I was one of those children who could read well but didn’t care much for the activity or lack thereof. I wanted to be outside playing cowboys, riding my bike, or climbing trees. The elementary school readers we used were, in a word, boring. The stories had little plot, and the characters were insipid. My […]
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It’s hard to believe that the Nancy Drew mystery series has been around for more than 80 years enchanting girls since 1930 when it was first published by Grosset and Dunlap. The author, Carolyn Keene, never existed, as “she” was the pen name for numerous ghostwriters over the years. The original series depicted Nancy carrying […]
Readers Unbound 