Featured in Better Homes and Gardens August 2006
BY MELISSA CASTLEMAN
Explore Tom Sawyer’s dark labyrinthine cave. Step back in time at Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House Wayside. Your family can make favorite books, stories, and characters come to life with a summertime driving adventure to the actual places and settings that inspired some of the great works of American literature. It’s an opportunity to share your love for reading in a fun, interactive, and unforgettable way. Through new discoveries and time spent together, your family will also generate new stories and memories.
You don’t have to travel far to visit a cherished writer’s home or wander the forests or garden paths that inspired memorable stories. “Wonderful sites are hidden off almost any interstate,” says B.J. Welborn, author of Traveling Literary America: A Complete Guide to Literary Landmarks.
Stepping inside the real-life setting that sparked a fictional one encourages kids to use their senses and their imaginations. And they’ll feel a stronger personal connection to the book and its author than if their exposure to reading were limited to two-dimensional pages and classroom lessons.
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