Children’s Literature – Pursuits :Elizabeth Thomsen

The Dutch Twins

The Dutch Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins (1911) This book is in terrible shape, but I’m keeping it anyway. This

“The Mary Frances Story Book: Or, Adventures Among the Story People” by Jane Eayre Fryer; Illustrated by Edwin John Prittie

Else Minarik, author and illustrator best know as the creator of Little Bear, the first title in the I Can

Up, Up and Away! On September 19, 1783, the Montgolfier Brothers launched the first hot air balloon carrying passengers: a

I was a good reader in first grade, and read lots of picture books, fairy tales and the whole Thornton

Ribsy, by Beverly Cleary This is an old favorite of mine, but I haven’t read it in many years. I

Owney was a stray puppy who wandered into the Albany Post Office in 1888 and fell asleep on a pile

Catch Me & Kiss Me & Say It Again — Rhymes by Clyde Watson; Pictures by Wendy Watson This is