I spooned up the stew and lighted the oil lamp and we ate with the dogs crowding under the table, hoping for spills and handouts.
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Patricia MacLachlan

I spooned up the stew and lighted the oil lamp and we ate with the dogs crowding under the table, hoping for spills and handouts.
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Patricia MacLachlan


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This month is all about books that set your tails wagging. That’s right, it’s time to release the hounds!

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Noel Streatfeild used her background in theater as the basis of many of her children’s books. Ballet Shoes was her most famous work, so many of her other books were later re-titled to include ‘shoes’.
Have you read any of the “Shoes” books?

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