Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

In more ways than one, really. Clearly I didn’t make Saturday or Monday–not enough brain power, maybe?–but I’ve also gotten behind with “Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales”, and I aim to fix that now. (Okay, so I’m climbing back on the wagon because my 8-year-old reached the one I was on, but still.) We’re not going to talk about how long Lafayette!: A Revolutionary War Tale has been sitting on my shelf, but I have repented, and it’s going out into the rest of the house, where it will be read by several. I finished it last night, and I’m still feeling irritated with myself for waiting so long. Hale’s ongoing series of graphic histories is both a hoot and a brilliant way to teach history to young people, and Lafayette! is no exception. Hale gives us Lafayette’s life from childhood through his career in the American Revolution, and I learned all sorts of things about a man that (oddly enough) Louisa May Alcott introduced me to in An Old-Fashioned Girl. (Don’t skip the Correction Babies at the end, by the way.) These are great reads from 8 to 108, and I’m looking forward to moving on to Major Impossible!