The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed the Fly

So last night, I get home from work, we do a little homework and then back over to the school, for Make and Take Night. They do this twice a year, and it's always fun. My kid's go to Edgewood Primary School and what Make and Take Night is, some of the teachers come back and read a book to the students, and what they do is pick one book they want to hear and then go with that teacher.

So last night Maeve wants to hear her First Grade Teacher, Mrs. Richardson, read "The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed the Fly". What was neat is that her teacher gave us some great background information. Like, the story first appeared in the 1940s in the midwest, no one knows the original author. A number of versions have appeared since, including versions that completely change the theme. An example: "The Little Old Lady who swallowed a Pie" Thanksgiving themed, and "The Little Old Lady who Swallowed the Snow" Christmas Themed, and then there is "The Little Old Lady who Swallowed a Bat" Halloween Themed.

The great part about the Make and Take night is that they get to hear the story read, then they make a craft centered around the book, then they get to take the craft and a copy of the book home with them! Maeve got home and read the book to her baby sister at least twice before bed last night! That's enough to do any mommy proud.
This picture wasn't from last night, but this is of Maeve reading a story to her little sister, Molly. Last night was not the first time that she has read a story to her sister, in fact since she learned to read she has done it alot, but it still makes me proud to hear her reading to her sister.

Knit Fast, Die Young

Knit Fast, Die Young
by: Mary Kruger
A Knitting Mystery

This is the second book in Mary Kruger's Knitting Series. The first book was "Died in the Wool", and I could have sworn that I have read it, because I had the second sitting at home to read, but after reading this book, I can tell you that I do not remember reading it at all.

The main charachter is Ariadne Evans, and yes I have no idea how to pronounce the name. I kept wanting to call her Adrianne the whole time. The other big charachter in the book is the detective, Josh Pierce, with whom we see Ariadne developing a relationship with.
Usually in these mystery series the main charachter gets thrown into a murde and investigates herself to the ire of the police, but in this case we actually see the detective turning to her for informaion and encouraging her sleuthing in the case, which is a big change from what I am used to in the books.

It was actually a good read, and there are two knitting patterns in the back of the book that are good. It was fun to read, but it really didn't dive into knitting as much as another Knitting Mystery Series I have read did. The other had alot more details about knitting, patterns and information about yarns and the whole culture in general of crafting, this was set in a knitting environment, but it could just as easily be set anywhere else with any other group, there was nothing that made it knitting specfic, to me.

All in all, I would recommend it to a friend for a light easy read on a snowy winter day.

Here is a link to the post where I listed this series and what information i had on it at the time. http://atammcreation.blogspot.com/2007/12/knitting-mystery.html