My son (who didn’t enjoy reading) LOVED this book. He was 10 at the time. This book, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, played an important part in my son’s life. There was nothing in the title that prepared me for that, since I thought it was just another “history” book that the homeschool co-op I was part…
This is one of those books that stick with you forever. Even if you only read it once. I don’t remember now what made me decide to read this book, but I do know I was in my early 30s when I finally bought a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird and read it for the first…
Inspiration for poems can come from anywhere. Most of us were probably first introduced to poetry when we were still very young — through nursery rhymes. But by the time we entered middle school — at least for most of us — poetry was not something that was even on our radar. However, around 30…
This quote from Albert Camus has been a favorite of mine since I was in my early teens. “In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus I was only 13 or 14 when this quote of Albert Camus’s became one that I often repeated…