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Suzy, a newsletter reader, wrote in appreciation of the children's book titles we covered in the March Newsletter. She wanted us to remember a few more, not covered in our piece: Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy-Tib series (for a biography of the author, http://www.betsy-tacysociety.org /mhl.htm and for the Betsy-Tacy Homepage, see http://www.geocitie s.com/Paris/Lights/4859/index.html); The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew; T.H. White's Mistress Masham's Repose, and Madeline l'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time.

A reader named Michelle remembered fondly her own childhood encounters with Anansi the Spider: "Picture This for children sent chills up my spine. When I was a little girl Anansi the Spider was read to me. Well it was one of the few books at that time that transplanted me back to my ancestral roots. The words welled up into my soul and made me want to write myself." With several other readers, she also enjoyed the vintage photographs of children. See two daguerreotypes reproduced in this issue.

An online connection to children's literature can be found at http://www.looseleafbookcompany.com/ The site corresponds to a public radio program, which selects a topic each week to survey.

Gloria, another subscriber, wanted us to know she particularly likes the Artist Pages, and would like to see more of them. We have also heard from anonymous readers wanting more on film - an area we are covering more regularly these days (in April's Newsletter, we bring you reviews of three movies, from Germany, Iran, and Turkey).

And in a response to one of the earliest issues of the Newsletter, a new reader, Rick, wrote enthusiastically about the article and sound files we published about glass armonica artist Yatri and her compositions. Here's what he had to say: "Thanks for a very informative article. Its descriptive, to-the-point nature helped me understand what this music was all about (other than listening to samples which actually induced healing!). The photograph of the artist AND the instrument helped greatly, also. Good Wishes with your newsletter!" See the entire article Heavenly Crystal Music, with accompanying sound file, by Celia Johnson, in our archives. You can search the Newsletter Archives by date, author, subject, or title.

Keep these emails coming! We value your comments, and love hearing from you. [AMC April 2000]