Category Archives: Children’s Lit corner

Children’s Lit Corner

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Kathryn Poulter

I love a good guessing game. So for today’s blog entry, I have gathered together some of my favorite children’s books and written their first lines here. See if you can guess which book each quote comes from. 1. “‘Where’s … Continue reading →

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Children’s Lit Corner

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Kathryn Poulter

Two weeks ago my oldest son was feeding the dogs. They are big dogs, HUGE dogs (Newfies), and they love Ben so much they can’t help but want to climb all over him. Unfortunately, it was an icy day, and … Continue reading →

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Children’s Lit Corner

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Kathryn Poulter

I don’t write nearly as many checks as I used to before they came out with debit cards, so I find that it always takes me quite awhile to train myself to write the next year when I jot down … Continue reading →

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Children’s Lit Corner

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Kathryn Poulter

One Saturday when I was about nine or ten years old I made an amazing discovery. There was a ballpark about a block and a half from my house, and as I was walking along the cracked sidewalk beside the … Continue reading →

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Children’s Lit Corner

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Kathryn Poulter

Three years ago this coming Friday, my best friend died suddenly after suffering a deep thromboembolism. That death, especially the unexpected nature of it, shook me to the core. Of course I had lost friends and loved ones before, but … Continue reading →

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Children’s Lit Corner

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Kathryn Poulter

When I was a little girl, there was an ancient cherry tree at the corner of my block. Happily, the old lady who lived in the house by the tree told the children of the neighborhood that we could eat … Continue reading →

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Children’s Lit Corner

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Kathryn Poulter

When I was a little girl, the cousin closest to my age lived in California. We were about eight years old when we decided to become pen pals, and started writing long, rambling letters to each other. I can still … Continue reading →

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Children’s Lit Corner

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Kathryn Poulter

I have been haunted most of my life by the memory of a book I read once when I was very young. It was most likely a library book, because it certainly wasn’t part of my life for very long, … Continue reading →

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Children’s Lit Corner

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Kathryn Poulter

Happy Valentine’s Day! In my mother’s family, this day was set apart as a day of family gift giving. Grandpa would buy boxes of chocolates for his three girls and Grandmother. Later he included his grandchildren in the chocolate gifts. … Continue reading →

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Children’s Lit Corner

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Kathryn Poulter

A couple of weeks ago I was cleaning out some boxes of books in the donations room of my library when a slim volume caught my eye. It was a old paperback copy of stories written by Sholom Aleichem. Now … Continue reading →

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