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Origins: The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett had serious issues with the children of the Edwardian British upper class. Both The Little Princess and The Secret Garden featured wealthy girls whose parents had some connection to British rule in India. Sarah Crewe (Little Princess) is abandoned at an English boarding school (Miss Minchin's) by her father and spoiled Mary Lennox (Secret Garden) is sent to a relative's home...

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Gwyn Mugged by OpenSource Thugs

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Gwyn had a very well-thought-out post about how to plug the "analogue hole," which apparently is the name for that problem called "if you can see it, you can copy it" in Second...

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The Goddess Appears In The Garden

This morning I re-read (for the umpty-umphth time) one of the favorite books of my childhood, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett . Here's one of my favorite scenes: Colin was looking across the garden at something attracting his attention and his expression had become a startled one. "Who is coming in here?" he said quickly. "Who is it?" The door in the ivied wall had been pushed gently open...

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Oxford World's Classic Quiz: The Answers

The answers to this week's Oxford World's Classics Quiz

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Looking for Children's Books?

Whenever I go into a children's bookshop my mind suddenly goes blank when it comes to the classics. So, I think this list of the 50 Top Children's books (compiled by Booktrust) is quite handy: 1 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, C S Lewis 2 The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle 3 Famous Five series, [...]

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Great Yarns for the Close-Knit Family

I was excited about this book long before I knew one of my own novels had been included in its pages. It combines two of my most favorite things (not just my favorite things, my most favorite things!): books and...

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What's the story with... children's books?

A new list of favourites suggests the old ones are still the best, writes Mark Smith. But what about the young pretenders, and the omissions?

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Answers to the small quiz and the Sappy Romance quiz

The Small Quiz There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. Yes, it is Holes. It was January in northern New York State, sixty-seven years ago. Farmer Boy is right! Even when the last of the medicine bottles were cleared away and she was supposed to have "had" convalescence, Harriet did not get well. Skating Shoes by Noel Streatfeild. I love this book. LOVE. IT. And though the two main characters are girls,...

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Children's Lit Quiz Answers

Here are the answers to both part 1 and part 2 of the children's lit quiz. I'll put the answers below the fold and leave some space in case someone doesn't want the spoiler. How many have you read? Feel free to share your opinions and memories of the books in the comments. ########################### Scroll down for answers: 1. One warm night four children stood in front

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Another book meme

Captain's Log, Stardate 01.23.2008 Michelle tagged me! One book that changed your life. I actually have two: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey They both opened new worlds to me and made me dream about writing my own. One book that you have read more than once. Persuasion by Jane Austen One book you would want on a desert island. The Bible Two books that made...

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Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 14

Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 14and Christopher Reichheld and Anne Bradley 1903 Opening night of The Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett play about a child, much in the same vein as her Secret Garden. Little Princess will run just 34 performances. 1903 Opening night of The Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett play about a child, much in the same vein as her Secret Garden. Little Princess...

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24 November Fortune Teller says

Your birthday today: You are very conceited, have good self-control, are ambitious and idealistic, but lack perseverance and quite often fall short of attaining your goal. You are musical and artistic, steadfast in your love, loyal to your own friends and loving in your home. Dorothy Reidner–1927 shares this birthdate with you, and (don't let it go to your head) so do these noted persons: Zachary Taylor...

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cherry cake and ginger beer

Since 1st September I have been surrounded by Enid Blyton, L.M. Montgomery, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Noel Streatfeild, E. Nesbit, Joyce Lankester Brisley, Arthur Ransome, Michael Bond, and E.B. White. Johanna Spyri, Eve Garnett and Eleanor H. Porter and many more...

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Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 10

Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 10and Anne Bradley and Steve Luber 1900 Opening night of legendary musical Floradora at the Casino Theatre for a 553-performance run -- the first major hit of the 20th century. The production is remembered principally for the Florodora Sextet of flirtatious girls in the song "Tell Me, Pretty Maiden." The chorus line of lovelies becomes a staple of Broadway musicals....

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How Queer Not To Be Gay

I’m reading “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett at the moment. Most of you will probably know that it's a children's story written in 1911 about a little girl who lost her family in India and was sent to stay at a huge, rambling old mansion on the Yorkshire moors and how her experience [...]