From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E.L. Konigsburg | Children's Books | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0440431808 Global Overview for this book
Registered by winghyphen8wing of Honolulu, Hawaii USA on 10/17/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by winghyphen8wing from Honolulu, Hawaii USA on Saturday, October 17, 2009
1968 Newbery medal winner

Memory is a funny thing. I read the blurb on the back and wasn't quite sure if I'd read it before: I thought maybe I had, but I wasn't positive...there was something in the back of my head about taking a bath in the fountain, but I couldn't be sure it was from *this* book.

As soon as I opened the book to the page with Mrs. Frankweiler's letter (and the illustration), the image made the switch in my head click, and I knew I *had* read it before. The copy I had before must've had a different cover or I probably would've remembered that.

I found this book on this list of challenged books. I wonder if it's because of the illustration of the kids in the fountain. Or maybe it's the running away from home part, or the hiding in the museum after hours part..or the cutting school part or... :p

I like this bit:

I think you should learn, of course, and some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything. And you can feel it inside you. If you never take time out to let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you. You can make noise with them, but never really feel anything with them. It's hollow.

Here's another copy on my shelf.

Journal Entry 2 by winghyphen8wing at Honolulu, Hawaii USA on Sunday, November 22, 2009

Released 14 yrs ago (11/22/2009 UTC) at Honolulu, Hawaii USA

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I think the kids found a brand new reader today at lunch. Enjoy!

Released for RockDg9's November 2009 The The Release Challenge, crrcookie's November 2009 Bountiful Harvest Food Release Challenge, and NMReader's 2010 Banned and Challenged Books Release Challenge.

Journal Entry 3 by winghyphen8wing at Honolulu, Hawaii USA on Monday, September 6, 2010
Picked this up while re-claiming books at our TOC lunch today; I'll try to find a new home for it soon.

Released 13 yrs ago (10/2/2010 UTC) at Ellen Masaki School Of Music, Ward Court Bldg. (250 Ward) in Honolulu, Hawaii USA

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Released for the Perfect 10 release challenge and re-releasing for NMReader's 2010 Banned and Challenged Books Release Challenge.

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