas we were to memorize when we were in grade school - too bad because it really is a wonderful story, a true early American epic poem. And although, the colonists experienced Indian attacks the poem shows life from the Indian experience which when even my kids were little was not the way the native American was understood and explained or depicted.

MaryPage · « **Reply #14718 on:** February 19, 2015, 05:46:03 PM »

I read A.A. Milne and Raold Dahl and P.L. Travers and Beatrix Potter and Charlotte Zolotow and Ruth Heller books, among many others, to my little ones. Then they took off and read everything on their own. I believe in starting to read to them when they are brand new infants and having a reading every single night for at least five minutes and allowing it to get longer and longer. It becomes very important to them and many children will be reading on their own just from this before they go to kindergarten. Reading is the family pasttime throughout my family.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #14719 on:** February 19, 2015, 05:52:37 PM »

I agree MaryPage - as moms I imagine most of us who post on Senior Learn read these wonderful books to our children. Too bad not all children have that experience. By any chance did you read any books we consider children's literature as an adult for your own enjoyment?

Did any of us as adults read Children's Literature?

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