This month we decided to highlight the “Little House” books on “Reading and Refreshments.” Laura Ingalls Wilder’s tales of frontier life are perfect stories for families to read out loud together: however, we chose to delve further into the extended “Little House” collection, and go back to the lifetime of Laura’s great-grandmother Martha Morse, who was the youngest daughter of a laird in the Scottish … Continue reading Down to the Bonny Glen
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” – Groucho Marx When people ask us how we all came to be authors, we point to the fact that we don’t have television at our house. So we don’t even have to wait for someone to turn on the set! Continue reading Quote of the Week–November 11th
“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.” – C. S. Lewis The compartmentalizing of literature into separate categories for children and adults is quite a silly idea. A good writer should be able to write a story in a way that a child can understand, without having to sacrifice the higher qualities that … Continue reading Quote of the Week–November 4th
“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.” – Robert Louis Stevenson A book to read is always nice to have on hand, but the one to write in is imperative! Continue reading Quote of the Week–October 28th
“Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.” – Beatrix Potter We are all convinced that being homeschooled was very important in developing our own writing styles and voices. We never had English teachers to tell us how we ought to think about books, or peers to tell us which ones we should like. We read and write purely the kind … Continue reading Quote of the Week–October 21st
The Sibling Writery 