March Book: The Chronicles of Harris Burdick

We're doing something a little different in March: The Chronicles of Harris Burdick is a collection of fourteen short stories by different well known writers. Each story accompanies an illustration (and caption) by a mysterious man known as Harris Burdick.

When we meet in March, be prepared to answer the following questions:

Which story did you like best?
Which story did you like least?
Which story best matched it's illustration?
Which story least matched it's illustration?
Which story was the creepiest?
Which story was the happiest?
Are you interested in reading more by one of the authors in this book?

Over Sea: Discussion Questions

Over Sea, Under Stone: Discussion Questions

1. The knights of King Arthur lived by strict codes of ethics. What rules do the Drew children follow?

2. What power does Hastings have over his followers? Is Mrs.Palk one of his followers?

3. Do you think this book would have been different if it had been written in 2013 instead of 1965? If yes, then it what ways would it have been different?

4. How frightening was the villain in the story? What did Cooper do to make Hastings seem evil?

5. What is meant by the sentence, "The battle that is never won, but is never totally lost"?

6. Early in the book, great-uncle Merry says that "magic is only a word". Do you agree? Are there things that happen in the story that seem magical?

7. Do the Drew children learn some thing by the end of the book? Did they change?

8. Did this story remind you of other books you have read or movies you have seen?  

Furry dance

The Trewissick "Floral Dance" is said to be the same as the Helston Furry Dance.

Click Here to see and hear the Helston Furry Dance.