Comments on Brimful Curiosities: The Schoolchildren's Blizzard by Marty Rhodes Figl...

If you're interested, here's my review of The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin, an adult nonfiction book. I would like to pick up the children's story for my urchins, and I like the way you extended the learning with yours.

I read Bess Streeter Aldrich's books about Neb...

2012-01-18T01:29:03.128-06:00

I read Bess Streeter Aldrich's books about Nebraska and loved them. So I did know about this blizzard. I am putting the picture book on my TBR list. Thanks

That sounds like a wonderful story. We haven't...

2012-01-16T17:00:44.658-06:00

That sounds like a wonderful story. We haven't had a lot of snow this winter either. It's been a very strange season this year.

I had never heard of this blizzard but came across...

2012-01-15T05:45:49.663-06:00

I had never heard of this blizzard but came across it when I was researching books on another 1888 blizzard in the northeast. So different than this year when we have yet to get a flake of snow!

Oh! I wish I could easily get this book over here....

2012-01-15T02:28:11.775-06:00

Oh! I wish I could easily get this book over here. I recently read Wallace Stegner's brilliant short story about a blizzard - Genesis. If you haven't read it, I urge you to do so - but make yourself a hot water bottle to cuddle whilst you read it as the descriptions will definitely make you feel the cold!

Great book my dad (Greg Rhodes) and grandparents ...

2012-01-14T20:06:36.035-06:00

Great book my dad (Greg Rhodes) and grandparents (cleave and Betty Rhodes) talked about the 1 room school house on route O growing up.i remember as a child going to granny's and reading a book I think was called Lydia about all things purple ,it was my favorite book at granny's house. Thanks for your time.

Ashley Rhodes

Love that this led into the chance to talk with re...

2012-01-14T20:04:24.315-06:00

Love that this led into the chance to talk with relatives about their one-room schoolhouse experiences. That kind of insight is what brings history alive.

This looks very good. I always empathized with the...

2012-01-14T18:58:33.427-06:00

This looks very good. I always empathized with the Little House books when they talked about snow and blizzards. My grandparents always put up a rope between their door and the barn and garage on their farm in October, just in case.

My father-in-law went to a one room schoolhouse th...

2012-01-14T16:13:50.443-06:00

My father-in-law went to a one room schoolhouse through high school.

I need to remember this book for Nebraska.

You caught my attention because a couple years ago...

2012-01-13T18:39:40.705-06:00

You caught my attention because a couple years ago I read a thick book called The Childrens' Blizzard. I forget the author but I will never forget that story. All the more because it was true.
After a cold winter, how easy and welcome it is to go out without your coat and enjoy that sunshine. And how quickly the weather can change.
Thanks for the additional info and links!

What an interesting story. It's worth checking...

2012-01-13T18:26:28.840-06:00

What an interesting story. It's worth checking it out when daughter is a little older. Here is an interesting fact for you - I've been living in US for almost 20 years now and still find it very hard to think in Fahrenheit degrees about temperatures and in gallons about volume. I don't know why, I just find it completely non-intuitive.

I love the family information about the schoolhous...

2012-01-13T17:45:47.819-06:00

I love the family information about the schoolhouse - so interesting! The temperature charting is great.

We haven't had snow since October. My kids are hopeful, but there is none in the forecast.