tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214724225155037304.post2163002069485833682..comments2024-03-19T02:33:43.280-04:00Comments on Girl Who Reads: Friday Fun with Ann HoltGirl Who Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12567066995224650190noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214724225155037304.post-28746906296284963302012-12-17T08:23:52.530-05:002012-12-17T08:23:52.530-05:00I love that you, as a young girl, wrote, directed,...I love that you, as a young girl, wrote, directed, and starred in LITTLE WOMEN! I remember being enchanted with the movie a long time ago. I believe Elizabeth Taylor and Janet Leigh were in that version. I, too, wrote plays (skits) while in grade school. And in high school I played Emily Dickinson in EASTWARD IN EDEN. My mother gave me a charming book of Emily's poems which I still have. And, though not a Christmas book, a wonderful keepsake to have and hold!Coralie Cederna Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13396599065245860045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214724225155037304.post-62582570248709104482012-12-16T22:41:37.749-05:002012-12-16T22:41:37.749-05:00Your blog brings back memories of a Christmas trad...Your blog brings back memories of a Christmas tradition in our house that started when the children were little and continues even though they are both grown now. Every year on Christmas Eve, Roger would read "The Night Before Christmas" to the kids to get them settled into bed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03094962254116337653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214724225155037304.post-63476359504633841682012-12-16T21:58:37.022-05:002012-12-16T21:58:37.022-05:00Ann,
What a charming blog! Mary Beth just finishe...Ann, <br />What a charming blog! Mary Beth just finished an entire day of telling Christmas stories for elementary students in East Grand Rapids. A couple of her favorites: "The Baker's Dozen" and "The Tree That Stayed Up Until Next Christmas." Christmas stories are designed to bring out the best in humanity. If only we would take those notions to heart all the year round. Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214724225155037304.post-68120062819678489342012-12-15T15:20:34.836-05:002012-12-15T15:20:34.836-05:00I love the mood evoked by this post. It captures n...I love the mood evoked by this post. It captures nostalgia well-- the voice is comforting.<br /><br />One of my favorite Christmas stories is The Magic Carousel by Dorothy Levenson with illustrations by Ati Forberg. A detail that always transported me was 'the little girl in the red dress skating on one leg.' But the real excitement was the tour of NYC on the back of a carousel horse.<br /><br />How wonderful to take the opportunity to revel in the memories of Christmas.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875553794003409879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214724225155037304.post-44943200231100318932012-12-14T18:06:48.780-05:002012-12-14T18:06:48.780-05:00Favorite Christmas books - this "Fun Friday&q...Favorite Christmas books - this "Fun Friday" is timely for me because I just got back from hearing Leif Enger read the Christmas chapter from "Peace Like a River." And tonight I'm going to see my niece perform in "A Christmas Carol." Good Christmas memories in the making. :)<br /><br />For Christmas books, I think that my favorite is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, where it was always winter and never Christmas until the witch's spell over Narnia had been broken.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297446812802639979noreply@blogger.com