Deep Valley Confidential

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

▼
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Mitali Perkins - A wonderful writer and an even better human being!

›
I try not to gush too much, but honestly - wouldn't you?
Monday, April 20, 2020

Beehive Fails and Beverly Cleary!

›
 I just made my first beauty tutorial! It is really for work. While we are hunkered down, I want my students to know that I am not afraid to...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

FRIDAY'S CHILD by Jane Lambert

›
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...
1 comment:
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

ONE FOR THE MONEY by Janet Lambert

›
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

›
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.

›
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...
3 comments:
Sunday, November 10, 2019

UP GOES THE CURTAIN by Janet Lambert

›
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

›
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

›
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...
1 comment:
Thursday, September 26, 2019

CANDY KANE by Janet Lambert

›
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...
1 comment:
Thursday, September 19, 2019

GLORY BE! by Janet Lambert

›
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

›
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

›
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...
‹
›
Home
View web version
Powered by Blogger.