pen4hire on September 1st, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: Michigan, with Kids Books: Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco and Weird Michigan by Linda S. Godfrey A GUEST POST By Kristen J. Gough My youngest insists on nightly story time. My older two girls somehow outgrew this ritual about the time they entered 1st grade—they wanted to [...]

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pen4hire on August 26th, 2010

Destination: Franklin, Louisiana Book: Sunday Morning, Crowning Glories, by Mariana Titus A GUEST POST by Dr. Jessie Voigts Author Mariana Titus is an old friend and I’ve always admired her writing, care for others, and artistry. Yes, she’s an accomplished artist – she’s inspired our daughter in her artistic pursuits as well. Mariana’s books are [...]

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pen4hire on August 25th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: Ohio Book: The Thurber Carnival by James Thurber Columbus is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen and in which almost everything has. James Thurber

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pen4hire on August 18th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: The Great Lakes, Middle America (U.S. and Canada) Book: The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the GREAT LAKES (2008) by Ted McClelland

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pen4hire on August 11th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: Indiana Movie: Hoosiers (1986)

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pen4hire on August 6th, 2010

Destination: Southern Arizona Book: White Heat by Brenda Novak (NEW August 2010) What fun to read a novel set in a place I am very familiar with. White Heat, the first in a triology of romance mysteries by the prolific Brenda Novak, takes place in the far southeastern corner of Arizona.  The towns of Portal [...]

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pen4hire on July 30th, 2010

Destination: Cape Cod Book: Summer Shift (NEW July 2010)by Lynn Kiele Bonasia Mmmmm, a basket of fried clams with some macaroni salad to carry down to the rocks along the shore sounds might good right now.  The main drawback to reading this book on a Cape Cod Beach would be the constant temptation to stop [...]

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pen4hire on July 28th, 2010

See where The Great American Road Trip 7-2010 has been in a larger map. The Great American Road Trip Destination: Missouri Book: Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain, in The Library of America Edition Mark Twain, who captured America like no other American writer, wandered the globe and lived abroad nearly as many years as he [...]

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pen4hire on July 23rd, 2010

Destination: Southern Arizona Book: Historic Walking Guides: Tombstone & Bisbee Arizona (NEW 2010) by Jane Eppinga Curious staffers of other Congressmen go into the office of an Arizona Congressman, look at the map, and point with wonder at Tombstone. “You mean that’s a real place?”

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