Why I Picked It Up: It’s called the word collector. How could I resist this book? While browsing books online, this one caught my eye because of the title. Then I found myself sucked in to the cover, which is simple, but makes it impossible to not become engrossed. As a reader, the scribbling behind the […]
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Book Review: The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, by Christopher Healy
Why I Picked It Up: This is actually the second time I’ve picked up this book. I started reading it a while back when Jessica recommended it as a definite “Sherry” book, but the demands of life and work and Battle of the Books forced me to put it down after only a few chapters. […]
Book Review: The Most Magnificent Thing, by Ashley Spires
Why I Picked It Up: I will have to come clean here. I honestly don’t remember why I have this one. It probably came in a package of multiple books that I ordered one late night, when I probably shouldn’t have. It was a surprise when the books arrived, because I couldn’t remember everything I had ordered! […]
Roundup: Favorite Social Studies Posts (Plus a Few New Biographies!)
We had a wonderful weekend in Galveston this past weekend. We celebrated Halloween with our families AND made a lot of new social studies friends at the Texas Council for the Social Studies Conference! During our sessions, we mentioned several of our favorite books and we thought we might round them all up in one […]
Giveaway!
In honor of our presentations at TxCSS this weekend, we are hosting a giveaway! On Sunday evening (at the end of the conference), we will select two lucky Literary Fusions fans to receive a $25 gift card to our favorite place – Barnes and Noble! There are three ways to enter, so click the links […]
Book Review: A Tangle of Knots, by Lisa Graff
Why I Picked It Up: This book was recommended to me by a 5th grade teacher friend about a year ago. I’m not sure why I didn’t read it right away (maybe because I had a six-week-old baby to keep alive…), but I was browsing through my library’s online collection looking for something to read […]
