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The Gruffalo, Little Red Riding Hood, and the Good Life
On the horrors of being eaten in children's lit
Jun 7
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Ellen Andrews
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On Piranesi and C.S. Lewis
What's the point of tracing allusions?
May 31
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Ellen Andrews
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Picture Book Review: The Skull
Jon Klassen nails it as usual
May 24
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Ellen Andrews
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On Piranesi and C.S. Lewis
May 31
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In Defense of Where the Wild Things Are
Mar 29
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Ellen Andrews
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Would Jane Austen like Ender's Game?
May 10
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Ellen Andrews
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How Fantastic Is Mr. Fox?
May 17
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Ellen Andrews
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What do you read when you're drowning in laundry?
Apr 12
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Ellen Andrews
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On Frederick, by Leo Lionni
Apr 26
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Ellen Andrews
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How Fantastic Is Mr. Fox?
Roald Dahl vs. Wes Anderson on the inimitable Mr. Fox
May 17
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Ellen Andrews
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Would Jane Austen like Ender's Game?
Thoughts on what makes a good novel
May 10
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Ellen Andrews
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On Frederick, by Leo Lionni
Redefining work and art, or; Leo Lionni reads Aesop's Fables
Apr 26
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Ellen Andrews
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On Waiting in Mansfield Park (and Lent)
Why no one wants to identify with Fanny Price, and why we do anyways
Apr 19
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Ellen Andrews
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What do you read when you're drowning in laundry?
Picture books for making peace with the mess
Apr 12
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Ellen Andrews
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Book Review: The Warm Hands of Ghosts
Setting Katherine Arden among the dead
Apr 5
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Ellen Andrews
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In Defense of Where the Wild Things Are
Sacrament and grace in Sendak's most famous book.
Mar 29
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Ellen Andrews
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