Children's Classic Literature Party Wrap-Up Post

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Classic Children's Literature Party! You can read all the associated posts and book reviews in the Mister Linky here!

My plan is to read over the remaining book reviews and thoughts next week and comment on them, but I'm thrilled that we had a chance to read some old favorites and try some new books. I hope you enjoyed the time spent.

I'll ponder formatting for next year's event, which will also be held in April. I'm thinking maybe extending to all children's literature instead of just classic children's literature. Any thoughts or preference on keeping it classic children's literature or extending it to all children's literature? And as I've had a chance to think about it, movie adaptations of children's literature do play an integral role in childhood. I mean, the reason I decided to read The Hobbit was because I had seen the animated film first. The same with The Princess and the Goblin, although the book for that is waaaaaaaay better. 

Ivy Miranda, I think I'll integrate your idea next year, and we can enjoy some in-depth discussions on what our favorite film adaptations are of children's literature and why!

Anyway, that's a wrap for this year! Blessings to everyone and thanks again for participating!

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CCLP Reads: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (1967)

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is a genuinely fun read. It's also set in the year it was written, so 1967, which means that little things like cameras in museums probably just didn't exist at the time. Which is just brilliant. Thanks to an anonymous comment on my Reading Ideas post,

This is the last book I read for my Classic Children's Literature Party and I'm finally able to write about it! Work has been chaotic the last week.

Anyway, the story is about two children, Claudia and Jamie Kincaid, who decide to run away from home to New York City. Claudia, being the planner she is, doesn't want to just run away from something, but to something, so she plans for them to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And that's exactly what they do. While there, they undertake to solve a mystery of a new statue recently acquired by the museum, that may or may not be a Michelangelo. There adventure is full of twists and turns and random meals from the automat and the ability to live in New York City for almost two weeks on just around $24, most of it in change from Jamie's tendency to hoard his savings.

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