In which Annie (high school teacher, mother of two young girls and a younger boy) and her aunt Deborah (children's bookseller, mother of two young women in their 20s) discuss children's books and come up with annotated lists.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Touring

Dear Annie,

Bob and I are off on a very small vacation, wandering around Virginia and North Carolina for a few days.  We'll end up at Monticello, which I haven't visited since I was 14.  Jefferson's Sons (which I still wish had won the Newbery medal) has added to my curiosity about Jefferson's home.

While we're on tour, I offer you a tour of a different kind.  This one's a Blog Tour, celebrating Diana Wynne Jones, who died a little more than a year ago.  Sixteen different bloggers -- many of whom appear to have known her -- have signed up to blog about Jones on successive weekdays.  So here's the site.  And here's a Publishers Weekly article about all that's being done to commemorate her, including a gathering today in her home town of Bristol.  (Make sure to scroll down to the world's oddest cake.)

Love,

Deborah

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