Finding Christmasville

Book Menu for Finding Christmasville   by Michael Dutton

ISBN of edition I read: 9780978665524 (trade paperback)

Food mentioned in Finding Christmasville:
Hot cocoa, 2, 5-7, 15-16, 21, 26, 29, 31-32, 51, 95
     167, 184, 200, 210, 223, 225, 273, 359
Corned beef hash, 3
Biscuits and elderberry jam, 7
Cheese and crackers, 7, 296, 300, 406
Apple cider, 10
Caramel Bulls'-Eye candies, 21
Peanuts, 23, 26, 359-360
Cherry coke, 23-24
Fifth Ave. candy bar, 24
Raspberry truffles, 27
Coconut clusters, 27
Almond bark, 28
Chocolate covered pretzels, 28
Licorice sticks, 28
Fig Newtons, 30
Chocolate chip cookies, 43-44, 46, 61
Eggnog, 45
Turkey sandwiches, 45
Shortbread, 46
Plum pudding cakes, 48
Pumpkin bread, 49
Tea, 51, 55
Angel's food cake, 61
Strawberry jello, 69
Meatloaf, 186
     Meatloaf with mushroom gravy, 75
Vegetable lasagna, 79
Yankee pot roast, 83
Blueberry pie with vanilla ice cream, 84, 86-87, 91
New York Cheesecake, 91
Walnuts, 97
Almonds, 97
Cashews, 97
Chestnuts, 97
Biscuits with apricot jam, 114
Gingerbread tea, 114
Soft boiled eggs, 128
Oatmeal, 128
English muffin with blueberry jam, 128, 389
Birch beer, 131
Babe Ruths candy bars, 154
Almond Joys, 154
Snickers, 154
Sugar Pops, 156
Juicy Fruits, 196-197, 361
Pizza, 200-201, 252, 254
Cream soda, 201
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, 208, 362
Bridge mix, 210
French cruller, 214
Penny candy, 231
Caesar salad, 252
Petit fours, 258
Madeleines, 258
Cheese sandwiches, 289
Cupcakes, 364-365
Watermelon, 380
Minestrone soup, 406
Apple juice, 406

Books/Authors mentioned in Finding Christmasville:
James Joyce, 32-33, 126, 207
Pride and Prejudice / Jane Austen, 32-33, 92, 125-126, 366
Arabian Nights, 120, 154
The Chronicles of Narnia / C.S. Lewis, 249

Television programs mentioned in Finding Christmasville:
The Howdy Doody Show, 152, 156, 161
The Lone Ranger, 153, 62
The Flintstones, 388

Music mentioned in Finding Christmasville:
"Miroirs" / Maurice Ravel, 47-48
"Rockin' Round the Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee, 75
"The Most Wonderful Time of the Year", 77
"Happy Trails to You" / Roy Rogers, 80
"Blue Christmas" / Elvis Presley, 91
"Deck the Halls", 96
"We Three Kings", 114
The Beatles , 241
"The Nutcracker Suite" / Rachmaninoff, 241
"Amore" / Frank Sinatra, 252

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Tinkers

Book menu for Tinkers by Paul Harding

ISBN of edition I read: 9781934137192 (hardcover)

Food mentioned in Tinkers:
Potato salad, 9
Rolled slices of roast beef, 9
Ginger ale, 9
Chicken and mashed potato, 69
Pancakes, 71, 139, 173
Coffee, 72
Ham crusted in brown sugar and molasses, 83
String beans, 83-84
Apples, 104-105, 135-136
Ham sandwich, 123
Saltwater taffy, 152
Roast chicken, 164
Eggs and ham, 173
Blueberry cobbler, 173
Oranges, 174, 181
Pork chops, 176
Apple pie, 176
Meatloaf, 185
Banana cream pie, 185
Meatloaf sandwiches, 186
Cola, 186

Books/Authors mentioned in Tinkers :
The Scarlet Letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne, 37-38, 43, 178
Mark, the Match Boy / Horatio Alger, Jr., 104

Magazines mentioned in Tinkers:
Saturday Evening Post, 19

Great vocabulary in Tinkers:
vastation, 10, 180
anneal, 64
reliquaries, 146
atavistic, 151
intaglio, 181

Title mentioned on pages:
p.12: "He tinkered. Tin pots, wrought iron. Solder melted and cupped in a clay dam."
p. 12: "Tinkerbird, coppersmith, but mostly a brush and mop drummer."
p. 15: "Tinker, tinker. Tin, tin, tin. Tintinnabulation. There was the ring of pots and buckets."
p. 74: "I hope you are right--there is little need for a tinker on Mars. Now higher again..."
p. 125: "His despair came from the fact that his wife saw him as a fool, as a useless tinker, a copier of bad verse..."
p. 169: "How to Make a Bird's Nest: Take a wafer of tinker's tin. With heavy scissors, cut four triangles."

Libraries mentioned in Tinkers: (I can't help it, I am librarian and LOVE to see how novelists portray us and our buildings!) 
p. 35
p. 152: "No one knew whether Sabbatis and Red were related by blood. Some of the librarians, who had a sense of the town's history, thought they might be distant cousins, and could easily be provoked into heated arguments about the matter during a slow twilight at the checkout desk in the library."

Discussion questions for Tinkers:
Discuss the technical aspects of the books (chapters, alternating points of view, lack of quotation marks for dialogue, the use of multiple verb tenses).

What, if any, is the significance of the book's title?  Is it aptly titled? Why or why not?

What literary elements does the author use throughout his novel?

What are the parallels between George and his father Howard?  How did they differ?

What scene stayed with you long after you finished reading Tinkers?

What aspects of Tinkers do you think made it worthy of a Pulitzer Prize?

What significance is there in the references to The Scarlet Letter?

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret

 
Book menu for The Invention of Hugo Cabret:

ISBN of edition I read: 9780439813785 (hardcover)

Food mentioned in The Invention of Hugo Cabret:
Coffee, 142, 152
Pastries, 142
Croissants, 152, 384, 412, 479, 481

Books/Authors mentioned in The Invention of Hugo Cabret:
Jules Verne, 147
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, 147
Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life
     by Gaby Wood, 527

Movies mentioned in The Invention of Hugo Cabret:
Safety Last, 173
The Million, 202
A Train Arrives in the Station, 347
A Trip To The Moon , 354, 360, 363, 392, 478, 506

Actors mentioned in  The Invention of Hugo Cabret:
Charlie Chaplin , 203-4
Jean Renoir, 203
Buster Keaton, 203

Libraries mentioned in The Invention of Hugo Cabret:
pages 319, 338, 343, 361, 363, 371, 494

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