- "The Red Badge of Courage," by Stephen Crane;
- "O Pioneers!" by Willa Cather;
- "Indigo," by Alice Hoffman;
- "Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear," by Joseph Bruchac;
- "Where the Wild Things Are," by Maurice Sendak;
- "Favorite North American Indian Legends," by Philip Smith;
- "The Wind in the Willows," by Kenneth Grahame;
- "The Ugly Duckling and Other Fairy Tales," by Hans Christian Andersen;
- "The Mystery of the Cupboard," by Lynne Reid Banks; and
- "The Red White and Blue," by John Gregory Dunne (appropriate for the day, I thought).
This blog follows my adventures in BookCrossing--the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise. It is a fascinating exercise in fate, karma, or whatever you want to call the chain of events that can occur between two or more lives and one piece of literature.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Wild Releases #668 - #677
Happy Independence Day! As in years past, Mom and I staffed the welcome booth at the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival at Twin Lakes in Greensburg, as volunteers for Excela Health Home Care and Hospice (she's the volunteer; I'm just company). After our shift ended, we walked through the park, leaving a trail of books behind us. The ten books I released today are:
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