Tag Archives: Astrid Lindgren

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Ofelia’s List of Favorite Books: A Baker’s Dozen

Those of us who love to read can’t help but be drawn into the multitude of “The Best” book lists that are published at or near the end of a calendar year. You ask yourself, are any of my favorite books on the list? Are there any books on the list that I’d like to… Read More


Out Into the Wide Wide World

In an early chapter of The Secrets of Eastcliff-by-the-Sea: The Story of Annaliese Easterling and Throckmorton, Her Simply Remarkable Sock Monkey, Throckmorton is reunited with his sock monkey cousin, Captain Eugene S. Monkey. Captain Eugene belongs to nine-year-old Annaliese’s older brother Teddy. Throckmorton immediately notices that Captain Eugene’s limbs are badly stained in some places… Read More