#candace fleming

[amphiptere]

Got my cousin to read The Family Romanov so you know, life goal achieved

[mygrowingcollection]

Candace Fleming

[why-bless-your-heart]

Tagged to list 10 favorite characters from 10 different IPs, and I’ll do just some of my favorite female characters. In no particular order:

Turanga Leela, Futurama.

Captain Samantha Carter, Stargate SG-1.

Zita, Zita the Space Girl.

Gran’ma Ben, Bone.

Juliet O’Hara, Psych.

Parker, Leverage.

Candace Fletcher-Flynn, Phineas & Ferb.

Mabel Pines, Gravity Falls.

Louise Belcher, Bob’s Burgers.

Sharona Fleming, Monk.

[theheartlandsblog]

hello @neonxdecay ! i remember you! i WAS in the middle of drafting an answer for you, but it turns out that if you save a drafted answer for later on mobile, then the ask just gets straight up deleted, as does the draft. 😑 so here's where the answer is going to be now, and sorry about that!! thank you for your kind words.

i'm also SUPER glad you asked. i love talking about history. i got wordy (I CANNOT OVERSTATE THIS, IT'S HUGE) so it shall be underneath the keep reading/expand post prompt. this will all be about the 19th century, ya know, cowboy times, just FYI. just let me know if the hyperlinks work. 🤎🤎🤎

i'm going to talk about my russian history first! undeniably, the very best sources i've ever come across are these two books - EAST OF THE SUN by benson bobrick, and THE FAMILY ROMANOV by candace fleming. they're both nonfiction books about russian history, but not textbook-y - instead the authors have written an actual, compelling *story* of the history. these two have taken me a LONG way.

EOTS spans the entirety of russia, begins in antiquity and ends in the 1980s/90s - the book itself was published 1992. it talks about everyone and everything - the native people of eurasia, the immigrants, the europeans, the wildlife. TFR, on the other hand, focuses on the ruling family of russia, when they still had kings/queens and such (the romanovs!), and their impact, both good and bad, on the country. combined, they're a fantastic perspective on pre-revolution russia, which is the russia that existed in RDR's timeframe, which i've found really hard to get since interest in pre-revolution russia seems so slim - ESPECIALLY here in the states. it's profoundly difficult to find conversation in the USA about russia that isn't heavily biased and stereotyped. i'm ukrainian from my dad's side, so it's a passionate matter for me. i enjoy every second.

i also study the russian language! just knowing about what people speak helps you understand them. i've been working through it on duolingo for a little over a year, and i know duolingo isn't fantastic (and neither is my russian), but it is all i have access to at this moment. i'll watch movies in russian, videos of RDR gameplay where the game is in russian, i'll literally go to r/russian on reddit and just read the discussions there. i like to read wikipedia articles on timely occasions like the construction of the trans-siberian railroad, or what traditional clothing for the poorer population was like, and even what the plant life is like.

i think the key ingredient is ravenous, ravenous curiosity. i do all of this for my russian characters in HOMEWARD. i am so compelled to tell stories, and from whom they originate hardly matters to me. i love history!! i am a nerd!!

now, onto my american history, which is thankfully a lot more easy to find when you live here, and is a little more accessible than books and language programmes! for this, i am extremely happy to report that youtube is my go-to and is a delightful way to learn.

i started with studying CLOTHES. i have an enormous playlist full of videos on history of anything, from all about the world, and 19th century american clothing remains the overwhelming majority. literally just studying clothing will by default teach you more than simply *clothing* because then you have to learn about what materials they were made from, so what was grown or what animals were raised for that, and then you learn about who the people were in charge of making them, and what culturally influenced aesthetic, modesty, wealth, etc, etc, etc... i know it sounds a bit wild, but if you're gonna study any history, choose someone's clothes! ♡

channels like bernadette banner, the sewlo artist, nicole rudolph, and abby cox are treasure troves of information about historic attire. i love these women!!! studying history is a lot easier when you find someone passionate about it. don't go dragging yourself through a college textbook to try and learn, unless you're passionate about that.

but you know what? let's go deeper than that. let's start getting even *more* niche into history. i guarantee to you that it's out there. here is a playlist by a channel called real pixels which describes in detail how historic relevance and accuracy relate to RDR2. here is a video by a henry films, showing off the real-life counterparts to RDR's towns. here is a video by a channel called early american (this entire channel is a GOLDMINE) about what it was like to do laundry! here's a video by a lost leadville, about old western accents! i've watched all of these, and i watch them often, again and again and again, and i watch them as i write, and i watch them for fun, and THAT is how you learn.

but you mentioned and asked for books, and boy, do i have some american history books for you, too! here's two - WALDEN by henry david thoreau, and STATIONS WEST by edwin d. culp.

WALDEN is an autobiographical account of the real mister thoreau, who voluntarily lived alone in a little cabin he built on the shore of the real walden pond, in concord, massachusetts. evelyn miller from RDR2 was based on him! the book was published in 1854, and is an irreplaceable source of what it was like to live in young america, not-yet post-colonial, that wary, small culture, sometimes even that abject poverty, that wilderness. STATIONS WEST is a little different. it's half pictures and half text, and though it's focused on a fairly niche subject (trains!), it's proved a fascinating collection of primary sources for 19th century living in the united states. newspapers describing accounts of travel, pictures of railroad maps that people scrawled on, ticket stubs with prices of 10, 15, 20 cents. i heavily referenced a lengthy newspaper story from there just to emulate how english was written back then, for the letter that reverend swanson wrote to arthur in chapter 4 of HOMEWARD!

you have to get creative with it! to me, nothing is enough - names and dates aren't enough - pictures aren't enough - sometimes, even whole books aren't enough. i ask myself how can i apply this history? how can i bring life back into it? how can i use it in a context that is not words and static depictions on paper? how does it make me happy? where do i see it echoed today in my present day life?

FINALLY, i also read historical fiction - as in fictional stories that were published in the time period - and i think that step is literally just as important as reading nonfiction. i could go on about this one for ages, but my god, i already have, so i will leave you with this: storybooks from then are delightful on their own because they're books (who doesn't like that!!), and doubly so when you're approaching them to research, because they provide cultural context to when they were written, examples of how written english has changed, and sometimes they're a little more accurate to life back then than a period piece is now. here's two - for my russian fix i'm working my way through WAR AND PEACE by tolstoy (published 1867), and i've just finished TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by jules verne (published 1870), this is a ✨️french one, but was (and is still) loved around the world.

so, holy bejeezus, i think i'm done showing off some of my sources and explaining how i use them. if THIS doesn't answer your questions then i have no idea what will. thank you for asking such an engaging question, this was a lot of fun! 💐 ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ here's one of my cats sitting on my books while i got them out, as a treat.

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"Last, but not least, long form nonfiction allows me to delve into the darker aspects of a topic. I believe young readers deserve the whole truth, now more than ever. We can��t just ignore parts of the story that we might find unsavory. In our past, we can discover the answers to our most persistent questions. We can learn how to live in the here-and-now, but we must be willing to look at the whole. The truth isn’t just found the glory of history. More often it’s found in its ugliness. Charles Lindbergh was a white supremacist. Eleanor Roosevelt was an antisemite until she grew in understanding. Benjamin Franklin owned enslaved persons. What do readers make of that? How do those facets fit with what they already? Too often we teach history as little more than a string of heroes who triumphed over hardship. But that isn’t history. That’s passive reverence. Shouldn’t history involve rigorous inquiry? I believe so. History should be disputed and debated, its premised questioned and examined, its arguments countered. Long-form nonfiction allows me to introduce provocative questions and invite readers to draw their own conclusions. I purposefully do not connect all the dots for them – as if that’s even possible. Rather, I present the story as honestly and fully as possible, then trust them to grapple with the complexities and complications, the contradiction and messiness. That’s history as inquiry—invigorating, interactive, connective, personal. And that’s why I can’t stop writing narrative, long form nonfiction. It’s too important. It’s also good reading."

Candace Fleming on why she writes longform nonfiction for young people. I really enjoyed both parts of this Teen Librarian Toolbox blog post on nonfiction for middle grade readers.

[theawkwardterrier]

For the book ask: 3 and 17! :)

3. What were your top five books of the year?

I answered this one here, but I'm just going to add some more (coincidentally all nonfiction this time!):

The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life by Amy Butler Greenfield

Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime by Candace Fleming

How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps by Pamela S. Turner

The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade by Ann Fessler

American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the South by Gail Jarrow

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

I answered this one too, but I wanted to add that I gave The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks a try even after reading Must Love Books, and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed that one even though I hadn't liked her debut. Similar story for Adult Assembly Required - I've read two of Abbi Waxman's books in the past, one of which I thought was okay and one which I was really disappointed by (The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, which is a fave among a lot of literary lovers), so I was pretty ready to have similar issues, but I ended up liking it a lot!

Book 'em!

[icetwinkluck]

Thank you for the movie recs! I'm hoping to learn more about the Leopold-Loeb case itself, do you know of books I could read, there's so many I don't know where to start!

yeah fs! a big reader too-here's some places to look, not all books, but mostly all digitized:

Murder Among Friends by Candace Fleming is a great entry into the case that isn't too graphic etc

The Leopold and Loeb Files: An Intimate Look at One of America's Most Infamous Crimes by Nina Barrett

lmk if you want anything else! generally vv interested in the crimes of the 20s/30s as historical microcosms

[tjprd]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

[mxed-salad-greens]

i have decided i will review the books me and my brother have read so far while camping

books i have read so far

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

10/10. this was the second (maybe third?) time i’ve read this book and it’s prefect. i cried everything time

Murder Among Friends by Candace Fleming

7/10. the story telling was pretty good but i feel like (maybe unintentionally?) it was written so the reader would feel sympathetic to the killers which is kinda fucked.

books my brothers read so far

Perfection by Walter Satterthwait

6.5/10. from what i’ve heard and what he’s told me it’s just the silence of the lambs pretty much

there were other books but i decided i was done

[winningthesweepstakes]

The Enigma Girls by Candace Fleming

The Enigma Girls by Candace Fleming.  Scholastic Focus, 2024. 9781338749571 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: ARC (publication date 3/5/24) What did you like about the book?  This book is a fantastic look at a world that was kept secret for many decades. The Enigma Girls is about “how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win world war II”. Step by…

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What's Here Wednesday: Polar Bear Puppet

Beware the polar bear, who is wandering around the puppet racks of the TMC! You can stop by to find this bear and then pair her with a book from the TMC Easy section... she may seem ferocious, but is actually a very fun and furry storytime friend.

Polar Bear by Candace Fleming

Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson

Panda and Polar Bear by Matthew Baek

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin

Polar Opposites by Erik Brooks

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Red Book Stack

It's been hot hot HOT outside where I live and it's honestly making me and my honey miserable. Since it is so hot, I figured a red book stack would be a good way to reflect just what we're feeling right now.

And I've read 14 out of 20 books total! Whoo!!!

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy

Neverwhere by @neil-gaiman

God of Neverland by Gama Ray Martinez

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Boudoirs to Brothels: The Intimate World of Wild West Women by Michael Rutter

Indian Cities: Histories of Indigenous Urbanization by Kent Blansett

Red Dead Redemption: History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game West by edited by John Wills and Esther Wright

Yasuke: the True Story of the Legendary African Samurai by Thomas Lockley and Geoffrey Giraf

Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa

Shutter by Ramona Emerson

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming

The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall by Anne McCaffrey

Zombies, Run! By Naomi Alderman and Six to Start

How many red books do you have? How many have you read? Of these red books, what have you read and enjoyed?

[futurelibrariansstuff]

Bibliographic Data: The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Fleming, Candace. Schwartz & Wade, 2020. ISBN. 052564654X.

Plot Summary: First human to cross the Atlantic via airplane; one of the first American media sensations; Nazi sympathizer and anti-Semite; loner whose baby was kidnapped and murdered; champion of Eugenics, the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding; tireless environmentalist. Charles Lindbergh was all of the above and more. Here is a rich, multi-faceted, utterly spellbinding biography about an American hero who was also a deeply flawed man. 

Critical Analysis: The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming is a captivating and meticulously researched biography that sheds new light on one of America's most iconic figures. Fleming explores both his extraordinary achievements and his controversial beliefs and actions. Some parts of this book were inspiring, while others were shocking and stressful to read.

It is obvious Fleming did extensive research into his life, and her attention to detail and thorough research make this book an invaluable resource for anyone interested in aviation history, the early 20th century, or the cultural and political landscape of America during that time period.

Overall, The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh is an engaging and fascinating peek into the life of this complicated public figure.

Review Excerpt(s): “There is no amped up moralizing in this fascinating chronicle…Reprehensible, estimable, complex: Ms. Fleming’s portrait reveals a man of many parts.” -The Wall Street Journal

“Absorbing and distressing in turns, this utterly prescient capture of a life—and the lives it influenced—is essential in classrooms and for history buffs alike.” -Booklist, starred review

“A compelling biography of a flawed, larger-than-life man.” -Publishers Weekly, starred review

“A must-read. Drawing on primary sources, including Lindbergh’s own journal, Fleming has crafted a cautionary tale of the downfalls of hero worship.” -School Library Journal, starred review

Connections: Other fascinating biographies for young adults:

The Story of Thomas Edison by Margaret Cousins

The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth by Kathleen Krull

Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels by Linda Skeers

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    This companion book to the authors' Sibert award-winning Honeybee explores the life and habitat of a majestic endangered species through dramatic text and sumptuous illustration.April in the Arctic . . .Cold winds send snow clouds scuttling across the sky.Temperatures barely nudge above freezing.But every now and again, The cloud cover parts, The sun shines down, And the frozen world stretches awake.As spring approaches in the Arctic, a mother polar bear and her two cubs tentatively emerge from hibernation to explore the changing landscape. When it is time, she takes her cubs on a forty-mile journey, back to their home on the ice. Along the way, she fends off wolves, hunts for food, and swims miles and miles.This companion book to Honeybee and Giant Squid features the unique talents of Fleming and Rohmann on a perennially popular subject. Eric Rohmann's magnificent oil paintings feature (as in Honeybee) a spectacular gatefold of the polar landscape.