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Cottage Tales Series Blog Tour

Oct 26th, 2007 by lvbirders

                                                         Join author
                                                    Susan Wittig Albert
                                                   Cottage Tales Series
                       Discussing the use of fictional books in homeschooling & education
                                                Tuesday November 13
                                 www.lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net

Joshua and I are very excited and honored to have been invited to be a stop on Susan Wittig Albert’s blog tour of her newest book in her Cottage Tale Series, The Tale of Hawthorn House.

We will be hosting Susan here on this blog on Tuesday, November 13 and she will be discussing with us her thoughts on the use of fiction literature, such as her Cottage Tale Series, in homeschooling and education.

I have written before about Susan’s Cottage Tale Series. Joshua and I will always hold a special place in our hearts for the second book in the series, The Tale of Holly How. Anytime we hear or see a reference to St.Crispian’s Speech in Shakespeare’s Henry V, we will forever smile and think of Professor Galileo Newton Owl.

It was with eager anticipation that we delved into the advanced reader copy Susan so generously sent us of The Tale of Hawthorn House and Susan did not disappoint. I laughed and Joshua just shook his head at each of Jemima Puddle-duck’s escapades. It was so much fun to meet again our old animal friends, Bosworth Badger (Joshua’s personal favorite), Tabatha, Crumpet, and Rascal. We enjoyed seeing our favorite human friends once again also, Sarah, Dimity and Miles, Will and of course Beatrix herself. Jackboy has become a new favorite for us. I loved reading his dialogue! We hope to see more of him in later books Susan. When reading the chapter titled The Fox, the Duck, and the Shot in the Night, I laughed till I cried.

We are looking forward to the other stops on the tour, including fellow homeschooler, Clarice of Storybook Woods, who will be hosting Susan on November 7. Susan and her publishers are generously giving away some wonderful prizes to those who visit the various blogs on the tour. On October 29, you can find out more information on the blog tour here.

Joshua and I hope you will join us here on November 13 for our chat with Susan.

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3 Responses to “Cottage Tales Series Blog Tour”

on 27 Oct 2007 at 11:53 am1 Beth

This sounds like a great series, we’ll have to check it out. Thanks for sharing!
on 29 Oct 2007 at 4:43 pm2 tribeofautodidacts

Thanks for giving us a peek at this book. :-) I look forward to the author’s visit to your blog.
on 29 Oct 2007 at 7:39 pm3 Tammy

I read one of these books last year and it is the first time in a very long time that I have thoroughly enjoyed modern fiction! Thanks for reminding me to head back to the library and check out her other books in this series!