Candle in the Attic
CANDLE IN THE ATTIC is a book of small, secret pleasures to
savor long after, like reading under
the
covers, or reading by candlelight in
the
attic on a dark day, all under the
warm pen-and-ink
illustrations of Dianne Sherrill.
The simplicity
of her lovely sketch for “A Buddy for
Ben"
is itself worth the price of the book.
Just
for giggles, try "The Dog Who Talked"
and
"Giraffe Gyrations." Slightly more
sophisticated
young readers will puzzle the twists
and
turns of English idioms in "Body Language,"
and all will take a painless lesson
in social
comportment and social/ecological responsibility
from "Little Singing Bear."
Though most of the selections will
please
very young children, others urge the
child
out into the larger world where his
or her
sense of self and others will be challenged
and buffeted: Read "Farmer Girl,"
“Safe
Haven,” "Molly's Dolly," or "The Likes
of
Rufus Lee;" and even "Hai and Wing,"
which
sails the young reader to the culture
of
the Far East. The child’s sense of
adventure
will be stirred by “Danger in the Bell
Tower”
and “Schoolhouse Aliens.” And finally,
for
singing very quietly by the flickering
light
of the candle, "You're Unique," and
"Ring-a-Ding-Ding."
CANDLE IN THE ATTIC is a fine small
book
for curling up with as the long, cold
days
come on us.”
----Mary Elizabeth Parker
To order through the mail: "Candle in the Attic" is priced at $8.00. Add $2.00 for shipping
and handling for the first book and
$1.00
for each additional book. Book sales
are
on a first-come first-serve basis. Enclose your check in an envelope with
your
name and address (or the person's name
and
address to whom you wish the books
mailed)
and send it to Writers' Group of the Triad, PO Box 9731,
Greensboro, NC 27429. Allow two to three weeks for delivery.
Other WGOT books: While
Introspectrum and No Grown-Ups Allowed are both now sold out, you can still order
(while they last) Creative Writing/Cooking ($10.00, plus shipping and handling) and Freedom's Heroes, our veterans anthology produced in conjunction with Senior Resources of Guilford Retired Senior Volunteer Program. ($15.00, plus shipping and handling). The
same shipping and handling charges
apply
to all WGOT books still in print.
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