E105: How I Came to Love Historical Fiction
No Extra Words one person's search for story
Release Date: 03/03/2018
No Extra Words one person's search for story
*tap tap* Is this thing on? It's been an unexpectedly long hiatus but while I consider what this show will look like in the future I invite you to listen to Episode 1 of a new project my kid and I cooked up together. Stay in touch!
info_outline E121 The Missing EpisodeNo Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E127 Raising ReadersNo Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E126 Me and Indie BookstoresNo Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E125 I Learned About Poetry the Wrong Way (and so did you)No Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E124 My Journey With Graphic NovelsNo Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E123 Reading About Bad GuysNo Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E122: Reading, Writing, and the F Word - FaithNo Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E120: Reading Goals....to have or not to haveNo Extra Words one person's search for story
Today's Book Recommendation You Didn't Ask For is
info_outline E119: Bring on Season 3!No Extra Words one person's search for story
New style for a new phase of the show! Featuring a recap of nErDCamp Bellingham 2019 and today's Book Recommendation You Didn't Ask For: Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack.
info_outlineToday's books:
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1932.
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1935.
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1933.
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1937.
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1939.
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1940.
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1941.
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder, HarperCollins, 1943.
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins, 1971.
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson. Delacorte Press, 2006.
Links to some of the things we talked about today:
The History Chicks podcast episode on Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Some basic info on the Homestead Act .
Links to the two charts about number of Homestead Final Patents: 5 year increments, 10 year increments.
Montana specific Homestead Act Info.
Roger Lea MacBride's obituary.
Little House as a teachable moment.
Little House from the American Indians in Children's Literature blog.