Stuff We Like : 11.1.19
Big happenings at the HSL HQ this week as we celebrated my amazing daughter’s 18th birthday. Watch out, world! She can vote!
What’s happening at home/school/life
On the blog: Good books with homeschooled main characters
on instagram: Halloween shenanigans
At the Academy: It’s Halloween all over the place
In the magazine: The fall issue is (finally!) up!
On Patreon: Suzanne and I are launching a new Library Chicken podcast today. (The HSL podcast is still happening, too, but we liked the idea of doing something more casual every week-ish.)
Links we liked
Relevant to my interests: Bathrooms at ‘Hamilton’: Can 200 women make it through 16 stalls in a 20-minute intermission? (Spoiler: Yes! They are PROFESSIONALS.)
The same way Buffy delights me by making the demons of adolescence into literal demons, Nancy Drew wins my heart with mysteries that can actually be solved (unlike the one about where my morning went).
Right up my alley: How Japanese fairy tales differ from Western fairy tales — and what those differences suggest.
Yes, please, I am very interested in a Ziggy Stardust graphic novel.
I’m slow so you probably already looked up the words that entered the dictionary the year you were born — but if you haven’t, you should!
Books added to my TBR list ths week
Things Making Me Happy
Birthday cupcakes!
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It's that time again! We've rounded up some great ways to celebrate your first day of the new homeschool year, whether you want to keep it simple at home or take a big adventure together.