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Marie Mavretich's avatar

Oh wonderful thank you Dixie! I haven't heard of this. Yes, please keep sharing quick book notes!!!

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Dixie Dillon Lane's avatar

Oh, thanks Marie! I bet your Clare would love it!

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Rachel's avatar

Would love more book recommendations! Especially upper elementary/middle grade reads!

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Dixie Dillon Lane's avatar

Thank you, Rachel! That's good to know about what grade-range is most interesting to you. I have preschool through middle school kids in my house right now!

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Kerri Christopher's avatar

I love good children’s literature- as a treat for myself and to give to all the godchildren! It’s always helpful to hear recommendations from people who seem to share similar measures of what makes a book good (I love the Read Aloud Revival podcast for that reason) so please do keep sharing! This title was new to me and I’ll be sharing with friends.

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Dixie Dillon Lane's avatar

Oh, wonderful! Yes, I didn't know about it, either, until a couple of years ago. I found out that MacDonald wrote for adults, too (I had no idea!) and so I decided to try to find a list of *all* her books and then I discovered Nancy and Plum. Such a treasure of a book!

Please feel free to e-mail me if you ever come across a particularly good, lesser-known book! I'd love to hear your recommendations.

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Abigail's avatar

Ok, this is new one for me! Off to find a copy for my voracious 8-year-old reader . . .

And yes! series would be great! I think we've found all the hidden gems at our local library. New recs would be very helpful. :)

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Dixie Dillon Lane's avatar

Let me know how she likes it! I thought this was a very cozy and fun book.

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Ivana Greco's avatar

Oh yes please more book recommendations!

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Dixie Dillon Lane's avatar

Be careful what you wish for. You know me and books!

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Meredith Hinds's avatar

I'm all about the kid book recommendations! We love our fairy tales and myths, but I would be very grateful for some discriminating (but still enthusiastic) recs. for more modern literature. Can't say enough about good orphan stories!

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Dixie Dillon Lane's avatar

I loved orphan stories when I was a kid! It seems like a universal -- children love them, adults love them. I'm sure there's been plenty of literary essays written about this! I should look it up!

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Kate Moreland's avatar

One can’t ever have enough children’s lit recommendations. Definitely do more!

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Dixie Dillon Lane's avatar

Thanks! Definitely planning to!

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