Plumfield Moms
Book Review
Episodes
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
"One day, a man comes to the village riding on a burro and leading another. Both burros are laden with books, and he carries a sign that says, “Biblioburro.” He tells the children he is a librarian, a bibliotecario, and the books on the burros, Alfa and Beto, are his moving library."
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
"The girls in the story only spend two nights alone. The author’s intention isn’t to cause children to worry about whether the girls will survive, but to make them think about what it would be like to live through such an experience. It is an interesting and enjoyable story for early-grade readers."
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
"Meigs is honest about Louisa’s prickles, as Jo March is about hers. But Meigs continually points to how the family was able, through humor and their love for each other, to overcome hardship. This is an excellent starting point for a competent middle-grade reader who is interested in the life of one of our beloved authors."
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
"Our hero, James Lewis MacFarlane, a stalwart Scotsman, has recently been mustered out of the army, and discharged himself from an army hospital. He embodies qualities we hope to instill in our children or ourselves, though he wrestles with himself frequently, in an effort to maintain the true, the beautiful, and the good in his life. He has a wound that won’t heal despite the best of care in a wonderful spa/hospital. So he sets off on a Great Adventure to see if he can find his own cure and put himself back into useful public life."
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023