Thursday Thoughts

I'm still sorting through boxes of books, so here are a couple of the books to consider today.  I'm reading this one:

Atlantis Rising: The True Story of a Submerged Land-Yesterday and Today ~ by Robert Sullivan, drawings by Glenn Wolff, 1999, 96 pages

Plato was the one who first reported the existence of a vast island with immense mountains, verdant valleys and abundant fruit.  This magnificent Aegean Eden surrounded a capital of fabulous stone buildings, a busy, bustling heaven on earth.

And then, the Cataclysm.  Panic spread across the island as Atlantis's volcano shook off its long dormancy.  The mountain erupted, and the island was overwhelmed, engulfed.  The sea smoothed over, and the continent and its occupants were gone forever.  Or were they?

Sullivan is able to separate historical truth from mere legend and fact from fiction. Delving into the historical record, then into secret files that have long been under lock and key at the famous Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, he discovers rare transcripts, documents, maps and even photographs.  They are all here in this book.

Amazing Grace ~ by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch, 1991, children's picture book, 26 pages, 10/10

Grace loves to act out stories. Sometimes she plays the leading part, sometimes she is "a cast of thousands."  When her school decides to perform Peter Pan, Grace is longing to play Peter, but her classmates say that Peter was a boy, and besides, he wasn't black.  But Grace's Ma and Nana tell her she can be anything she wants if she puts her mind to it.