Homesickness today is dismissed as a sign of immaturity, what children feel at summer camp, but in the nineteenth century it was recognized as a powerful emotion. When gold miners in California heard the tune "Home, Sweet Home," they sobbed. When Civil War soldiers became homesick, army doctors sent them home, lest they die. Such images don't fit with our national mythology, which celebrates the restless individualism of colonists, explorers, pioneers, soldiers, and immigrants who supposedly left home and never looked back.
Jingles Celebrates the Season (BookBugz Adventures)
“As Snug as a Book in a Bug” is the premise of BookBugz, a series of children’s books focused on the adventures of a group of friendly bugs throughout the year. Jingles Celebrates the Season represents the month of December.
There’s a particularly funtastic extra for parents and grandparents who grew up with this story—and their children too: two big pictures of Arthur Pig from the front and the back that show where he can find his nose, eyes, neck, waist, and curlytail! Toddlers love to learn about themselves, and this celebrates the wonderful people they are and all the things they can do—from running and jumping to brushing their teeth.
E.T. : the Extra-Terrestrial (Book+Audio)An alien is left behind on Earth. He is found by a 10-year-old-boy, Elliot, and a special friendship begins. But E.T. wants to go home and if Elliot helps him, he'll lose a friend... The Steven Spielberg movie celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2002.
