Sometimes the simplest things make a difference. There is an apparently new technology which allows labels to be printed on the inside back of things (shirts, for example) instead of having tags. This is important to me because now Eleanor knows which way her underwear go without having to ask me. Girls underwear has a definite front and back, but it doesn't have a label, and it isn't obvious to a 5 year old (or an older girl, for that matter) which way it goes. Now with the label on the back, she always knows which way it goes and can get dressed in the morning by herself (always assuming that she doesn't have a case of "the slows"). One wonders what took the clothing industry so long to come up with this.
Here are some more books from my childhood and later. I read a lot as a kid, and these books are the ones that stand out in my memory. I figure that if I can remember them 25 years after I read them, they must be pretty good. I'm calling this the "Reality Segment," not fantasy, not science fiction, not history, just real life. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin : This is probably my favorite children's book of all time. I read it in 3rd grade or so, then read it again to clear it up more. Then I read it in 6 th grade and finally understood what was going on during the second reading of the will. In more recent readings I've understood more about Sydelle Paulaski and the relationship between Dr. Denton and the lovely Angela. What a pleasure. Ellen Raskin has written many other good children's books (all quirky and surprising) but this is the jewel. Bruno and Boots books by Gordon Korman : As the FNDP (Friendly Neighborhood Developmental Psychologis...
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