6/29/2023 0 Comments Stone soup by ann mcgovern![]() ![]() The books included ‘‘If You Lived in Colonial Times’’ (1964), ‘‘If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln’’ (1966), ‘‘If You Sailed on the Mayflower’’ (1969), and ‘‘If You Lived in the Days of the Knights’’ (2001).įor good measure, she threw in ‘‘If You Lived With the Circus,’’ written to satisfy the curiosities of her son, whose excursions to the circus had prompted him to ask if clowns were always funny. ’’ series, she sought to give more dynamic answers to children’s curiosities about the past. When she was in grade school, McGovern recalled, the subject of history seemed boring - ‘‘all about dates and places,’’ she wrote. ![]() ‘‘Why It’s a Holiday’’ (1960) was written as a reply to her son, who wondered about holidays after she stayed home from work on Labor Day. Many of McGovern’s books sought to answer the questions that seem to spring to children’s minds more quickly than most adults can answer them. ![]()
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