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Revisiting books with my children

Over the Christmas period, I read Little Women and Good Wives by Louisa M. Alcott with my daughter. She is ten, so we had lots of pauses to answer questions (so, does Jo like Laurie? Does Laurie like Jo? Why does Mr Brooke have Meg's glove? What's a charabanc?)

But overall, my daughter was enchanted, as so many others have been, by the range of characters portrayed so skilfully by Alcott, and her o Read more of this blog post »
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Published on January 13, 2026 07:37
Average rating: 4.42 · 147 ratings · 37 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors
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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
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“in this neighborhood heroes are scarce, or simply lot to be found. Swords in these parts are mostly blunt, and axes are used for trees, and shields as cradles or dish-covers; and dragons are comfortably far-off (and therefore legendary).”
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