http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/28/top-100-childrens-novels-42-gone-away-lake-by-elizabeth-enright/ A School Library Journal Blog Sat, 25 May 2013 04:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/28/top-100-childrens-novels-42-gone-away-lake-by-elizabeth-enright/#comment-779373 Louise Thu, 31 May 2012 15:47:54 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=13215#comment-779373 This book reminds me of my childhood. I might not have had a Gone-Away Lake or an Aunt Minnehaha and Uncle Pin, but that sense of endless adventures just waiting to happen outside my backdoor ... yeah. That pretty much sums up all my summers. This book reminds me of my childhood. I might not have had a Gone-Away Lake or an Aunt Minnehaha and Uncle Pin, but that sense of endless adventures just waiting to happen outside my backdoor … yeah. That pretty much sums up all my summers.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/28/top-100-childrens-novels-42-gone-away-lake-by-elizabeth-enright/#comment-776965 JMyersbook Tue, 29 May 2012 00:54:23 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=13215#comment-776965 Loved this book as a kid and still love it today. And part of the lasting charm of this book, for me, stemmed from the illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush, who also did such a grand job illustrating 'The Borrowers' and its sequels. Perfection! Loved this book as a kid and still love it today. And part of the lasting charm of this book, for me, stemmed from the illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush, who also did such a grand job illustrating ‘The Borrowers’ and its sequels. Perfection!

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