Boston Archives » Bookology Magazine https://www.bookologymagazine.com/tag/boston Children's Literature Mon, 11 Apr 2022 18:27:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 69996714 Loyalty https://www.bookologymagazine.com/reading-ahead/loyalty https://www.bookologymagazine.com/reading-ahead/loyalty#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:00:53 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?p=29415
Leave it to Avi to find a way to help me look at the Revolutionary War from a new perspective. Make that two. Young Noah is the son of a Loyalist and minister, pledged to the King. When local revolutionaries tar and feather his father, the family flees to Boston.
Needing work, Noah finds a job as a British spy and a server in a tavern, where he can easily overhear plans and report on them.

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]]> https://www.bookologymagazine.com/reading-ahead/loyalty/feed 2 29415 Geography, Part 1 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/caldecott-connection/geography-part-1 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/caldecott-connection/geography-part-1#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:00:23 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=27242 Many picture books have anonymous settings, but some include authentic landmarks identifying locations that can be pinpointed on a map. Traveling from west coast to east coast, several Caldecott Award books feature settings in the United States, and we can become armchair travelers through the illustrations.

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]]> https://www.bookologymagazine.com/caldecott-connection/geography-part-1/feed 1 27242 Caren Stelson https://www.bookologymagazine.com/skinny-dip/caren_stelson https://www.bookologymagazine.com/skinny-dip/caren_stelson#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:00:32 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=22891
Caren Stelson
The book I wish everyone would read:
I love Make Way for Ducklings written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey, and I wish every parent and child would read this ageless picture book together. Why do I love Make Way for Ducklings? Let me start with the fact that my family is from Boston and Make Way for Ducklings takes place in the city of Boston. In

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]]> https://www.bookologymagazine.com/skinny-dip/caren_stelson/feed 1 22891 Skinny Dip with Bobbi Miller https://www.bookologymagazine.com/skinny-dip/skinny-dip-with-bobbi-miller https://www.bookologymagazine.com/skinny-dip/skinny-dip-with-bobbi-miller#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2016 12:00:08 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=8827 Which celebrity, living or not, do you wish would invite you to a coffee shop?
My definition of celebrity is someone whom I admire, who I think has contributed to society in his actions or words. To me, celebrity is more than a pretty face. He does more than recite words that someone else wrote, acting out a story that someone else has planned out and directs.… more

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