From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler/Newbery Summer
4 journalers for this copy...
A Newbery Medal winner.
Holiday Wishes RABCK to brookler.
Holiday Wishes RABCK to brookler.
Journal Entry 2 by Brookler from Powell River, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, December 19, 2006
WOW! A book off my Wishlist for a surprise RABCK! How exciting! Thank you so very much. This one sneaks into my TBR pile very near the top.
Very nice! I was part-way into this book before I remembered why I had put it on my Wishlist so long ago -- this is the one about the kids that live at the NY Art Museum! That's when I got excited about it! It's easy to see why this book has become a classic. A very enjoyable, if a little slow, story. I liked it very much.
Sent surface mail to hakkalina in Hungary for my March surprise wishlist RABACK. Hope you like it!
WOW!! I am still suprised. I found this book in my postbox some minutes ago. Hardly find the suitable words to describe my present state. In front of my mailbox I had to tear open the letter in order to peek into it, since I couldn't recollect my memories about 'expecting now any books from Canada'. How fascinating! One week ago I entered for a drawing in which I asked for this book, but that was a British Rabck, not a Canadian one. After a tiring workday finding a book in your mailbox, which othervise on your wishlist, moreover which is called as Suprise Rabck by its sender, what would you say? I say: Life is so beautiful! :-) Additionaly besides the received book there are a postcard and a real Bookplate - Reader's dream. I love them!
@}-- !Thanks Brookler! --{@
I put this beautiful "memory" in my treasury box in order to recall it when I feel blue.
Update: 2009.05.03.
I started to read and it captivated me so much. I like as the children think, solve problems, feel and live. I laughed about how Claudie corrected her brother's grammar. I also didn't understand what he wanted to say, at first I thought that it was a new English phrase.. :-))) Beside my supper I finished the book. I can say I love it so much!! Finally, at the end of the book I understood the title of the book, what I had never understood, rather thought it very confusing, but now yesssssssss I know it, in what follows it is not confusing at all. Lovely!!
" Some people spend all their vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don't pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take them home.
Because of the looking around, the breathing in the miracle of the moment I always "forget" to take many pictures on my holidays. But those some pictures always tell me their story, but it won't tell a story for others - at least not they want to hear.
Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking."
Update: 2009.06.18.
This book will fly to Italy, as a Rabck, to Hayes13 :)
I put this beautiful "memory" in my treasury box in order to recall it when I feel blue.
Update: 2009.05.03.
I started to read and it captivated me so much. I like as the children think, solve problems, feel and live. I laughed about how Claudie corrected her brother's grammar. I also didn't understand what he wanted to say, at first I thought that it was a new English phrase.. :-))) Beside my supper I finished the book. I can say I love it so much!! Finally, at the end of the book I understood the title of the book, what I had never understood, rather thought it very confusing, but now yesssssssss I know it, in what follows it is not confusing at all. Lovely!!
" Some people spend all their vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don't pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take them home.
Because of the looking around, the breathing in the miracle of the moment I always "forget" to take many pictures on my holidays. But those some pictures always tell me their story, but it won't tell a story for others - at least not they want to hear.
Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking."
Update: 2009.06.18.
This book will fly to Italy, as a Rabck, to Hayes13 :)
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
The book is on its way to Italy.
Happy reading to Hayes13!
And I am happy to fulfill your secret wish. :)
The book is on its way to Italy.
Happy reading to Hayes13!
And I am happy to fulfill your secret wish. :)
This is a lovely RABCK -- Thank you hakkalina!! (And for the sweeties, very yummy!)
It was one of my all time favorite books as a kid and I will read it this summer with my son. I can't wait.
It was one of my all time favorite books as a kid and I will read it this summer with my son. I can't wait.
I am finally reading this after so so so much time. And afterwards I will include it in my "VBB in English for the Italian Forum".
Review: The Metropolitan Museum *sigh*
I grew up down the street from the museum and spent more hours there than I can count. This book brought back such wonderful memories.
Description: When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn’t just want to run from somewhere, she wants to run to somewhere — to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and, preferably, elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing her younger brother Jamie has money and thus can help her with a serious cash-flow problem, she invites him along.
Once settled into the museum, Claudia and Jamie find themselves caught up in the mystery of an angel statue that the museum purchased at auction for a bargain price of $225. The statue is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master, Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Is it? Or isn’t it?
Claudia is determined to find out. Her quest leads her to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the remarkable old woman who sold the statue, and to some equally remarkable discoveries about herself.
Review: The Metropolitan Museum *sigh*
I grew up down the street from the museum and spent more hours there than I can count. This book brought back such wonderful memories.
Description: When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn’t just want to run from somewhere, she wants to run to somewhere — to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and, preferably, elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing her younger brother Jamie has money and thus can help her with a serious cash-flow problem, she invites him along.
Once settled into the museum, Claudia and Jamie find themselves caught up in the mystery of an angel statue that the museum purchased at auction for a bargain price of $225. The statue is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master, Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Is it? Or isn’t it?
Claudia is determined to find out. Her quest leads her to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the remarkable old woman who sold the statue, and to some equally remarkable discoveries about herself.
