Appreciating Elephants

Floating life in an elephant’s belly
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Classic Literature for Young People

This will be my second post pointing you to useful information provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. My discovery of the information in this post and the one just prior to it is a result of research I’m doing for a report.
Though the list of classic literature for young people is a summertime [...]

Gullah, the Nawleans Cat

How can anyone resist the story of a French Quarter cat surviving our nation’s most recent natural crisis? How did Katrina’s aftermath look to a cat? Read for yourself how Gullah and fellow survivor, Kitchey-Gee Lafitte, remained hopeful in the midst of a disaster.
Nancy Murray, Katrina survivor and author, is donating the proceeds from Gullah, [...]

The Cat Who Wouldn’t Come Inside

I love cats. I love books. Now I can enjoy both in one instance by reading The Cat Who Wouldn’t Come Inside by author and artist Cynthia von Buhler.

Tuesday Five

Today it is all about classic children’s literature. Find complete texts online.

Anne of Green Gables
The Wizard of Oz
The Call of the Wild
The Wind in the Willows
The Jungle Book

Marshmallows

I was browsing one of my favorite websites today when I ran across this recipe for homemade marshmallows. I’ve never had homemade marshmallows, but I understand they are very yummy. While reading through the recipe, I wondered if there were any characters in literature with the name of Marshmallow. I rushed to Google and searched. [...]