I'm excited by the long list of elementary-age historical fiction choices -- thank you! I look forward to part 2 of your answer.
It's been a busy Halloween week, and after successful costume-making and trick-or-treating, we're ready for a bit of a rest. So I'll save the longer post I'm working on (Anne of Green Gables!) until early next week, and take a moment tonight to share this year's costumes, both inspired by books we've written about here.
Eleanor chose to be Young Guinevere, from the Robert San Souci book of the same name. As I mentioned when we first got the book, we love the depiction of Guinevere as a strong, adventurous young woman, skilled with a bow and arrow, which she uses to fight off improbable monsters.
Here's Eleanor, in the costume she designed (she made the arrows by herself):
Isabel, revisiting our Halloween from two years ago, went as Dorothy. While her slippers were red, as they are in the movie, the Charles Santore illustrations are what she pored over while thinking about her costume. Here's Santore's Dorothy in the Emerald City:
And here's Isabel:
Books: the gifts that keep on giving.
Happy Halloween!
Love, Annie
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