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A great Christmas tale!
By Anne Osborn Poelman
Grandma Mary
About Grandma Mary
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ALSO READ!
A great Christmas tale!
FINAL READ!
By Anne Osborn Poelman
Words of Wisdom for Readers
"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." – Emily Buchwald
"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader" – W. Fusselman
"Never judge a book by its movie." – J W Eagan
"She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain." – Louisa May Alcott
“’Oh! it is only a novel!’ or, in short, only some work in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusion of wit and humour are to be conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.” Jane Austen – Northanger Abbey
A great book is interactive; we bring our best to it and it offers its best to us. We cannot be passive readers; we become inextricably involved........ if a book does not inspire discussion, thought, and even disagreement, it isn’t great. It is just entertainment. – Marilyn Green Faulkner
The brain is a muscle and, like any muscle, it needs to be used in order to grow. We know that television and movies ask very little of our brains, and thus offer us little in the way of mental enrichment. Good books are good for our brains. Since it invariably deals with ideas as well as events, a great book engages both hemispheres of the brain. (You can watch a movie on mental autopilot, but get two or three pages into Dickens or Tolstoy and your synapses will definitely be firing!) – Marilyn Green Faulkner
A man cannot be judged half so correctly by the company he keeps as by the books he reads. – George Q. Cannon
GRANDMA MARY'S FAVORITES
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE:
FRECKLES by Gene Stratton Porter
LADDIE by Gene Stratton Porter
LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott
THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett
CHARLOTTE'S WEB by E.B. White
A Treasury of PETER RABBIT by Beatrix Potter
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson Rawls
THE LITTLE HOUSE Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
FICTION:
*TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
*MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather (Grandma Mary likes all her books)
A TALE OF TWO CITIES by Charles Dickens
GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith
*PRIDE & PREJUDICE by Jane Austen
EMMA by Jane Austen*
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME by Victor Hugo
JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte
COTILLION by Georgette Heyer
A CIVIL CONTRACT by Georgette Heyer*
THORNYHOLD by Mary Stewart
ROSE COTTAGE by Mary Stewart*
A PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham
THE CLIENT by John Grisham
CHRISTMAS SECRET by Anne Perry
A CHRISTMAS VISITOR by Anne Perry*
COMING HOME by Rosamunde Pilcher
Other fiction authors she likes include: Victoria Holt, Tony Hillerman, Mary Higgins Clark, Dorothy Eden, and Dorothy Gilman
LDS FICTION:
MINDING MAMA by Marilyn Arnold*
BEFORE THE DAWN by Dean Hughes*
THE BOX MAKER'S SON by Donald Smurthwaite
Other LDS authors she likes include: Richard Paul Evans, Josi S. Kilpack, Sharon Downing Jarvis, Sierra St. James, Lynn Gardner, Gerald N. Lund
OTHER FAVORITES:
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE by Stephen Crane
MERE CHRISTIANITY by C.S. Lewis
THE HIDING PLACE by Corrie Ten Boom
*Grandma likes several other books by these authors
Suggested Reads for Off Months
Natalie: 1984 by George Orwell
Tori: THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS by John Boyne, and YELLOW STAR by Jennifer Roy, and NIGHT by Elie Weisel
Criteria for Favorite Books
Criteria for Best-Must-Read-Before-You-Die list -- in any genre, for any reason:
1. Shelf worthy
2. Money well spent
3. Makes you feel something or think differently
4. A desired companion on a deserted island
5. Definite re-read even if you may not have time, unless #4 applies
6. Great story, great writing, or both
7. Entertaining, makes you laugh, or lifts the spirit
8. Resonates with different people and ages
9. Characters are unforgettable or life-long friends
10. Tell your kindred spirits “you must read this!”
Not listed in any particular order.
Borrowed from my friend Kim. Thanks Kim!
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