Comments on: EA #16: Balancing Adulthood Responsibility and Childlike Fun https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-02-27/ea-16-balancing-adulthood-responsibility-and-childlike-fun.html Wed, 26 Sep 2018 01:54:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Economic and Culture Observer (Lenno Cornish) https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-02-27/ea-16-balancing-adulthood-responsibility-and-childlike-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-273586 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:05:07 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-02-27/ea-16-balancing-adulthood-responsibility-and-childlike-fun.html#comment-273586 There is a proverb: How to write books for children? In the same way as for adults. But better…

]]> By: TadMack https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-02-27/ea-16-balancing-adulthood-responsibility-and-childlike-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-50639 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:33:29 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-02-27/ea-16-balancing-adulthood-responsibility-and-childlike-fun.html#comment-50639 Oh, now you’re asking for trouble, friends; don’t you know not to tease the children’s book aficionados? Any of us could go on with this for DAYS. I won’t even promise to keep it to ten, like LW!!! However, my favorite YA/Children’s books this week are…

Rules, by Cynthia Lord…
Classic Fave: Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
Fave Seuss: Marvin K. Mooney (Will You Please Go Now!)
Fave Multicultural Picture Book: My Mother’s Sari, by Sandhya Rao
Favorite Classic Picture Book: What Do You Say, Dear by Sesyle Joslin
Favorite Classic Historical Fiction: The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
Fave NEW Historical Fiction: Hattie Big Sky, by Kirby Larson… …see what you’ve started!!?
Okay, okay!
Favorite NUMBER ONE Book (please note that this is ONLY for this particular quiz): Fly-By-Night, by Frances Hardinge!

ALL of these are totally wonderful, read them if you have time!

]]> By: Escape Adulthood » The Secret to a Good Night’s Sleep? https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-02-27/ea-16-balancing-adulthood-responsibility-and-childlike-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-50585 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:00:35 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-02-27/ea-16-balancing-adulthood-responsibility-and-childlike-fun.html#comment-50585 […] In our latest podcast, Kim and I spoke with Jen Robinson on the topic of children’s books. Jen mentioned that she almost always ended her day with a little bit of reading. Kim noted the irony of how many children end their days with a parent reading them a story, while many adults end their days with the evening news. Maybe that’s why, according to the National Sleep Foundation, approximately 70 million people in the United States are affected by a sleep problem. The Adultitis monster is no longer under our beds… it has taken up residence in our heads. […]

]]> By: Little Willow https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-02-27/ea-16-balancing-adulthood-responsibility-and-childlike-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-50212 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:23:39 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-02-27/ea-16-balancing-adulthood-responsibility-and-childlike-fun.html#comment-50212 Oh, I’ll REALLY try to keep this to ten books or less, I swear.

My favorite classics:
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The Anne of Green Gables series

My favorite chapter books:
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Westing Game

My favorite beginning readers:
The Frog & Toad series

My favorite picture books:
The Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood

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