Monthly Archives: March 2021

Beverly Cleary: 1916 – 2021

Posted on March 28, 2021 by mondomolly

Originally posted on Lost Classics of Teen Lit: 1939-1989:
Beverly Cleary, bless her nonagenarian heart, is best known for her juvenile fiction about the Leave It To Beaver-type adventures of Henry Huggins, and Beezus (and especially) Ramona Quimby:   books…

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The Best Little Girl In The World By Steven Levenkron

Posted on March 21, 2021 by mondomolly

The idea came to her with a flash of excitement. Francesca was fat. Francesca was dead. I feel like this is one of those titles that for a couple of decades was as widely-known and widely-read as Are You There … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness and/or Mania: The Day The Senior Class Got Married (1985)

Posted on March 7, 2021 by mondomolly

If you’re like me, one of the wonders of living in this modern age is the fact that a lot of ephemeral, discarded, and long-forgotten media is constantly bubbling back up to the surface, courtesy of the internet. So (obviously) … Continue reading →

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