The Sunday Salon: The Black Death and the Tooth Fairy

 

Welcome! It's lovely that you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. 

What is the Sunday Salon? 

The Sunday Salon is a spot to link up and share what we have been doing during the week. It is also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

A cautionary tale about reading fiction: I read a historical fiction book about the Black Death with my seven-year-old grandson, Wyatt, a few weeks ago. Last week Wyatt lost his first tooth. His dad asked him if he wanted to put his tooth under his pillow for the Tooth Fairy. Wyatt said no. Since the Tooth Fairy was probably around at the time of the Black Death, he told his dad, the Tooth Fairy was probably killed with the rest of the people!

I must find a nonfiction book about the Black Death for Wyatt, I think.

Here I am inside one of the several sensory pods that were for sale at the conference.

I went to the Texas Library Association Conference this week (after I got home from a week in Central Texas antiquing and time with friends at the No Kings Rally). I will do a whole post soon on what I brought home with me from the conference.

 

What I Read Last Week:

Goldfinches written by Mary Oliver and illustrated by Melissa Sweet

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin.

What I'm Reading Now:

The Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Classic)

The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss 

written by Robert Macfarlane and illustrated by Jackie Morris (Nature Nonfiction)

What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:

The Sunday Salon: A Holiday in Smithville

Goldfinches, written by Mary Oliver and illustrated by Melissa Sweet: Book Beginnings on Fridays, First Line Friday, The Friday 56, and Book Blogger Hop

I started listing 3 Good Things each day during the pandemic. Now I've established a regular routine of writing down my 3 Good Things. Here are 3 Good Things from last week:

Good Thing #1:

Illustrator Melissa Sweet at TLA,

signing her new book, Goldfinches,

written by poet Mary Oliver. 

Good Thing #2:

The Book of Birds:

A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss 

written by Robert Macfarlane

and illustrated by Jackie Morris.

Thank you, thank you, thank you,

W. W. Norton, for this beautiful book.

I'm reading it slowly, 

and I will post about it soon.

Good Thing #3:

I am eager reading Leyendas/Legends:

60 Latine People Who Changed the World,

another book I brought home from the library conference.

Thank you, Chronicle Books,

for this beautiful book.

Weekend linkup spots are listed below. Click on the picture to visit the site.

        

I hope you will join the linkup for Sunday Salon below.