![]() Their adventures would have appealed to me because, as a young child, I also spent much of my time exploring the world around me in a small, rural New England town. ![]() I believe it is worth trying.” So Caddie was allowed to run free with her brothers, Tom and Warren, all over the area surrounding their farm. I would rather see her learn to plow than make samplers, if she can get her health by doing so. Don’t keep her in the house learning to be a lady. Woodlawn told his wife, “I want you to let Caddie run wild with the boys. The book opens in 1864 with a description of 11-year-old Caddie Woodlawn, “as wild a little tomboy as ever ran the woods of western Wisconsin.” Caddie and her sister Mary had both been frail and sickly when the family first came to Wisconsin from Boston seven years earlier. ![]() ![]() Now I see why.Ĭarol Ryrie Brink based the book, and the character of Caddie, on her grandmother’s stories about her own childhood. ![]() I didn’t remember much about Caddie Woodlawn when I put it on my Classics Club reading list except that I enjoyed it. Part of the charm of rereading, as an adult, books that I read as a child is understanding and appreciating how I must have reacted to the books back then. ![]()
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![]() Aunt Edwina had purchased and taken over the management of the place years ago, when Rachel had been less than five years old. ![]() Rachel had lived in this small hotel, the exclusive Sommerville Towers, for as long as she could remember. What would she do with herself then, all alone in that big house so far from everything and everyone she knew? He was often out of town on business, as he was at the moment, and was sometimes gone for weeks at a time. The man spent most of his days at his vineyard, which was several hours north of San Francisco. In the back of her mind, a niggling certainty ate at her: Once she married Daniel there would be few, if any, evenings such as this. ![]() It twisted and twirled and robbed her of peace. Tonight her mind wouldn’t be still as she sang. ![]() These musical evenings were Rachel’s greatest joy. Once she finished, there was usually someone else in the crowd who could be persuaded to sing or play the fiddle or strike a tune on the piano. She didn’t think herself a great singer, not by any means, but she had a pleasant voice. Aunt Edwina had been arranging these musical evenings for hotel guests for the past three years, since shortly after Rachel had turned seventeen. She could close her eyes and lose herself in the music, for a while, and that’s exactly what she did as she sang the haunting love ballad, Lorena. It made her heart soar, her troubles fade. ![]() Singing was the only real pleasure Rachel Sommerville knew. ![]() ![]() ![]() Legend of Witchtrot Road is the third novel in the Spirit Guide young adult paranormal series. Will Yuki be able to solve the mystery of Dylan's death, and the legend of Witchtrot Road, before tempers flare and things turn violent? They claim that Yuki is a witch and blame her for the death of their fellow teammate. The J-Team, Yuki's arch nemesis, have turned the entire football team against her. The tragic death of Wakefield High student Dylan Jacobs has emotions boiling over. ![]() Tensions are rising-in the pack, at school, and within their tightly knit group of friends. The night of Samhain may be behind them, but Yuki and her friends have only begun to face the challenges of their paranormal gifts. Surviving agitated ghosts, irritated witches, angry werewolves, and the horrors of high school has never been so hard. ![]() ![]() ![]() Representatives from these two cities, as well as from Coord, a curb management technology company, will describe the successes and challenges they’ve experienced while trying to manage demand for the curb. A much smaller town, Aspen, CO, has had significant success using technology and data to manage deliveries and ensuring that out-of-town visitors have the parking they need to support local businesses. This webinar focuses on the efforts of the City of Boston to manage intense demand while addressing issues of equity and navigating a complex political environment. Cities across the country are taking charge and using data, as well as pricing, to manage deliveries. All of that online ordering, along with food and grocery deliveries and business-to-business deliveries, is increasing the demand for space at the curb. And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his. In fact, 3rd Quarter e-commerce sales were almost 37% higher in 2020 compared to 2019. There is a place where the sidewalk ends. It is no surprise that the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in millions of people resorting to online shopping instead of walking into stores. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book includes a new chapter about the COVID-19 pandemic, a glossary, timeline, list of well-known typhoid sufferers and victims, further resource section, author's note, and source notes. ![]() Young readers will be on the edges of their seats wondering what happened to Mary and the innocent typhoid victims. Read how Mary unwittingly spread deadly bacteria, the ways an epidemiologist discovered her trail of infection, and how the health department ultimately decided her fate. ![]() Learn about the 1907 outbreak of typhoid fever and "Typhoid Mary" in this book perfect to share with young readers interested in a historical perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic that is gripping the world today - including a NEW chapter! This engrossing story reveals the facts behind Mary Mallon, a hardworking Irish cook hired by several of New York's well-to-do families, who ultimately came to be known as "Typhoid Mary". ![]() |