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Kate Greenaway: Staying True to Your Own Style

Linda Borromeo

Mar 16, 2021
6 min

Kate Greenaway: Staying True to Your Own Style

How do memories transform creativity and imagination? For artist and poet Kate Greenaway, childhood memories created a swirl of color,...

When a Picture is Worth a Thousand (or More) Words

Linda Borromeo

Jan 21, 2021
3 min

When a Picture is Worth a Thousand (or More) Words

What I'll Never Know Have you ever browsed in a used bookstore and wondered about an inscription? I still remember this one written on...

In Her Own Hand: What Book Treasures Came to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair?

Linda Borromeo

Oct 17, 2020
4 min

In Her Own Hand: What Book Treasures Came to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair?

The Possibilities of a Handwritten Name My sister was born almost three years ahead of me. When we were children, that age difference...

Discover the Lighthouse Connections of L. M. Montgomery

Linda Borromeo

Aug 20, 2020
5 min

Discover the Lighthouse Connections of L. M. Montgomery

When L. M. Montgomery published Anne's House of Dreams in 1917, she was far from home. Like all her books, Anne's House of Dreams is...

A Spring Tour of Beloved Literary Gardens

Linda Borromeo

Mar 21, 2020
3 min

A Spring Tour of Beloved Literary Gardens

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. — Cicero Lush gardens and books are delights that never grow old. The...

5 Ways Reading Helps You Succeed in the New Year

Linda Borromeo

Dec 28, 2019
1 min

5 Ways Reading Helps You Succeed in the New Year

I've finally put together a list of New Year's resolutions I know I can keep in 2023! Book fans already know this, of course, but reading...

Ideal Books to Read During a Busy December: Here Are Seven I Love

Linda Borromeo

Dec 5, 2019
5 min

Ideal Books to Read During a Busy December: Here Are Seven I Love

For those who love reading, the busy December holidays can be a challenge. However, book lovers always find a few minutes to open the...

"Anne of Green Gables" and an Evening in Autumn

Linda Borromeo

Sep 24, 2019
2 min

"Anne of Green Gables" and an Evening in Autumn

Autumn on Prince Edward Island My husband and I started out married life in an apartment near the University of California, Berkeley....

Sleuthing the Books: An Autumn Adventure

Linda Borromeo

Sep 24, 2019
5 min

Sleuthing the Books: An Autumn Adventure

My husband and I can never resist a sign that says “library book sale.” On an autumn afternoon filled with brilliant colors and...

Elizabeth and Her Printing Press: Psalm 23 and British America's First Book Publisher

Linda Borromeo

Apr 6, 2019
5 min

Elizabeth and Her Printing Press: Psalm 23 and British America's First Book Publisher

One of the most expensive books in the world began its life in the little home Elizabeth Glover established on Crooked Lane,...

Linda Borromeo

Aug 3, 2018
4 min

Video: Baby Raccoons, Tolkien and Curiosity

"Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate." —J. R. R. Tolkien Question: What do these baby raccoons have in...

Linda Borromeo

Jun 1, 2018
3 min

A Lighthouse Book Goes Wild

I first heard about Bookcrossing.com from my Scottish reading friend, Allison M. Allison has a terrific blog about the author Mary...

They Never Wearied of Stories: Discover a Surprising Children's Library

Linda Borromeo

May 6, 2018
4 min

They Never Wearied of Stories: Discover a Surprising Children's Library

What can the height of a table tell you? If you walked into a special children's library of long ago, a small table could tell you a...

Jane Austen, Merry Hall and a Traveling Book

Linda Borromeo

Apr 6, 2018
3 min

Jane Austen, Merry Hall and a Traveling Book

Close to five thousand miles—across an ocean and the third largest continent—that's how far the book in my hands had traveled. On a rainy...

Twice Upon a Time: 3 Ways You Can Treasure Rereading a Book

Linda Borromeo

Sep 2, 2017
4 min

Twice Upon a Time: 3 Ways You Can Treasure Rereading a Book

A Story Without an End Have you heard this beautiful song, a favorite of mine, performed by teacher and musician Earl Grant? As the...

A Narnian Christmas Treasure, a Professor and Africa

Linda Borromeo

Nov 6, 2016
4 min

A Narnian Christmas Treasure, a Professor and Africa

Discovering Narnian Treasure I walked in the fragrance of a hundred Christmas trees. On my way to the mailbox, living, sun-warmed cedars...

From the Valley to the High Places: A Journey and a Book

Mary Elizabeth Brown

Sep 16, 2016
4 min

From the Valley to the High Places: A Journey and a Book

Please welcome Mary Elizabeth Brown, our guest blogger today. Mary is a musician and writer who is currently working on an historical...

Planting Seeds of Change: Everyone Has a Story to Tell

Susan Monk Kannard

Aug 5, 2016
6 min

Planting Seeds of Change: Everyone Has a Story to Tell

I'm pleased to welcome my first guest blogger, Susan Monk Kannard. Susan has extensive experience as a Reading Specialist and has taught...

5 Special Places in Literature: A Sense of Place and the Imagination

Linda Borromeo

Apr 17, 2016
5 min

5 Special Places in Literature: A Sense of Place and the Imagination

The heady scents of wisteria mixed with orange blossoms in spring... When I opened my window as a child, these are the fragrances that...

Walking in a Reading Wonderland: My Top 5 Books to Reread This Holiday Season

Linda Borromeo

Dec 4, 2015
1 min

Walking in a Reading Wonderland: My Top 5 Books to Reread This Holiday Season

From a classic tale of Christmas past to a reindeer heiress, here are the Top 5 books I'll be pulling from my "Keeper Shelf" to reread...

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