Who doesn’t love a good treasure hunt? Whether we’re children or adults, there’s something irresistible…
Category: Books
This week I have been reading about fertility rates among 40 year olds, a very…
Published 1933 If a child grew up anywhere between 1910 and the early 1970's, Tom…
Above is a beautiful toy magic set from the 19th century. The pieces, wool, wood,…
Its the Chinese Year of the Pig so I thought it was time to list…
This is part two of my list of Top 10 Pigs of All Time (1-5).…
How do you tell the history of video games? For more than a decade,…
Charles Dickens' novel, Bleak House, was the story of a lawsuit, "Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce", that…
I had never thought about it before, but the Little Old Lady in "Good Night…
I, as many of you, had kiddie records when I was a child. They usually…
“Summer just opens the door and lets you out." Deb Caletti, Honey, Baby, Sweetheart The…
"'The Atlas Pursuit' by David Wise appears to be part novel (think "The Da Vinci…
The above "painting book" by Kate Greenaway and published by McLoughlin Bros. N.Y. is purported…
It seems that now, perhaps more than ever, people everywhere are constantly on the go.…
"Urfin Joos and his Wooden Soldiers" Have you ever heard of this Oz title: "Urfin…