Posted in Kitty Muse and Me THE CITY KITTENS AND THE OLD HOUSE CAT Reviewed by KATHE REE by kathyree It’s Christmas, and one of the most fun, but most difficult, holidays for Nydam, an old cat who is very set in her ways. She loves to see friends and family visit, and especially […]
Of music and the Supreme Court … by Joe Wilkins Of music and the Supreme Court … Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you, Away, you rolling river. Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you, Away, I’m bound away, Across the wide Missouri. The fading strains of “Shenandoah,” that most nostalgic of American folk anthems, […]
PUBLISHED IN Kitty Muse and Me Interview with Olga D’Agostino, author of “The Trees Have Hearts” Posted on June 20, 2013 by kathyree This was dry and touching, lovingly-written story that I just had to have Olga on here. She seems every bit as loving and caring as her writing. Please welcome her, sit down, […]
The barefoot toe-wriggling season … Ecclesiastes got it right. There is indeed a season for all things and, although he didn’t say so exactly, that includes a season for kicking off your shoes and wriggling your barefoot toes in the wet sand while the last inch of incoming wave runs over your feet. That season […]
Review of Mrs. D’s The Trees Have Hearts by Kimberly Sentek How many of us have felt left out at some point in our lives? I remember my mom wouldn’t buy me roller skates with rubber wheels (all my friends had those) because I already had a pair…that just happened to have metal wheels. I used to […]
Coming soon! Carlo the Mouse, Book 5: Nothing is Safe in a Mouse’s Life A whisker-licking story of one kind little mouse! Who would ever suspect that Carlo would meet Fidel the cat inside the hospital? Who would ever believe that the tricky young mouse would outsmart the old cat? Who would ever imagine that […]
POSTEd in Words with Women(BEDTIME STORIES) Review by PJ LaRue Any adult or child that has felt the pain of leaving friends behind when moving will relate to The Trees Have Hearts. The little girl moved from another country and doesn’t speak English. Her sadness lifted when she played in the garden and made friends with the trees and the Old […]
Storyteller, Writer, Author AUTHOR INTERVIEW Mrs. D. (Olga D’Agostino), author of children’s picture books, Carlo the Mouse on Vacation and The Trees Have Hearts, grew up on a farm in a village nestled in the beautiful Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine. Surrounded by nature and the real world, without TV and toys, she learned to read at a very […]
Spring Fever … By Joe Wilkins Once upon a time not so long ago an incurably romantic writer named Richard Halliburton wrote incurably romantic books with titles like “Seven League Boots” and “The Royal Road to Romance.” Halliburton was a wanderer, much given to adventures like hiding overnight in the Acropolis at Athens, or in […]
5.0 out of 5 stars THE TREES HAVE HEARTS written by MRS.D. A charming heartfelt story! Reviewed by Kirstin L. Pulioff What a charming, heartfelt story. “The Trees have Hearts,” by Mrs. D, is a wonderful chapter book for any young reader, or a parent reading to a child, or anyone going through difficulties moving or […]
