Jane H. Green Blog
Sweet Home Alaska, by Carole Estby Dagg: A Middle Grade Book Review
Sweet Home Alaska, by Carole Estby Dagg, is historical fiction based on the 1930's New Deal Program instituted by President Delano Roosevelt. The government "took two hundred and two families off relief and shipped them up to Alaska to become self-sufficient...
Trash to Treasure
Instead of a book review today, I wanted to share a trash to treasure that I recently completed. I love watching trash to treasure videos on YouTube. It's so much fun to see someone take something that has been rejected by everyone else and turn it into something...
Indian Captive The Story of Mary Jemison: Book Review
Indian Captive The Story of Mary Jemison, by Lois Lenski, is a fictionalized account of the true story of the Indian capture of Mary (Molly) Jemison, first published in 1941. In the introduction to the book, Arthur C. Parker, Director, of Rochester Museum of arts...
End of Summer in the Garden
Summer is winding down. We had a few days of cooler weather in August—a preview of what's to come. But, now that September has hit, we're back to muggy, sticky days here in the South. As the summer winds down, we still have many pretty flowers to enjoy before we...
Finding Encouragement
Do you ever have times in your life when you are looking for just a little encouragement? Maybe you need to complete a difficult task, or deal with life issues, or fix relationships. This week I was thinking about this and stumbled across a Helen Keller biography...