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Category: childhood
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Stick-in-the-Mud
written by Sanford Begley I’m a Stick-in-the-mud. I have to admit it, because it is true. I don’t usually think of myself as one. Not that I think I’m with it or anything, just that none of us like to think we can’t keep up with the times. Some days you get it rubbed in…
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Boys Read Too! The Step-Up List
I’ve been working on lists of books for teen boys, but there are also books that were recommended that are suitable for younger readers, teens, and as a commenter yesterday pointed out; excellent books are readable at any age (Thanks, Joanne!). So this is the list of books that form a bridge from the middle…
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Boys Read Too! The Classics List
The first part of the list is here: The Modern List As I alluded to yesterday, classic books can be harder for the modern youth to approach. Oh, not all of us. I was reading Edgar Rice Burroughs at the tender age of ten, when the librarian let me into the storeroom where a long…
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Boys Read, Too! The Modern List
I started this yesterday, with my musings on the offerings of traditional publishing for teen boys. Middle grade readers (intended for roughly second through sixth grade children) have plenty of titles meant for boys to enjoy – not always starring a boy, but the sort of action and adventure tales that will attract them and…
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Extreme Idiots
Written by Sanford Begley I saw a video on FaceBook today, a line of people in wingsuits lined up and jumping off a mountain. It happened to be titled Crazy White People. I agree…
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Mother’s Day
It’s the day we celebrate motherhood. I am a mother myself, and I find that today I am remembering those first months of motherhood, before the birth, when I was trying my best to prepare as much as possible for what was coming. I couldn’t possibly prepare myself, but I tried, reading books, talking to…
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Resilience
The human mind has an amazing capacity for resilience. My son and I were talking about this – he didn’t know what the word meant, so I explained it to him; it’s like poking your finger into a rubber ball. The ball doesn’t break, it bounces back into the shape it was before it was…
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Review: Chicken Feet and the Firebird
Anyone who has read my posts and books will probably have picked up that I have an affection for Russian Fairy Tales. This is due in no small part to the very first book I ever owned. It was given to me at birth, and it’s a collection of beautifully illustrated fairy tales. The Frog…
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Eat This While You Read That: Marty Kelley
When I started doing ETWYRT I will admit I didn’t have a big plan for how it would go. But in the year since I started (I’ve skipped a few weeks so we aren’t up to #52 yet) I’ve had the pleasure of talking to all kinds of authors, and an editor, and in asking…
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To my Daughter, on the Occasion of her 17th Birthday,
I don’t anticipate that you will read this, or understand. Actually, in some ways I hope you never understand. It’s difficult, to tell you what you need to know, since you are so distant now. Perhaps I should have said more, sooner, but your childhood was precious to me, and I did not desire to…
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Teens and the Mall
Written by Sanford Begley Teens Hot Topics Wife Unit (WU) is normally great to shop with. When we arrive at a store she has a list and we go get it. A little browsing through what is on sale, especially clearance, and we are on our way. The sole exception to this is a Hell…
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Her Place in the Pack
Written by Sanford Begley Her Place in the pack Dogs are social animals. So much so that a lot of their lives are determined by their notions of what is socially right. Now this varies by dog to some extent and even more so by the rules laid down by the leader of their pack.…