News and Notes: Links
Esther Hautzig, who wrote The Endless Steppe a memoir of her family’s deportation to Siberia in 1939, died November 1, 2009. She was 79 years old.
Betsy at Fuse #8 knew and worked with Ms. Hautzig.
School Library Journal article on Ms. Hautzig: “In Hautzig’s many appearances at conferences and classrooms, she encouraged people of all ages, especially young people, to keep a journal and record their stories. She believed that all stories were unique to the individuals writing them and each life story important in its own way.”
Nominations list for the Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction. I’ve not read any of these, but I’d like to sample a few after my Cybils work is done. Any suggestions? If you voted, which book did you vote for?
The Next Big Hype: Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James out of Australia. Has anyone actually seen this highly touted YA novel?
3 Comments
Leave a Reply
Preschool Curriculum:
Click on the pic to check it out:
Twitter: semicolonblog- Poetry Friday:Young Lochinvar by Sir Walter Scott http://bit.ly/c4bCOr See all the poems for Poetry Friday at http://bit.ly/c8tGUR
- In which I am scooped: Cate of the Lost Colony by Lisa Klein http://bit.ly/9BEP3g
- Michael Gerson - International adoption: From a broken bond to an instant bond: http://wapo.st/c0KohN
- Sunday Salon: Books Read in August 2010 http://bit.ly/b49Pnz From China to Sierra Leone to NYC to Burundi
- Saturday Review of Books: August 28, 2010 http://bit.ly/92DPcG Looking for something to read?
- How to make a Bird Bolas http://bit.ly/aGnC2D courtesy of KarateKid
- The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World by Nathaniel Philbrick #fridayreads
- Psalm 19 http://bit.ly/arreqF God is Creator, Law-Giver, and Heart-Changer.
- Psalm 18 is a title source for three of my favorite classic books for children and young adults http://bit.ly/aXq3uN
- What I Learned from Psalm 18 http://bit.ly/aXq3uN What 3 of my favorite books take their titles from Psalm 18?
Subscribe/Save
Mega-Families
Site Meter
Those City Slicker bookends are just TOO cool … I’d make room for them on my mantle! Thanks, Sherry
I think I read “The Endless Steppe” two or three times when I was younger. I loved it. Thanks for the link to the article, I am so interested to read more about this woman whose work I so enjoyed when I was just learning about WWII.
[...] Over at Buy Books for the Holidays, the theme lists are starting to pop up. Beginning this week, the site will also be profiling indie bookstores. If you have a suggestion or need one, that’s the place to go. “Best of” lists are also popping up throughout the blogosphere, so you’re sure to make a great match. Don’t forget book accessories. I’m STILL thinking about those 10 great bookends that Sherry linked to at Semicolon. [...]