Tag Archives: Jack the Ripper
HISTORY SHARE: THAT JACK THE RIPPER ‘GUY’
England’s Bonfire Night guys tend to reflect their times. The one pictured is typical of a man of the 1950s, but when Jack the Ripper was plying his trade back in the late 1880s, some of the Guy Fawkes effigies being paraded around were made to look like the public’s supposed image of the person […]
HISTORY SHARE: JACK THE RIPPER
Not recommended for children, or even young teens, but older kids might find this site of interest. http://jack-the-ripper.org/
TRIVIA TRAIL: JACK THE RIPPER
Question: Who was Jack the Ripper’s first victim? Answer: Mary Ann Nichols, who was killed August 31st, 1888 in the East End of London (Buck’s Row, Whitechapel). The serial killer who would become known as Jack the Ripper because of his brutal mutilations of his victims’ bodies went on to kill four more women until […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE MUD ROSE
Book Review by Marva Dasef: U.S.A. This is the second book in Renee Duke’s Rose series about time-traveling kids making right the wrongs of the past. The first in the series involved the two princes in the Tower of London. They mystery is whether they were murdered by Richard III or did something else happen? […]
BOOK GIVEAWAY AT THE CELLOPHANE QUEEN
I’m away today, guest blogging with the Cellophane Queen, Marva Dasef, to promote The Mud Rose, the second book in my Time Rose series. Visitors to the site have a chance to win a free copy. All you have to do is speculate on the identity of Jack the Ripper. http://mgddasef.blogspot.ca/
TOP TEN BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK PLACEMENT 2013
The Disappearing Rose (the first book in my Time Rose series) didn’t win a recent contest it was entered in, but did make it into the top ten. Below: One of the reviews that appeared on Amazon & Goodreads shortly after its release in August, 2013. Leslie McCawley: Sydney, NSW, Australia I love how […]
BOOK LAUNCH: THE MUD ROSE
Book Two of my middle grade Time Rose series is set to release this Friday, January 10th, but is available as a pre-order at: https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/coming-soon/the-mud-rose-detail. Life’s hard if you’re a Victorian street urchin, and crossing the path of Jack the Ripper can make it even harder. Another journey into the past takes Paige, Dane, and […]
Time Travelling With Kids 