tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post116309648016236885..comments2023-08-10T01:09:49.154-07:00Comments on Saints and Spinners: Secrets I keep from my daughterSaints and Spinnershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08532215042953620628noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1163266644061436982006-11-11T09:37:00.000-08:002006-11-11T09:37:00.000-08:00Gill: Well, that might explain why I always had sc...<B>Gill</B>: Well, that might explain why I always had scary dreams with wolves in them. Wolves were quite prevalent in my childhood, even though I'd never actually seen a wolf in real life. I appreciate in Trina Schart Hyman's <I>Red Riding Hood</I> the depictions of RRH and her grandmother after they've been inside the wolf. They look a little worse for wear.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1163248616735771582006-11-11T04:36:00.000-08:002006-11-11T04:36:00.000-08:00The best fairy tales have to have wolves in them i...The best fairy tales have to have wolves in them in them.Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13379877200876051274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1163134320078942352006-11-09T20:52:00.000-08:002006-11-09T20:52:00.000-08:00LSM: I think you have a book in the making.:)<B>LSM</B>: I think you have a book in the making.:)Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1163124029303183992006-11-09T18:00:00.000-08:002006-11-09T18:00:00.000-08:00Princesses do not whine.Princesses use the potty a...Princesses do not whine.<BR/><BR/>Princesses use the potty all the time when they are three and a half.<BR/><BR/>Princesses go to sleep by 9pm.<BR/><BR/>Princesses do not like candy.<BR/><BR/>Princesses wean before 1st grade.<BR/><BR/>Princesses do not vote Republican.<BR/><BR/>Princesses learn Spanish.<BR/><BR/>Princesses do not major in Communication Studies. They major in something employable like microbiology.<BR/><BR/>Hey - it could be a whole parenting strategy...<BR/><BR/>My personal favorite: Princesses are Speaker of the House by age sixty-six...Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1163122635484560652006-11-09T17:37:00.000-08:002006-11-09T17:37:00.000-08:00Nonny: Here are some links to Trina Schart Hyman i...<B>Nonny</B>: Here are some links to Trina Schart Hyman illustrations. If you can remember any of the stories (or was it a single story?) from that book you loved, that will be helpful, too. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/snow3.html" REL="nofollow">Snow White</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.rmichelson.com/Artist_Pages/Hyman/Trina%20Schart%20Hyman%20Gallery.html" REL="nofollow">other drawings</A>Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1163108306201887082006-11-09T13:38:00.000-08:002006-11-09T13:38:00.000-08:00I totally get the hiding thing. Some things are j...I totally get the hiding thing. Some things are just too precious for the hands of little ones. She'll understand someday.<BR/><BR/>Could you possibly scan in a picture of one of those illustrations from the fairy tale books, as you know I'm still looking for that illusive book of fairy tales from my childhood with the awesome illustrations.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06693590401750798739noreply@blogger.com