One of the first books I remember falling in love with as a
child was From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Published in
1967 and written by E.L. Konigsburg, the book tells of a brother and sister who
run away from home and find themselves living in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Secretly, I envisioned myself with my younger brother, roaming through the eerily quiet but grand rooms.
I must have read the book half a dozen times. My love for it
predated any of the S.E. Hinton books I later became enamored with. This is one
of those books that I so want to read with my older son. I haven’t yet because I’m
afraid he won’t have the same magical reaction to the book that I did. I’m fearful
he’ll simply say with a shrug of the shoulders, “It was okay.”
Now for the Spooktacular Giveaway Blog Hop winner.
Instead of
just one winner, I decided to go with lucky seven, my older son's baseball number. The winners are:
Darlene’s Book Nook
Sheila Windley Staley
Kelly Urban
Jody Duffy
Misha K.
Tammy Brewer
Tara Robinson
An email is going out to all of you today.
Many thanks to each and every one of you who participated in
my giveaway! And thanks to I Am A Reader, Not A Writer
and Diary of a Bookworm for hosting the
event. I had a phenomenal time with the blog hop.
What was your favorite book as a child?
