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Author Archives: Julie Stroebel Barichello
An update from La Casa Barichello
For the past six months (give or take a few weeks), I’ve been mostly silent on the blog and social media. I haven’t been ignoring them, per se. There’s been a voice nagging in the back of my mind at … Continue reading
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award name change is OK … and so is liking her books
This past weekend, the Association for Library Service to Children made a change to a major children’s award. “Little House on the Prairie” author Laura Ingalls Wilder has long been the namesake of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, which earned its … Continue reading
What if life skills weren’t electives?
I walked around my brick foundation today, poking my fingers through the gaps in the mortar. My heart weighed heavy in my chest, my stomach twisting and threatening to squeeze the tamales I had for lunch back up my throat. … Continue reading
REVIEW: A Literary Tea Party cookbook
I was walking through the newsroom where I work two weeks ago when a reporter waved me to his desk. “I know you like literary things,” he said. “Have you heard about this new cookbook that’s coming out?” He gestured … Continue reading
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A book’s surprise literary connection to home
The title wasn’t even on my radar when I stumbled upon it at the book sale last year. I added it to my stack merely for the sake of the author’s name — I’ve never been let down yet by a Richard Peck book, and like the others, this one didn’t disappoint.
In fact, it came with a bonus surprise. Continue reading
Thank you for the stories, Richard Peck
I met Richard Peck through Grandma Dowdel. She’s not my grandmother. In fact, she’s his. Not in the way you might expect, though. Grandma Dowdel is a character in Richard Peck’s novels “A Long Way From Chicago,” “A Year Down … Continue reading
Dear Opossums, I owe you an apology
Even though opossums are fierce on the surface (I have to confess it’s a little off-putting when you’re in close quarters with a hissing ‘possum who seems to unhinge its entire face when it opens its mouth), they get an unnecessarily bad reputation. Continue reading
