Tag Archives: Mary Norton

Seven Bookish Virtues/Sins Tag

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Lizzie Ross

Looks like all my blogging friends are playing this game of tag, and it’s my turn to be IT. Ola G at Re-enchantment of the World, Lory at Emerald City Book Review, Chris at Calmgrove, and I-can’t-remember-who-else (sorry, blogger buddies, … Continue reading →

Posted in Am reading, Favorite books, Lists, reading | Tagged Arthur Ransome, Eduardo Galeano, EF Benson, Eric Kraft, George Eliot, George Saunders, Hendrik Van Loon, Jane Austen, Joseph Conrad, JRR Tolkien, Marcel Proust, Mary Norton, Mikhail Bulgakov, Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, Roland Huntford | 4 Comments

On the road paved with good intentions

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Lizzie Ross

Yes, yes, I know that in my last post I promised to blog more diligently. I can’t even say that I have a good excuse. 30 Rock disappeared from Netflix, and the vast window of time that opened up for … Continue reading →

Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged Ibi Zoboi, Kate Atkinson, Mary Norton, N H Senzai, Thanhha Lai | 2 Comments

The course has ended but the reading continues

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Lizzie Ross

Originally posted on Readers Are Leaders 2014:
So keep posting to this site. I want to hear about the new books you discover, and I bet others do as well. Tell us what your students are reading. Post Top-10 lists. Top…

Posted in Fantasy, Series, Top-10 Lists | Tagged Cornelia Funke, Diana Wynne Jones, Edward Eager, Garth Nix, JRR Tolkien, Mary Norton, Michael Scott, Philip Pullman, Pseudonymous Bosch, Ursula K Le Guin | 2 Comments

My favorite tiny world

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Lizzie Ross

I love this series so much that it features in 4 posts on my other blog. The first book in this series won the Carnegie Medal (Britain’s answer to the Newbery) in 1952. The Borrowers, Mary Norton (1952-1982), 5 vols. … Continue reading →