tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post6613706892936608687..comments2024-03-28T04:19:46.645-05:00Comments on <center>Becoming SuperMommy</center>: "There is something else you must do..."Becoming Supermommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04590343072778694123noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-1129824786031647922011-06-22T15:22:27.518-05:002011-06-22T15:22:27.518-05:00Another book I love for little girls is "The ...Another book I love for little girls is "The Balloon Tree" By Phoebe Gilman. Actually, all of her books are fantastic, and I had most of them as a child, but The Balloon Tree always sticks out in my head because it had a beautiful lyrical poem that was repeated a few times throughout the story that I remember to this day. Oh, and it was about a princess who was not only the farthest thing from helpless, she saves her whole kingdom from her evil uncle while her father the king is away!MeganShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920548878040788670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-61421555464368924492011-06-21T11:24:02.912-05:002011-06-21T11:24:02.912-05:00Thank you so much for linking up with my Fairy Tal...Thank you so much for linking up with my Fairy Tale Theater blog hop! The Firebird tattoo is so powerful, thank you for sharing!<br /><br />Amanda<br />http://talesfromamother.blogspot.com/Amanda McCuskerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471043512212324879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-70753174418825591492011-06-20T17:53:14.342-05:002011-06-20T17:53:14.342-05:00@Holly@A Life-Size Catholic Blog I would recommend...@<a href="#c2024867650041139449" rel="nofollow">Holly@A Life-Size Catholic Blog</a> I would recommend this book for children starting at about five or six years old. It's written very simply, with a great deal implied in the telling. But at the same time it's filled with illustrations that tug at the imagination of even very small children. So long as your child is old enough to sit through a few paragraphs per page, to understand that there are faraway and different places, and to know what a library is, I would say they're old enough for Miss Rumphius. :)Becoming Supermommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590343072778694123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-20248676500411394492011-06-20T17:16:54.642-05:002011-06-20T17:16:54.642-05:00For what age do you recommend this book? It look...For what age do you recommend this book? It looks like it's for a very young reader, but the description makes me think it's for an older child.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02644912004729029582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-38885025534760341052011-06-19T20:04:52.957-05:002011-06-19T20:04:52.957-05:00One of my absolutely favorite books! It's one ...One of my absolutely favorite books! It's one of the ones I keep a close eye on as Peter is pulling everything off the shelves. Free Cheerios book? Go for it. Miss Rumphius? Nope, be gentle. :-)<br />I even tried to grow lupines one year after we bought seeds in Maine, but none of them ever came up. I may try again, now that I have a garden of my own.CatholicMommyhttp://workingtobeworthy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-5557510202190349222011-06-19T19:11:09.565-05:002011-06-19T19:11:09.565-05:00I adore this children's book. I'm inspire...I adore this children's book. I'm inspired all over again every time I read it to the kids I work with. I, too, always wonder about Miss Rumphius' private life - if she was lonely, if she had any significant others, who were simply omitted in the story. But the book is beautiful, and always seems to leave me with a sense of purpose, and a strong longing to leave my own positive mark on this earth before I go. Lovely post!Joyful Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857509102645687270noreply@blogger.com