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Category: Birchbark House

Reading to my kids

I've been reading the Birchbark House series to my kids, before bedtime. I read the series myself a year ago but reading it to them I've experienced these stories through their eyes, and they have been enthralled. We've read to my son practically since he was born and he's always loved it. Even now at … Continue reading Reading to my kids →

Kevin Rosero Birchbark House, Little House, Mark Twain, Tolkien 2 Comments February 2, 2022February 17, 2022 2 Minutes

Makoons

"Makoons" is the last book written, thus far, in "The Birchbark House" series. (Spoilers ahead.) It's a deceptively simple story, which you think is just about the details of ordinary life, but then you realize how many deaths have taken place in the course of the story.  Nokomis. Angeline and Fishtail. Two Strike's pet lamb … Continue reading Makoons →

Kevin Rosero Birchbark House, Little House, Texts Connected 1 Comment October 28, 2021February 2, 2022 2 Minutes

Chickadee

This has been my favorite of the "Birchbark House" series. Jacob asked me while I was in the middle of it to read it to him, so we read the last half together. The introduction of other tribes goes one step further in this book with the Metis people, who “are the sons and daughters … Continue reading Chickadee →

Kevin Rosero Birchbark House, Little House Leave a comment October 27, 2021February 2, 2022 6 Minutes

The Birchbark House

During the first quarantine summer (2020), my family and I were binging heavily on the "Little House On the Prairie" television show and starting to read Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" novels. My wife, who read all those novels as a child, suggested we look into a series of young adult novels told from the … Continue reading The Birchbark House →

Kevin Rosero Birchbark House, Little House 2 Comments October 26, 2021February 2, 2022 4 Minutes
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