![]() He declined, knowing all too well that the editors intended to simplify and reimagine the stories. The editors wanted to put together an anthology for young readers containing 400 short stories by Twain, Irving, Poe, Maupassant, and Bierce. Everything else is too easily tampered with, much like he told a well-known publishing house in 1974. But Bradbury never saw it that way.īradbury believes in books and libraries. Not everyone understood his sentiment, especially those who believe e-books will live forever and make censorship of books, like Fahrenheit 451, impossible. To hell with you and to hell with the Internet." Two years ago, when Yahoo reportedly asked Ray Bradbury about making one of his book available online, he had a few choice words. "To hell with you. ![]()
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Probably her most famous set is the following: American Regional Series. What interested me most was the way children were living" (183). by Lois Lenski 0 Ratings 12 Want to read 0 Currently reading 0 Have read Overview View 3 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date 1949 Publisher J.B. I saw and learned what the word region meant as I witnessed firsthand different ways of life unlike my own. Lenski wrote in her autobiography, "On my trips south I saw the real America for the first time. As a result, Lenski and her husband Arthur Covey traveled south each fall. ![]() Probably her most famous set is the following:īeginning with Bayou Suzette in 1943, Lois Lenski began writing a series of books which would become known as her "regional series." In the early 1940s Lenski, who suffered from periodic bouts of ill-health, was told by her doctor that she needed to spend the winter months in a warmer climate than her Connecticut home. 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