I’m not American. I don’t have (and have never had) long hair in plaits. Or a bonnet. I don’t live in the countryside. But something in me responds to this literature. I think the Little House on the Prairie is a complete masterpiece and this book is the pinnacle of the series. This is my old copy which I read again and again when I was nine. Now I’m reading a chapter each night to Honey, who is nine. Every evening, as she is tucked up in bed, we dive into the appalling winter suffered by Laura, Mary, Pa and Ma and the rest, which lasted from October to March and during which time they all nearly starved to death. Read more
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26.08.11
Should they be reading Jane Eyre?
This Gabriel on a sleeper train in Egypt, with his holiday reading. He loves it. It’s Bear Grylls’ life story and is all about Bear being daring and adventurous, climbing up the chapel tower at Eton Read more
