Monthly Archives: September 2016
JUST RELEASED: TIME ROSE BOOK FOUR: THE TANGLED ROSE
Books We Love recently released the e-book version of Book Four of my Time Rose series. The print version will be out very soon. Kindle edition available for purchase at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Rose-Time-Book-ebook/dp/B01LX0CBMJ/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1475171792&sr=1-10&keywords=Tangled+Rose The first review is already there, and also on Marva Dasef’s Cellophane Queen blog: http://mgddasef.blogspot.ca/2016/09/new-release-tangled-rose-by-renee-duke.
HISTORIC MOVIE IDEAS FOR SEPTEMBER
September’s history based or bygone era TV and/or movie suggestions: Clive Of India (1935) (18th Century) The Borrowers (1973) (Victorian / Edwardian Era) Night Crossing (Disney, 1982) (Mid-20th Century)
BLOG ANNIVERSARY
Hooray! Hooray. This blog is three years old today!
HISTORY SHARE: HISTORIC ESCAPE
On September 15th, 1979, two East German families, the Wetzels and the Strelzyks, travelled from East to West Germany in a hot air balloon. http://russiawithlove.blogspot.ca/2009/11/escape-of-century-night-crossing-to.html
DON’T FORGET THE ‘STORY’
September’s history based or bygone era book suggestions. Ages 3-7 Fiction A New Coat For Anna by Harriet Ziefert (Post WW II) The King’s Commissionaires by Aileen Friedman (Medieval) My Name Is Not Isabella by Jennifer Fosberry (Famous People) Non-Fiction A Pioneer Alphabet by Mary Alice Downie Ages 7-9 Fiction Historical Stories: The Story Of […]
HISTORY SHARE: HISTORIC SCHOOLS: ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS
Once education of the young began to be regarded as a necessity, a place in which to provide it also became a necessity. In North America, the first schools in rural areas were usually one-room buildings in which a solitary teacher taught children of all age levels. In small communities, the teacher might have only […]
HISTORY TIDBIT: SEPTEMBER
The name September comes from the word septem, the Latin word for seven. That was because, on the old Roman calendar (the one that started with March), it was the seventh month. When January became the first month, this month became the ninth month, but the Romans neglected to change the name. Some emperors tried, […]
Time Travelling With Kids 