3 At noon of that same day in the first week of August, Winnie Foster sat on the bristly grass just inside the fence and said to the large toad who was squatting a few yards away across the road, “I will, though. You’ll see. Maybe even first thing tomorrow, while everyone’s still asleep.” It…
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Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit – Read Chapter 2
Chapter 2 “And so, at dawn, that day in the first week of August, Mae Tuck woke up and lay for a while beaming at the cobwebs on the ceiling. At last she said aloud, “The boys’ll be home tomorrow!” Mae’s husband, on his back beside her, did not stir. He was still asleep, and…
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit – Read the Prologue and Chapter 1
Prologue “The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of…
Life On the Mississippi – Excerpts from the Book by Mark Twain
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. The Mississippi is Well worth Reading about.—It is Remarkable.— Instead of Widening towards its Mouth, it grows Narrower.—It Empties four hundred and six million Tons of Mud.—It was First Seen in 1542. —It is Older than some Pages in European History.—De Soto has the Pull.—Older than the Atlantic Coast.—Some Half-breeds…
Free Book Club with a Movie – Throwback Thursdays – Begins August 21, 2025 – Check Out the Books and Stories We’ll Read!
Heads Up! August 1 Will be a Great Day for Me! The movers will begin moving furniture to my new Studio, Gallery, and School of Art. I’ll launch my Free Book with a Movie Club: Throwback Thursdays. Each month, we’ll read together an older book that has been made into a movie. On the final…