We are enjoying the series about The Melendy children starting with The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright. Currently on The Four Story Mistake. Last night we had a good long tearful (me) crack up-don't think the kids have seen me do this before, hmm-the children made a mysterious discovery in their new old rambling house. They spent all day unearthing it and were still left with questions. From the book:
That night the children dreamed all night about Clarinda and the secret room. Mona and Randy and Rush, that is. Oliver(7) dreamed that he was driving a Greyhound bus full of policemen across the Brooklyn Bridge.
Oh, how we laughed about the absurdity of it. Isn't that just like dreams?
I marvelled at the author's imagination and her nailing down the mind of a seven year old.
I love this series-I said to the kids when were reading the first book that the author really "gets" kids-they didn't seem to know what I meant, but for me these books exemplify the magic of childhood.
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