No, not "The Story of Mankind." I wish! But I did finish "Tales From Silver Lands," so that is good. I am very glad it is over. I am mostly feeling sorry for kids from this time period - if the Newbery books are the best of the best, is this all children's literature had to offer?
Well no real deep insights from this book, although I am interested in the different spellings that are used, such as "to-morrow", "sea-shell", "cañon", and "manikins" when we would normally spell them "tomorrow", "seashell", "canyon", and "mannequins". The idea of words developing and changing over time is kind of fascinating to me.
Welp, on to "Shen of the Sea" for me. I'll probably go get it at the library pretty soon here. One of the library's copies has not been checked out since 2003, but another one was already checked out this year, so that provides a little bit of hope.
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