I’ve gone from reading The Prairie Builders to Susan Campbell Bartoletti’s Hitler Youth, and I’m reminded of a theory that I’ve had for some time: that a person could become the most absorbing cocktail-party conversationalist on earth by reading nothing but children’s and youth nonfiction.
Seriously. There’s just that much good stuff out there, presented in brief, engaging packages. Is anyone up for a challenge à la The Know-It-All?
I don’t know about the challenge per se, but it strikes me that a great cocktail party would be attended by only people who were into children’s literature! Imagine…a whole party where Angelina and Brad’s child could be comfortably ignored :)
I don’t know about the challenge per se, but it strikes me that a great cocktail party would be attended by only people who were into children’s literature! Imagine…a whole party where Angelina and Brad’s child could be comfortably ignored :)
I don’t know about the challenge per se, but it strikes me that a great cocktail party would be attended by only people who were into children’s literature! Imagine…a whole party where Angelina and Brad’s child could be comfortably ignored :)
I don’t get to many parties but I have found over the years that when folks find out I am a school librarian and love children’s books I don’t have to worry about making conversation for the rest of the evening.
Earnest parents ask me what books might entice their kids to read (I always ask them if THEY like to read>) and when I start talking about my current favorites pens come out of jackets and purses and notes get scribbled on paper napkins. My husband refers to it as the “Camille Effect.”
I don’t get to many parties but I have found over the years that when folks find out I am a school librarian and love children’s books I don’t have to worry about making conversation for the rest of the evening.
Earnest parents ask me what books might entice their kids to read (I always ask them if THEY like to read>) and when I start talking about my current favorites pens come out of jackets and purses and notes get scribbled on paper napkins. My husband refers to it as the “Camille Effect.”
I don’t get to many parties but I have found over the years that when folks find out I am a school librarian and love children’s books I don’t have to worry about making conversation for the rest of the evening.
Earnest parents ask me what books might entice their kids to read (I always ask them if THEY like to read>) and when I start talking about my current favorites pens come out of jackets and purses and notes get scribbled on paper napkins. My husband refers to it as the “Camille Effect.”