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Books About Teddy

Posted by Sherry on 7/24/2010 in 20th Century History Project, General, Nonfiction, U.S. Presidents Reading Project, US History Project

Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough. River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candice Millard. Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris. Theodore Roosevelt is one of my fascinations. I read McCullough’s Mornings on Horseback back in March, but I never got around to reviewing it. It was a lovely narrative biography of the young Teddy [...]

 
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Semicolon Book Club for March

Posted by Sherry on 3/1/2010 in 2010 Projects, History, Nonfiction, Semicolon Book Club, U.S. Presidents Reading Project, US History Project

The theme for the Semicolon Book Club for March is biography/autobiography, and the particular selelction for this month is David McCullough’s Mornings on Horseback, a biography of Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States. The subtitle is “the story of an extraordinary family, a vanished way of life, and the unique child who [...]

 
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President’s Day for Kids

Posted by Sherry on 2/12/2010 in --February, 2010 Projects, Birthdays, Booklists, Education and Homeschool, General, Nonfiction, U.S. Presidents Reading Project, US History Project

Monday, February 15th is Presidents’ Day, so I thought I’d re-run this list with a few additions. Have a happy holiday! Leetla Giorgio Washeenton by Thomas Augustine Daly. More Washington Poetry. O Captain My Captain by Walt Whitman. White House site with mini-biographies of all 44 U.S. Presidents. More information on the Presidents for President’s [...]

 
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Sunday Salon: Twelve Projects for 2010

Posted by Sherry on 1/3/2010 in 2010 Projects, Advanced Reading Survey, BIble Reading Project, General, History, LOST Project, Newbery Project, Operation Clean House, Poetry Project, Prayer Project, Projects, Pulitzer Project, Semicolon Book Club, Sunday Salon, Texas Tuesday, U.S. Presidents Reading Project

For the last couple of years, instead of resolutions, I’ve been thinking in terms of projects, lots of projects that I wanted to complete during the year. I wouldn’t say I was any more or less successful with my projects than most people are with resolutions, but I like the tradition anyway and plan to [...]

 
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Mr. Lincoln’s Boys Tell His Story

Posted by Sherry on 10/24/2009 in 2009, Children's Fiction, History, U.S. Presidents Reading Project

Lincoln and His Boys by Rosemary Wells. Me and Willie and Pa by F.N. Monjo. Rosemary Wells’ fictionalized memoir of Abraham Lincoln and his sons, Willie and Tad, was nominated for a Cybil Award. So I read it. Of course, it reminded me of F.N. Monjo’s (out of print) classic in the same genre and [...]

 
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A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation by Catherine Allgor

Posted by Sherry on 7/26/2009 in 2010 Projects, Nonfiction, U.S. Presidents Reading Project

Quick, what do you think of when you think of Dolley Madison? One of two things: either cupcakes or the image of Dolley saving George Washington’s portrait from the depredations of the invading British Army during the War of 1812? I did learn a lot more about Dolley Payne Todd Madison and her husband, James, [...]

 
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U.S. Presidents Reading Project: Derailed by Jefferson

Posted by Sherry on 7/24/2009 in 2010 Projects, U.S. Presidents Reading Project

One of my projects for 2009 was a U.S. Presidents Reading Project (part of this larger project). However I got sidetracked by my antipathy for Thomas Jefferson. I tried three different biographies of Jefferson, and I watched the first episodes of Ken Burns’ documentary of Jefferson, but I never could make myself want to spend [...]

 
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John Adams’ Advice to His Children

Posted by Sherry on 5/19/2009 in 2010 Projects, Education and Homeschool, General, History, U.S. Presidents Reading Project

When I read David McCullough’s biography of John Adams back in February and watched the PBS miniseries based on the book, I copied several passages into my commonplace book for future reference. These are some quotations from Adams’ letters or other writings that reflect his advice to his children. John adn Abigail had four children [...]

 
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On the Character of John Adams

Posted by Sherry on 4/21/2009 in General, History, Nonfiction, U.S. Presidents Reading Project

During my Lenten blog break and during the month of February for my Semicolon Book Club, I read the biography of John Adams written by David McCullough. I also watched the mini-series based on McCullough’s book. Both book and video series were excellent. I learned a lot about our second president and came to admire [...]

 
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Sunday Salon: Books Read in March, 2009

Posted by Sherry on 4/12/2009 in 2010 Projects, Booklists, General, Semicolon Book Club, U.S. Presidents Reading Project

I read a LOT of books in March, mostly because I wasn’t blogging, but also because of some personal stuff going on in my life that enabled/forced me to sit in waiting rooms and and other waiting places regularly. I’ve written about most of these books in my Lenten journal, and I’ll be blogging those [...]

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