Jane H. Green Blog
A Deep Dive Into Historical Fiction: Island of the Blue Dolphins
I re-read Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell this week. Copyrighted in 1960, it was a Newbery Award winning classic. The fictional summary of the story is... Karana, an Indian girl, lives with her father, sister, and younger brother on a remote island in...
Re-reading Your Favorite Childhood Books for Pleasure: Blue Willow
I re-read one of my favorite childhood books this week, Blue Willow, by Doris Gates. The first copyright of the book was 1940. During this time period they didn't always follow through with all the writing rules of today, but they told some really good stories that...
Garden Update
The garden is producing well and we are eating something from it daily. Squash, okra, tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, green beans—all are doing well and I even had some Zinnias to bring inside to fill a small vase. I told my daughter recently that if I were in charge of...
Terror In The Night
The title of this blogpost sounds like a bad movie. Oh wait! It is—from 1994. But I'm not talking about a bad movie. If you have asthma, or know someone with asthma, you know the terror of not being able to breathe. And the most life threatening attacks always...