Comments on: Constance Van Hoven and Her Reading Team https://www.bookologymagazine.com/raising-star-readers/van_hoven-21-05-20 Children's Literature Sat, 27 Aug 2022 15:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sita https://www.bookologymagazine.com/raising-star-readers/van_hoven-21-05-20#comment-2410 Sat, 05 Jun 2021 16:15:04 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=28424#comment-2410 ]]> Thanks, Constance, for including BIRDS OF A FEATHER in this wonderful list of bird books and sharing it with your lovely grandchildren! ❤️

]]> By: Connie Van Hoven https://www.bookologymagazine.com/raising-star-readers/van_hoven-21-05-20#comment-2398 Sun, 23 May 2021 18:38:37 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=28424#comment-2398 Thank you, Jackie. I am a fortunate grandma. Enjoy those books!

]]> By: Jackie Rust https://www.bookologymagazine.com/raising-star-readers/van_hoven-21-05-20#comment-2397 Sat, 22 May 2021 15:24:56 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=28424#comment-2397 A few tears came to my eyes knowing you had to leave grandchildren you so obviously love. What fortunate grandchildren they are. I enjoyed the photos. I ordered, from the library, several of the books you mentioned .

]]> By: Connie Van Hoven https://www.bookologymagazine.com/raising-star-readers/van_hoven-21-05-20#comment-2396 Fri, 21 May 2021 20:51:18 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=28424#comment-2396 Thank you, Candice! We also went to the Denver Zoo during our visit. I was anticipating/hoping to see the peacocks that we had seen there previously. There used to be quite a few freely roaming the zoo grounds. As with the robins, I wanted to make a connection to the books I brought. But, sigh, the peacocks were moved to different homes last year. Apparently some visitors tried to grab feathers and there were several incidents of peacocks getting agitated. Can’t blame them! In Birds of a Feather, Sita Singh addresses the sometimes aggressive behavior of peacocks, usually as an act of self-defense.

]]> By: Connie Van Hoven https://www.bookologymagazine.com/raising-star-readers/van_hoven-21-05-20#comment-2395 Fri, 21 May 2021 20:38:37 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=28424#comment-2395 In reply to Karen Ritz.

Thank you, Karen! I enjoy your newsletter with so many interesting and fun suggestions. “A new way of grandmothering”–I’m all ears and all in! And I’m jealous of your robin’s nest. We are waiting for tree swallows to move in to the house we made with gkids last year–one for their yard and one for ours. If it would only stop snowing!

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