“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.”― Joseph Joubert --

Elmer and the Dragon

Title: Elmer and the Dragon

Author: Ruth Stiles Gannett

Rating: ★★★★☆

Age Category: Middle Grade

    Back Cover Synopsis: 

    "The author has produced a sequel to My Father's Dragon that is the equal of that first gem in every respect. Flying back home from Wild Island, Elmer and the dragon are forced down in another land where dwell all the escaped canaries of the world. Rich, humorous, and thoroughly satisfying fare ... Highly recommended." -- Library Journal (starred review)

    "A fresh and original plot, delightfully logical nonsense, appealing characters and irrepressible humor." -- The New York Times

 “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.” — Sir Francis Bacon --

Sonnet 35 by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 35

by William Shakespeare

No more be grieved at that which thou hast done:

Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud;

Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun,

And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

All men make faults, and even I in this,

Authorizing thy trespass with compare,

Myself corrupting, salving thy amiss,

Excusing thy sins more than thy sins are;

For to thy sensual fault I bring in sense--

Thy adverse party is thy advocate--

And 'gainst myself a lawful plea commence:

Such civil war is in my love and hate

That I an accessary needs must be

To that sweet thief which sourly robs from me. 

“One sure window into a person’s soul is his reading list.” — Mary B. W. Tabor --

“You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.” — Annie Proulx --

“The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.” — Ernest Gaines --