This story takes place in 1687, the time when people started exploring and settling in the new world and when there was still slavery in the world.

Kit Tyler is an orphan whose grandfather died. Kit is forced to flee to her only living relatives left; her aunt in the Connecticut colony. Kit had to sell her precious items and slaves in order to afford a trip to Connecticut. She went up the Hudson River and ended at the town of Wethersfield. Kit was surprised to find out her aunt’s family are Puritans and lived very differently then she did. I feel very sorry for Kit because she had to get used to the beliefs and ways they did.
It is also hard for her because she must do her own chores and cook unlike before because she had slaves to do the work for her and her grandfather.

I can connect with Kit this way because as I got older, I had to do more responsibilities and start to do chores around the house. After a few months, Kit feels that she is useless and unwanted. One day, she runs o …

Good for all ages. Especially lovers of Nightmare Before Christmas or other goulish delights.
I thought the Berenstains accurately showed the fine line between blood and gore during and dressing up. A real good lesson for anyone who has ever been scared during

Forced to leave her sunny Caribbean home for the bleak Connecticut Colony, Kit Tyler is filled with trepidation. As they sail up the river to Kit’s new home, the teasing and moodiness of a young sailor named Nat doesn’t help. Still, her unsinkable spirit soon bobs back up. What this spirited teenager doesn’t count on, however, is how her aunt and uncle’s stern Puritan community will view her. In the colonies of 1687, a girl who swims, wears silk and satin gowns, and talks back to her elders is not only headstrong, she is in grave danger of being regarded as a witch.

When Kit befriends an old Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, it is more than the ascetics can take: soon Kit is defending her life. Who can she …

Her neighbor, Boris Kleanitoff, is the tidiest, pickiest monster in Booville. Both live all alone as the other monsters cannot abide either of their extreme habits. The neighbors are constantly bickering at each other, and make sure they go out of their way to ignore the other during holidays.

One they both decide to throw a bash, inviting all of the other monsters in Booville. But they are both angered and saddened when the other monsters tell them they will not be attending.they are going to Hairy Beastie’s party instead! Now Boris and Bella find themselves all alone, yet together wanting to find out just what is so great about Hairy’s party. For the first time, these feuding neighbors agree on something!

Boris & Bella is a wonderful children’s tale and never fear, despite the appearance of werewolves, mummies, witches, and other assorted monsters, it’s never really scary. The fantastic illustrations of Chris Grimly and how appropriate that name is! keeps things light and …

Understand the holiday and all of its components and you will enjoy it all the more. Spark up your celebrations with traditional corn husk doll making, tasty festive treats and maybe a “trick” or two, like pumpkin seed divinations. A very special section that I personally enjoyed is the chapter on getting back to one of the original meanings of the day honoring our deceased loved ones.

This well researched, inclusive party game is a must for any parent with children who want to know why we carve pumpkins, dress up as ghosts and hand candy out to the neighborhood. What American child hasn’t wondered these things? Here are your answers! Not just for parents, this title will entertain, and bestow knowledge to any individual who has ever pondered these same things. Poems and greeting card verse, dispersed throughout are a delightful addition to this resource, while the list of those wrongfully condemned at the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 proves that ignorance is a dangerous thing that …

Although it’s not one of Bradbury’s stronger works, there are moments, such as when Bradbury describes Moundshroud’s house as “special and fine and tall and dark” when you know you’re in the hands of a master. Older readers can also better appreciate the magnitude of the sacrifice the boys make at the end of the novel a little better than the average twelve year old, which adds poignancy to later readings.

So, while it’s not on the level of Something Wicked This Way Comes, let’s face it lesser Bradbury is still better than the best of many other working writers in the genre.
Now, to the bells and whistles. …