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At the intersection of children's literature, pop culture, feminism and nostalgia.

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Thursday, January 23, 2020

FRIDAY'S CHILD by Jane Lambert

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Not to brag, but the cover on the right is my very own which looks clearer than the one on the left. Not even a professional book photogr...
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Tuesday, January 7, 2020

ONE FOR THE MONEY by Janet Lambert

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Well I am just booking along here! Less than two weeks since I finished the long, slow slog of PRACTICALLY PERFECT ! We are back with Mi...
Sunday, December 29, 2019

PRACTICALLY PERFECT by Janet Lambert

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My goodness, it has taken me a long time to get through this one! I started it on November 9 and it has been nearly two months getting thr...
Monday, November 11, 2019

DOWNTOWN by Maud Hart Lovelace Chapter VII - A TRIP TO THE LIBRARY.

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To celebrate the last day of my birthday week I am going to do a recap of the most perfect chapter in all of literature! It begins early...
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Sunday, November 10, 2019

UP GOES THE CURTAIN by Janet Lambert

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I can't even begin to describe how much that picture of the Tempo edition disturbs me. Why must it be askew? I love the hardback cov...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

JUST JENNIFER by Janet Lambert

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Oh Janet, you just don't care if you break my tender heart, do you? You put kids in all kinds of peril in the middle of a war and you ...
Thursday, October 10, 2019

WHOA, MATILDA! by Janet Lambert

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I just can't get my Matilda's to line up. Kind of the same problem Candy and Barton have... So we have a time jump here. Our lit...
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Thursday, September 26, 2019

CANDY KANE by Janet Lambert

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I got to listen to CANDY KANE this summer read by the inimitable Lady Chardonnay as we cut cross country. She is a wonder at reading aloud...
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Thursday, September 19, 2019

GLORY BE! by Janet Lambert

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You guys, I have some terrible news... And it is a big old spoiler so stop reading now if you are going to read this for the first ti...
Wednesday, September 4, 2019

DREAMS OF GLORY by Janet Lambert

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First of all, if this is what the cover is supposed to look like, mine is VERY faded! Well, I still love Penny Parrish. I truly thought ...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

STAR SPANGLED SUMMER by Janet Lambert

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This summer I bought the complete works of Janet Lambert. You may recall how I aired them out with some (minimal) success They still smell...
Friday, July 26, 2019

The Waiting is the Hardest Part

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I am currently sitting at table 21 in the Gale Family Library at the Minnesota Historical Society, waiting to get my paws on the Maud Hart...
Monday, July 8, 2019

Laundering My Lamberts!

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SO as you can see, my new collection of Janet Lambert books is currently being aired out. I bought them from a friend who is relocating a...
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