The Great American Road Trip
Book: We’re There Rhode Island (2005)by Elizabeth S. Grumbach
The subtitle says it all: Games, Puzzles and Fun Facts for Children as they Explore the Ocean State.
We’re There Rhode Island invites filling in the blanks, map reading, coloring, puzzle solving and (shhhh!) learning.
I loved the colorful layout and kid-friendly approach and language. [...]
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Destination: Italy
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When I traveled to Italy two years ago, I read a Penguin book that combined Mary McCarthy’s two books–The Stones of Florence and Venice Observed These are two pieces of must-read travel literature for European travelers.
I will start with a warning–this is not light reading. And this is not [...]
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PEN New England honors Elyssa East for Dogtown as best non-fiction set in New England. The relevant part of the press release is below. Just look at the great company that Elyssa is in!
You can see our take on Dogtown, the first inspiring travel literature in our Great American Road Trip Series.
The ceremony [...]
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Destination: New Hampshire
Book: The Good, Good Pig:The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood, by Sy Montgomery.
Where would we be without librarians? While New England teems with good writing, going back to colonial days, I wanted something contemporary for our visit to New Hampshire. Susan Reiner, a reader who lives in that [...]
Destination: North America
Book: Coast to Coast: Vintage Travel in North America (publisher The Vendome Press 2008) Originally published in French by Editions du Chéne (2008)
I have talked before about Vendome Press and their wonderful travel books. When they sent me Coast to Coast for review, I could not stop raving about how beautiful it is. [...]
Destination: Paris (and the Bronx)
Movie: Julie and Julia
Although everyone touts Julie and Julia as the ultimate foodie movie, it does pretty well as a travel movie, too.
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Destination: Maine
Book: The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island by Linda Greenlaw
And don’t forget your musical accompaniment over at Music Road, where Kerry Dexter will introduce you to a Maine fiddler and a list of “storytellers in song” that hail from Maine.
Destination: Shimla, India
Book: Shimla – A British Himalayan Town, by Sumit Vashisht
A Guest post by Dr. Jessie Voigts
Book:Tell My Horse, by Zora Neale Hurston, in Hurston: Folklore, Memoirs, & Other Writings, part of the Library of America series, Literary Classics of the United States.
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