Comments on: Lessons for Grown-ups from Children’s Books http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/blog/guest-authors/lessons-for-grown-ups-from-childrens-books/ Books for a well-read life. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:44:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sylvia Nosworthyhttp://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/blog/guest-authors/lessons-for-grown-ups-from-childrens-books/comment-page-1/#comment-4470 Sylvia Nosworthy Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:43:14 +0000 http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/?p=1072#comment-4470 My favorite comment is from A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E. L. Konigsburg. It is describing Eleanor of Aquitaine: "Indecision wears a person out. Eleanor was never weary." My favorite comment is from A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E. L. Konigsburg. It is describing Eleanor of Aquitaine: “Indecision wears a person out. Eleanor was never weary.”

]]> By: childrens bookshttp://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/blog/guest-authors/lessons-for-grown-ups-from-childrens-books/comment-page-1/#comment-131 childrens books Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/?p=1072#comment-131 <strong>childrens books...</strong>... childrens books…

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]]> By: Planet Momhttp://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/blog/guest-authors/lessons-for-grown-ups-from-childrens-books/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Planet Mom Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:02:31 +0000 http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/?p=1072#comment-130 What comes to mind, almost instantly, is a sinfully delicious snippet from one of my personal faves, Where the Wild Things Are: "...they roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws till Max said, 'BE STILL!'"I suppose it's because deep down we long to connect with a bit of that-which-is-unbridled--if only for a few moments, completely immersed within Sendak's read-aloud classic. What comes to mind, almost instantly, is a sinfully delicious snippet from one of my personal faves, Where the Wild Things Are: “…they roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws till Max said, ‘BE STILL!’”

I suppose it’s because deep down we long to connect with a bit of that-which-is-unbridled–if only for a few moments, completely immersed within Sendak’s read-aloud classic.

]]> By: bethiahttp://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/blog/guest-authors/lessons-for-grown-ups-from-childrens-books/comment-page-1/#comment-129 bethia Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:18:14 +0000 http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/?p=1072#comment-129 The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers. She whips a pistol from her knickers.from Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood in Revolting Rhymes. Not sure why I love that line so much, probably because it seemed to naughty and unexpected. Revolting Rhymes are really wonderful, especially this one http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/61673-Roald-Dahl-Little-Red-Riding-Hood-and-the-Wolf. The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.

from Roald Dahl’s Little Red Riding Hood in Revolting Rhymes. Not sure why I love that line so much, probably because it seemed to naughty and unexpected. Revolting Rhymes are really wonderful, especially this one http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/61673-Roald-Dahl-Little-Red-Riding-Hood-and-the-Wolf.

]]> By: adminhttp://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/blog/guest-authors/lessons-for-grown-ups-from-childrens-books/comment-page-1/#comment-128 admin Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:14:27 +0000 http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/?p=1072#comment-128 I can't remember specific quotes, but some of my fave children books were Blueberries for Sal, Goodnight Moon, Are You My Mother, and anything Dr. Seuss or Berenstein Bears! All of which had great underlying messages. I can’t remember specific quotes, but some of my fave children books were Blueberries for Sal, Goodnight Moon, Are You My Mother, and anything Dr. Seuss or Berenstein Bears! All of which had great underlying messages.

]]> By: uberVU - social commentshttp://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/blog/guest-authors/lessons-for-grown-ups-from-childrens-books/comment-page-1/#comment-127 uberVU - social comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:49:14 +0000 http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/?p=1072#comment-127 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong>This post was mentioned on Twitter by AlgonquinBooks: What's your fave quote from a children's book? http://tinyurl.com/yfhemwd #favequote... Social comments and analytics for this post…

This post was mentioned on Twitter by AlgonquinBooks: What’s your fave quote from a children’s book? http://tinyurl.com/yfhemwd #favequote…

]]> By: Sumayyahhttp://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/blog/guest-authors/lessons-for-grown-ups-from-childrens-books/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Sumayyah Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:44:02 +0000 http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/?p=1072#comment-126 "Because a person's a person, no matter how small." - Horton Hears a Who, Dr. Seuss “Because a person’s a person, no matter how small.” – Horton Hears a Who, Dr. Seuss

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