Beverly Cleary and Ramona Quimby

Currently I am taking a Children's Literature class and was assigned to read Ramona and Her Father. Growing up I absolutely loved the Ramona series by Beverly Cleary and I especially like the early illustrations of some of her books done by Louis Darling.

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This assignment led me to my nearby library to check out several more Ramona books that I remember liking so well from my childhood. I feel a little funny checking out so many children books, but the assigned reading caused me to remember just how much I really like Beverly Cleary.

I decided to write her a letter thanking her for her contribution to children's literature.

The original Ramona, she has since gone through a few makeovers to keep up with the times, but this original version will always be my favorite.

I am doing a presentation on this book. You could say I'm going through my childhood Ramona craze all over again. And that's okay with me.

Fall is Here

A peek into my drizzly, fall day...

Copious amounts of loose leaf tea.

A little bit of Cat Power.

I recently checked out The Grapes of Wrath from the library. Interesting book which gives insight into how farming is today. Recommend watching Food, Inc. after reading this. Sadly, it all makes sense now...

About to make this acorn garland, I just need to get my hands on some more cereal boxes...

What do you do on drizzly, fall days?

Flea Market Finds

This past Sunday dearest D. and I hit up the local flea market once again in search of some vintage goodies; we were not disappointed. Now, I have this particular phobia of eating off of yellow dishes, but when the vendor offered these seven little dishes to me for $1, well it was just an offer I couldn't refuse.

The dishes aren't marked so I don't know who made them, I guess hunting for more on eBay is futile. I am trying to figure out what to use the dishes for, and I am a bit curious as to why the larger ones have handle like projections.

D. scored the most from our little outing, he added to his book collection with vintage copies of Pollyanna, Ivanhoe, Pilgrim's Progress and a peculiar book called Little Lives of the Saints for Children.

The book bindings are so pretty, why doesn't such care go into books that are published now?

(Why did Harry Fletcher write his name twice in Ivanhoe?)

                                              

He wanted to buy Pollyanna even after I told him it was a children's book, he said he was thinking about the future...