https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/10/07/rilla-of-ingleside-l-m-montgomery/2020-10-04T21:01:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/10/12/6-reasons-to-read-l-m-montgomerys-anne-books-in-publication-order/2020-09-28T21:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/09/28/rainbow-valley-l-m-montgomery/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/99508-rainbowvalley.jpgrainbow+valley2020-09-28T20:38:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/10/14/the-prince-and-the-pauper-mark-twain/2020-09-27T21:48:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/10/17/one-for-sorrow-mary-downing-hahn/2020-09-27T21:24:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/10/10/the-coffin-quilt-ann-rinaldi/2020-09-27T21:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/10/03/a-stranger-came-ashore-mollie-hunter/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/correct.jpgmollie hunter a stranger came ashorehttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_20200609_111156.jpgmollie hunter stranger came ashore2020-09-27T20:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/09/30/brown-sunshine-of-sawdust-valley-marguerite-henry/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_20200515_111656-1.jpgIMG_20200515_111656Brown Sunshine and Mr. Covington, illustration by https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_20200515_111656.jpgIMG_20200515_111656https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_20200515_111752.jpgBrown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley2020-09-27T20:49:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/reviews-by-year/2020-09-06T18:40:50+00:00weekly0.6https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/reviews-by-author/2020-09-06T18:24:58+00:00weekly0.6https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/08/29/mistys-twilight-marguerite-henry/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_20200422_111038.jpgMisty's Twilight, Karen Haus GrandpreTwilight versus a calf.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_20200422_105307.jpgKaren Grandpre, Misty's TwilightLittle Twilight at play.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_20200422_105557.jpgGrandpre, Misty's TwilightPoor Twilight.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_20200422_111120.jpgKaren Haus Grandpre, Misty's TwilightSandy out shopping with the kids.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_20200422_110055.jpgMisty's Twilight - Marguerite Henry2020-08-09T20:10:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/08/22/wanted-caroline-b-cooney/2020-08-09T18:23:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/08/15/anne-of-ingleside-l-m-montgomery/2020-07-19T16:11:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/08/08/wolf-story-william-mccleery/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/wolf-attacked.jpgwolf attackedhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/wolfs-hen-and-boy.jpgwolfs hen and boyJimmy Tractorwheel the farmer's son, and Rainbow the hen.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/wolf-bestiary.jpgwolf bestiaryCute medieval update.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/wolf-in-prison.jpgwolf in prisonHmm.2020-07-19T15:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/07/25/the-midnight-fox-betsy-byars/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fox-hunting.jpgfox huntingUncle Fred fox hunting.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fox-sighting.jpgfox sightingAnn Grifalconi adds a distinctive touch to the book.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fox-and-kit.jpgfox and kitGrifalconi's stylized foxes. https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/tom-and-petie.jpgTom and PetieTom and Petie.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fox-cover.jpgmidnight fox cover, byars2020-07-19T15:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/07/11/annes-house-of-dreams-l-m-montgomery/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3e8c4-lucymaudmontgomery.jpglucymaudmontgomery2020-07-13T16:29:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/08/01/stormy-mistys-foal-marguerite-henry/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/battered-ponies.jpgsurviving ponies, wesley dennisSurviving ponies.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_20200523_104436.jpgflood destruction, wesley dennisFlood destruction.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/grandpa.jpgGrandpa Beebe, wesley dennisGrandpa Beebe worries over his life's work.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cat-and-dog.jpgcat and dog, wesley dennisHappy dog, less happy cat.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/stormy.jpgstormy2020-07-12T22:08:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/07/18/junonia-kevin-henkes/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/juno-flower.jpgJunonia flowerGladiolus.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/juno-shells.jpgJunonia shellshttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/juno-seascape.jpgJunonia seascape, HenkesThese similes are less effective than his art.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/junonia-bird.jpgJunonia bird, Kevin HenkesOne of his seaside vignettes.2020-06-22T18:20:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2020/07/04/sea-star-orphan-of-chincoteague-marguerite-henry/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/misty-sold.jpgMisty soldWesley Dennis does a great job with a sad scene.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/happy-misty.jpghappy mistyBehold happy Misty.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sea-star-rescued.jpgSea Star rescued, wesley dennisSea Star rescued.2020-06-20T15:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/12/30/hans-brinker-or-the-silver-skates-mary-mapes-dodge/2020-06-17T16:50:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/12/23/the-magic-snow-bird-and-other-stories-enid-blyton/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cat.jpgcat, blyton, hamiltonhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/snow-bird.jpgsnow bird, blyton, hamilton2020-06-09T20:31:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/12/09/misty-of-chincoteague-marguerite-henry/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_20200518_145822.jpgWesley DennisPaul heading off to work.2020-05-21T17:51:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/06/01/coming-of-age-stories-anne-of-green-gables/2020-03-17T17:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/09/21/anthropomorphic-fantasy-the-trumpet-of-the-swan/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ce877-trumpet-swan-marcellino.jpgtrumpet-swan-marcellinohttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4db91-17b.trumpeter-swan_2199.jpg17b.+Trumpeter-Swan_21992020-03-16T22:40:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/08/10/anthropomorphic-fantasy-charlottes-web/2020-03-16T22:28:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/05/18/mythology-in-the-beginning/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/moser-full.jpgbarry moser - eskimo womanI don't want to leave you with a picture of a cyclops, so here is the first woman, from the myth of Raven the Creator.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/moser-cyclops.jpgbarry moser - cyclopsI like Harryhausen's better.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/barry-moser.jpgBarry MoserBarry Moser.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/moser-nyambi.jpgbarry moser - nyambiFrom the Lozi creation myth of Zambia.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/moser-popul-vuh.jpgbarry moser - Popul VuhThe Mayan creation myth.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/moser-babylonian.jpgbarry moser - babylonian mythThe endless sea recurs, as in the Enuma Elish.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/in-the-beginning-hamilton.jpgvirginia hamiltonhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/in-the-beginning.jpgin the beginning2020-03-16T21:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/06/15/animal-stories-afraid-to-ride/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/anderson-accident.jpgC.W. Anderson - accidentTurn the page.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/anderson-conformation.jpgC.W. Anderson - Fair LadyFair Lady.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/anderson-forest-ride.jpgC.W. Anderson - forest rideJudy, post-recovery.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/anderson-jump.jpgC.W. Anderson - jumpOne of Anderson's illustrations.2020-03-16T20:34:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/08/03/adventure-novels-shane/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/e9778-shane-1.jpgShane-12020-03-16T20:17:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/10/07/tom-sawyer-abroad-mark-twain/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/9eedf-saharadesertmorocco.jpgSahara+Desert,+Morocco2020-03-16T19:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/12/16/flower-fairies-of-the-spring-cicely-mary-barker/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/52f10-05windflower.jpg05windflower2020-01-12T20:25:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/12/02/the-cat-who-wished-to-be-a-man-lloyd-alexander/2019-12-07T16:28:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/11/25/mystery-tom-sawyer-detective/2019-12-02T17:26:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/11/18/anne-of-windy-poplars-l-m-montgomery/2019-11-21T14:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/09/30/fantasy-the-stones-are-hatching/2019-09-30T20:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/07/06/anthropomorphic-fantasy-stuart-little/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/book-stuart-and-miss-ames-1.jpgbook stuart and miss ames garth williamsStuart and Miss Harriet Ames.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/book-stuart-and-miss-ames.jpgbook stuart and miss ameshttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/book-stuart-margalo.jpgbook stuart little margalo garth williamsA pretty little bird.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/book-stuart-n-fridge.jpgbook stuart in fridge garth williamsWaiting for rescue.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/book-stuart-faucet.jpgbook stuart faucet garth williamsIllustration by Garth Williams.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/book-stuart-little-cover.jpgbook stuart little cover2019-09-22T19:08:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/08/17/adventure-novels-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/057bb-mark-twain-.jpgMark-Twain-2019-09-22T19:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/09/14/adventure-novels-around-the-world-in-eighty-days/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/21ad6-pagodaatmalabarhillnearbombay252cindia.jpgPagoda+at+Malabar+Hill+near+Bombay2C+India2019-09-15T19:17:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/09/07/coming-of-age-stories-anne-of-the-island/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9caea-prideandprejudice.jpgPride+and+Prejudicehttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ed44d-prideandprejudice.jpgPride+and+Prejudice2019-09-10T23:58:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/08/31/fantasy-seven-tears-into-the-sea/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/64f4a-seventearsintothesea.jpgSeven+Tears+into+the+Sea2022-03-04T00:45:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/08/24/historical-fiction-black-duck/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/29adf-blackduckjacketfront.jpgBlackDuckJacketfront2019-08-24T16:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/07/27/fantasy-time-cat/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dda3e-lloyd2balexander.jpgLloydAlexander2019-07-27T12:54:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/07/20/coming-of-age-stories-anne-of-avonlea/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/db407-anneofavonlea.jpgAnne+of+Avonlea2019-07-20T16:39:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/07/13/realistic-fiction-the-hundred-dresses/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hundred-dresses-umbrella.jpghundred dresses umbrellaWalking to school.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hundred-dresses-peggy-and-wanda.jpghundred dresses Peggy and WandaPeggy and Wanda.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hundred-dresses-empty-seat.jpghundred dresses empty seatWanda's empty desk...https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hundred-dresses-wanda.jpghundred dresses eleanor estes louis slobodkinIllustration by Louis Slobodkin.2019-07-13T23:34:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/06/29/adventure-novels-the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/854ee-adventuresoftomsawyer_003.jpg854ee-adventuresoftomsawyer_003https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/book-tom-sawyer.jpgbook tom sawyer2019-06-29T16:34:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/06/22/fantasy-the-court-of-the-stone-children/2019-06-21T16:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/06/08/adventure-novels-the-black-joke/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mowat-boat-improved.jpgFarley Mowat, Victor Mays - boatAn example of the illustrations by Victor Mays.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mowat-ship-improved.jpgFarley Mowat, Victory Mays - shiphttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mowat-ship.jpgfarley mowat, victor mays - the black jokehttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mowat-boys.jpgfarley mowat, victor mays - boysOn top of Colombier.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mowat-rowboat.jpgfarley mowat, victor mays - rowboatAn example of the illustrations by Victor Mays.2019-06-05T15:52:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/05/25/adventure-novels-the-cruise-of-the-dazzler/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/london-storm.jpgJack London - stormhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/london-boats.jpgJack London - cruise of the dazzlerFrom the illustrations in the St. Nicholas magazine abridgement.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cruise-jack-london.jpegJack LondonJack London being authorial.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cruise-of-the-dazzler.pngCruise of the Dazzler2019-06-03T23:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/05/11/historical-fiction-time-enough-for-drums/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/219250ef31e00de9ac28a520fcb44026.jpg219250ef31e00de9ac28a520fcb44026MDCCLVIII = 1758.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/washington_blog.jpgwashingtonWashington Crossing the Delaware, 1851 oil-on-canvas by German American artist Emanuele Leutze.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hessian-soldiers.jpghessian-soldiersMaybe lose the hats.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/x300.jpgAnn RinaldiAnn Rinaldihttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/9780440228509_p0_v2_s260x420.jpgtime enough for drums2019-05-12T17:03:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/05/04/historical-fiction-the-scarlet-pimpernel/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fairy-tale-author-baroness-orczy.jpgbaroness orczyThe Baroness.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/orczygarden.jpgorczy in gardenThe Baroness walking in a garden.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/scarlet.jpgRichard E. Grant 1999It did have its good points.https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/capistrano2.jpgcapistranohttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/baroness.jpgScarlet PimpernelMy scanner isn't working today, so I had to take a picture of my edition.2019-05-02T18:12:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/about/2019-05-01T17:06:42+00:00weekly0.6https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/2019/05/01/to-repel-boarders-and-why-i-love-vintage-childrens-books/2019-05-01T16:35:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/contact/https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/person-smartphone-office-table.jpegPlaceholder Image2019-04-24T19:08:23+00:00weekly0.6https://thewesterncornerofthecastle.home.blogdaily1.02022-03-04T00:45:18+00:00