Today is May 15th. It is L. Frank Baum’s birthday today, 5/15/1856. He gave us The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book, along with 13 sequels. It is a great book to read. When my sister was born (over sixty years ago), our grandmother came to help. Every night she would read a chapter of Dorothy’sContinue reading “May 15 ‘Lions and Tigers, and Aces and Eights, Oh, my…””
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May 12 ‘Instruction manuals…’
May 12th is Mother’s day. Mothers have a tough job. I possibly…probably…positively…made it tougher than it should have been for my mom. In the immortal words of Dr. Scott:“From the day he was bornHe was trouble.He was the thornIn his mother’s side…” The first book(s) I have is “The Mother’s Encyclopedia, in six volumes” theContinue reading “May 12 ‘Instruction manuals…’”
May 10 ‘Over the hills and fore away’
May 10th is National Golf Day. By a stroke of luck and as par usual, I have several books on golfing. Let me address the first one…”Life With Par” by Morie Morrison, published 1958. This book is about two golfers Sandy Sandtrap and Doc Divot and their adventures and frustrations in golf. It is cartoonContinue reading “May 10 ‘Over the hills and fore away’”
May 14 ‘The Corps of Discovery’
On May 14, 1804 Louis and Clark began their expedition from St Loius, Missouri to the Pacific Ocean and back. It took over two years. I have several books that are great for this story. The first book one should read about Lewis and Clark would be “The Lewis & Clark Expedition” by Richard L.Continue reading “May 14 ‘The Corps of Discovery’”
May 8 ‘with visions of St. Michael’
May 8, 1429 ended the Seige of Orléans (12 October 1428-8 May 1429), saved by the leadership of Joan of Arc. She said she was visited by St Michael at 13, and continued to hear his voice for guidance. To find out more, I just go to my Landmark Books section of the library toContinue reading “May 8 ‘with visions of St. Michael’”
May 13 ‘tiptoe through the…’
May 13th is National Tulip Day. I have picked a bouquet of books for your enjoyment. This book, “Myths and Legends of Flowers, Trees, Fruits, and Plants” by Charles M. Skinner, 1911 has been used before, for other flowers and fruits. One myth on Tulips was a folk-tale in Devon where pixies had no bedsContinue reading “May 13 ‘tiptoe through the…’”
May 11 ‘All Aboard!’
May 11 (the Saturday closest to May 10) is National Train Day. I have plenty of coffee table train books. They all have some good history about trains, and wonderful pictures. Everybody loves trains. My first book is “The Great Book of Trains” by Brian Hollingworth and Arthur Cook 1987. This book has beautiful photos,Continue reading “May 11 ‘All Aboard!’”
May 9 “All children, except one”
On May 9th, 1860 J.M. Barrie was born. Barrie penned the story of a boy who lived in Neverland, and refused to grow up-Peter Pan. I have several interesting books about Peter Pan. The first is “Peter Pan” from a set of “Giant 3-D Fairy Tale Books” These books were printed by Playmore, Inc. andContinue reading “May 9 “All children, except one””
May 7 ‘lucky number 1908’
On May 7th 1915, a German U-boat shot and sank the HMS Lusitania. I have the book “Exploring the Lusitania” by Robert D. Ballard, 1995. Robert Ballard is an underwater archeologist who has discovered several shipwrecks and written about them, including the Titanic, the battleship Bismarck, USS Yorktown, and the PT-109. I also have hisContinue reading “May 7 ‘lucky number 1908’”
May 6-12 ‘The Sun King was a big fan of teachers and nurses”
I shall spell it out…the special day of May 6th. First, May 6-12 is National Nurses Week. An interesting old book “the Cyclopedia of Nursing” by R.J.E. Scott, published 1928. Great resource for nurses. Book is set up like a dictionary to look up information. My Grandmother was a nurse, my aunt was a nurse,Continue reading “May 6-12 ‘The Sun King was a big fan of teachers and nurses””
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