Swallows and Amazons Archives » Bookology Magazine https://www.bookologymagazine.com/tag/swallows-and-amazons Children's Literature Sat, 31 Oct 2020 13:04:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 69996714 How the Heather Looks: a Joyous Journeyto the British Sources of Children’s Books https://www.bookologymagazine.com/literary-madeleines/heather https://www.bookologymagazine.com/literary-madeleines/heather#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:00:57 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=22363 If any good has come from the quarantine of 2020, it’s made me a heavy library user—my personal library, that is, since the public libraries are closed. I found this book in a dresser drawer. (When I redid my office, I didn’t want the clutter of bookcases, instead opting for vintage dressers and armoires—lovely to look at but I forget what’s in them).… more

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]]> https://www.bookologymagazine.com/literary-madeleines/heather/feed 1 22363 The Reading Summer https://www.bookologymagazine.com/red-reading-boots/the-reading-summer https://www.bookologymagazine.com/red-reading-boots/the-reading-summer#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:14:31 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=11555 A stressed mother of a first grader sought my counsel this week. The issue was reading. Her son wasn’t. And at the close of first grade he was expected to. There was talk of testing, remedial help over the summer, reading logs, etc. She and her spouse were dreading it, worried, and a little irked—not at the not-yet-reader, but at the expectations and the pressure.… more

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]]> https://www.bookologymagazine.com/red-reading-boots/the-reading-summer/feed 0 11555 Skinny Dip with Melanie Heuiser Hill https://www.bookologymagazine.com/skinny-dip/skinny-dip-with-melanie-heuiser-hill https://www.bookologymagazine.com/skinny-dip/skinny-dip-with-melanie-heuiser-hill#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:00:54 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=6780 What’s the first book you remember reading?
Ramona the Pest. My elementary school was visited by RIF (Reading is Fundamental) twice a year—the best days of the year. You had to be in second grade to peruse the tables of novels that were set up in the entry-way to our school. It was enormously exciting—so many to choose from!… more

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]]> https://www.bookologymagazine.com/skinny-dip/skinny-dip-with-melanie-heuiser-hill/feed 6 6780 In Which the Boy Cleans His Room … https://www.bookologymagazine.com/red-reading-boots/red-reading-boots-in-which-the-boy-cleans-his-room https://www.bookologymagazine.com/red-reading-boots/red-reading-boots-in-which-the-boy-cleans-his-room#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:00:13 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=6065 by Melanie Heuiser Hill
We’re at the one-month mark before #1 Son leaves for his first year of college. This is big for our family. (I realize it’s a big thing for every family, but it’s feeling particularly personal for us right now—indulge me.) It’s entirely right, he’s absolutely ready, and he’s going to a place that’s a good fit for him.… more

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]]> https://www.bookologymagazine.com/red-reading-boots/red-reading-boots-in-which-the-boy-cleans-his-room/feed 0 6065 Notable Birds in Children’s Literature https://www.bookologymagazine.com/timelines/notable-birds-in-childrens-literature-2 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/timelines/notable-birds-in-childrens-literature-2#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:00:26 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?p=3698 Birdy, named Catherine, is in good company in the crowded Aviary that is children’s literature.
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