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What’s left out. . .
I know the tagline at the top of my blog says “Everything I need to know about history, I learned through children’s literature.” And I stand by my claim that my reading of certain books (over and...
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Beyond the frontier
At my museum, we get a lot of school tours. Sometimes, we even get survey responses or comments or samples of the lesson plans teachers use to prep for the field trip. Generally speaking, this makes...
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Anticipation. . .
In less than 48 hours, I’ll be in the same room with Pa’s fiddle, Ma’ china shepherdess, and Laura’s desk. I’ll be in Mansfield, MO, the place where Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the Little House books....
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Meeting Laura
So, guess where I went today? Today, I went to the source. I walked the same rooms that Laura, Almanzo and Rose walked. Interior photos weren’t permitted, but let me just say this: it’s one of my...
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“Wonder, contentment and more than a little hope”
On Christmas morning, just after hugs were given and coffee was poured, mom turned to me and said “You’re going to love the editorial page this morning!” This year, the Christmas editorial of the...
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Maple-sugar-on-snow?
By Northern standards, the weather we’ve had this last week is Not Much. By Dallas standards? Well, life as we know it stopped this week. On Monday night, a giant ice storm hit. And the temperature...
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What would you do?
There are many random and unusual perks in being a director of education at history museum. The latest? Our annual Girl Scout Day event has a Little House on the Prairie theme. (any guesses as to...
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A Good Day
On Saturday, I had a pretty magical experience. It was our annual Girl Scout Day, featuring the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder. We scattered beads at campfires, had a full supply of buttons, and were...
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Armchair Traveling
As soon as I heard about The Wilder Life,I knew it was a must read. And apparently everyone else knew it was a “Melissa book” because nine million people asked me if I knew about it. Well, maybe not...
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Breaking News?
Today was quite the day for breaking news in the kidlit history world: Scarlet fever wasn’t the cause of Mary Ingalls’ blindness. Friends linked to articles on USA Today, the University of Michigan...
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