We checked this one out of the library, and the kids were spellbound by the beautiful and detailed drawings accented with lots of gold. The Firebird by Demi. This is a lovely Russian fairy tale, complete with the evil old Tsar and the beautiful fairy princess. But trouble starts when the handsome young archer finds… Continue reading The Firebird
Month: November 2005
What “Finding Nemo” Means
This was a great movie. Not a run-of-the-mill kid’s film by any stretch of the imagination. A truly great kid’s film. The plot is simple. A mother clownfish is killed while trying to save her eggs from a barracuda. The father clownfish finds only one of the eggs left, and from it comes Nemo. Nemo’s egg was… Continue reading What “Finding Nemo” Means
What Makes Classic Literature “Classic”?
A friend and I were discussing literature a while back, and she wondered why some books were counted as classics and others were not. So many of the bestsellers of ten years ago are not popular at all today. And I pick up fantastic books in old bookstores all the time — books that are extremely well-written, and that… Continue reading What Makes Classic Literature “Classic”?