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| Elsie Dinsmore |
Well, it is SNOWING here in Virginia, so schools are closed, and it is time to snuggle up with a warm blanket and read. I have been reading an old-timey children's series that is VERY, VERY old. It is Martha Finley's Elsie Dinsmore Series. I can highly recommend it for many reasons, but I think it best that you judge this series for yourself. The series is FREE if you want to check it out and decide if the world of Elsie Dinsmore is for you. The Elsie Series has some controvery out there in the blogosphere, but just like Gone With the Wind the books need to be judged from the historical persepective in which they were written. Trying to raise an Elsie today using the methodolgy of the 1800s is not the message of the book...How to raise a GOOD PERSON in todays society is the theme whether it be a boy or a girl. Take a peek and let us know what you think of Elsie. I've enjoyed reading them because it has been a magic key to take me to a long ago place where otherwise I would never have been able to venture.
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| Martha Finley (1828–1909) |
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| Don't Forget To Be Awesome! |
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Book Riot shared these three steps to reading harder, better, faster, and stronger in their post. If you are interested in reading the full article Click Here. 
For the second straight year, Alexandria, Va. topped Amazon's list of the "Most Well-Read Cities in America," which is compiled from sales data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format since June 1, 2012, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents. This year's top 20 are:
"Sorry, moms and dads, but it's your job -- not the schools' -- to find books to get your kids reading and to make sure they read them."
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| Can You Imagine Not Being Able to Read? This is one of the many nursery rhymes my mother read to me as a child. Image Credit: Vintage Digistamps |
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Education brings sustainability to all the development goals, and literacy is the foundation of all learning. It provides individuals with the skills to understand the world and shape it, to participate in democratic processes and have a voice, and also to strengthen their cultural identity. 