My daughter Annie, who, among the many amazing things she does, operates a mobile bookstore (soon to become a brick-and-mortar bookstore!) in Colorado, wrote recently, “I consider myself so lucky to come from a family of readers, writers, librarians, and other educators.
Peggy Parish’s The Ghost of Opalina is one of my childhood favorites! They reissued it so I was able to find a copy! It still holds up, even reading it as an adult, as all great children’s books do!
You were so much more brazen than I. Christmas was such a magical time for us as well, but I would never have dared visit the tree before morning! Lovely memories.
I only ever did it that one time, and I don't think I ever dared to tell my mom, or anyone else in my family (until now). Even my best friend, who knows EVERYTHING about me, didn't know this story!
Peggy Parish’s The Ghost of Opalina is one of my childhood favorites! They reissued it so I was able to find a copy! It still holds up, even reading it as an adult, as all great children’s books do!
You were so much more brazen than I. Christmas was such a magical time for us as well, but I would never have dared visit the tree before morning! Lovely memories.
I only ever did it that one time, and I don't think I ever dared to tell my mom, or anyone else in my family (until now). Even my best friend, who knows EVERYTHING about me, didn't know this story!
Hahaha!