![]() ![]() “We were watching a Red Sox game – the Red Sox lost, as usual.” He recalled the October night when his friend Bill Manchester, in failing health, asked him to continue the series. Then he invited me to chat: “Please allow the phone to ring several times, as it takes me a while to crawl from under the bed, climb the ladder from the bunker to the padded room, and reach the phone.” It’s so cramped under there even the rats are stoop-shouldered.” Relax, everyone! He’s fine! Paul Reid emailed me over the weekend to say: “I have emerged from under my bed to assure you that The Last Lion is being edited, all 470,000 words, every man-jack of them composed, proofed, and sourced while I labored with just ten inches of head room. So much so it’s a wonder that Reid doesn’t just hide under his bed and refuse to write anything at all.” “It’s going to be written not by Manchester, who died in 2004, but by Paul Reid, and everyone is wondering if it will be up to snuff. A few weeks ago I wrote about the world anxiously awaiting the final third volume of William Manchester’s The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm: “I know, I know,” I wrote. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. About the AuthorĮric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. ![]() See if you can saunter instead of sprint, and remember to appreciate the merits of a leisurely way of life. ![]() Set in the lush world of the tropical rainforest, this board book edition of Eric Carle's original picture book is an exquisite showcase of his colorful collage art with a meaningful message: Relax! Take a break and enjoy your world. ![]() Slow down with the Sloth of Eric Carle's original story in this unabridged, sturdy board book, perfect for even the youngest readers! ![]() ![]() ![]() Research of the time period, her character development and the whole storyline are always so good! I will say, Romancing Daphne was a little harder for me to get sucked into like most of her other books. Sarah Eden does it again! I have said it before about her books, but I always love them! Every books she writes she puts so much effort into it. ![]() The couple finds themselves caught in a tangled web of greed and deceit, leaving James and Daphne to determine whether they are willing to risk everything for true love. Their feelings for each other quickly grow, and it appears that, much to Daphne’s disbelief, her happily ever after is within reach. When the handsome young gentleman expresses his desire to court her, Daphne is elated. ![]() Even her family’s enviable connections may not be enough to prevent disaster.īut Daphne’s misery turns to surprised delight when the first even of her Season brings an unexpected visitor to her door-James Tilburn, whose tender kindness stole her heart in her youth. She hasn’t her sisters’ beauty nor their talent for conversing easily. As her first London Season looms before her, the thought of the impending social whirl fills Daphne Lancaster’s timid heart with dread. ![]() ![]() ![]() Told using a Princess Bride–style framing device, with an adult Teo sharing a magical story with his grandson, the narrative is interrupted by their occasional comments, reminding readers of the storyteller and listener. “Somehow, the Queen of Lightning put the spark of life back inside you,” Teo’s grandfather marvels, and Teo throws himself into fulfilling a prophecy that predicts he and Esma will be lifelong friends and one day save each other. Esma, an enigmatic and enthusiastic Romani girl who calls herself the Queen of Lightning, shows up when Teo needs her most-he’s grieving the death of his sister. Resau’s (the Indigo Notebook series) story of the adventures and growing friendship between a sensitive Mixteco boy and a daring Romani girl is set amid the harsh discrimination and struggles both their peoples faced in Mexico due to cultural, racial, and language barriers. ![]() |