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“Why, oh, why did you have to give birth to a son who hasn’t given us a moment’s peace since the day he was born?” 

The Great Brain by John D Fitzgerald

More Adventures of the Great Brain by John D Fitzgerald

Me and My Little Brain by John D Fitzgerald

The Great Brain at the Academy by John D Fitzgerald

The Great Brain Reforms by John D Fitzgerald

December 5, 2021 by scootsa1000 1 Comment

I know I have written about this magical place before, but I need to reiterate that for a kid who loved to read, there was no greater place on earth than The New England Mobile Book Fair. It was a huge wholesale book warehouse in my hometown, and my mom’s favorite place to go. While she browsed the aisles looking for paperbacks by Ngaio Marsh, Barbara Pym, Dorothy Sayers, and MC Beaton, I would sit on the concrete floor, way in the back corner of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: CBR13, John d fitzgerald, me and my little brain, more adventures of the great brain, Scootsa1000, the great brain, the great brain at the academy, the great brain reforms, the New England mobile book fair

scootsa1000's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: CBR13, John d fitzgerald, me and my little brain, more adventures of the great brain, Scootsa1000, the great brain, the great brain at the academy, the great brain reforms, the New England mobile book fair ·
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