Ms Laurie Johnson from the Minnesota History Center in St Paul 
Minnesota was the featured artist portraying Maud Hart Lovelace at the Madison Public Library on Saturday February 7, 2009. The children and adults who attended the presentation learned about Her childhood in Mankato and what it was like to grow up in Minnesota 100 years ago. They learned how Maud's
friends and family helped her pursue her dream of being a writer. She showed how technology changed everyday life at the turn of the last century. She compared how she wrote..with a typewriter vs. a computer, how excited they were to ride in the first "horseless carriage"; how plumbing and running water eliminated cold trips to the outhouse, and using a chamber pot in the middle of the night. She started the presentation with rousing music played on a gramaphone and showed pictures of the streets of Mankato when she was growing up. We learned how here daughter inspired her to write stories of her childhood because her daughter said her friends had the same problems as the children in the books.
We had a wonderful, fun and inspiring afternoon with Maud Hart Lovelace. This presentation was a prize drawing won by Kathie at the Minnesota Library Convention. A very fantastic gift!!!.
Minnesota was the featured artist portraying Maud Hart Lovelace at the Madison Public Library on Saturday February 7, 2009. The children and adults who attended the presentation learned about Her childhood in Mankato and what it was like to grow up in Minnesota 100 years ago. They learned how Maud'sfriends and family helped her pursue her dream of being a writer. She showed how technology changed everyday life at the turn of the last century. She compared how she wrote..with a typewriter vs. a computer, how excited they were to ride in the first "horseless carriage"; how plumbing and running water eliminated cold trips to the outhouse, and using a chamber pot in the middle of the night. She started the presentation with rousing music played on a gramaphone and showed pictures of the streets of Mankato when she was growing up. We learned how here daughter inspired her to write stories of her childhood because her daughter said her friends had the same problems as the children in the books.
We had a wonderful, fun and inspiring afternoon with Maud Hart Lovelace. This presentation was a prize drawing won by Kathie at the Minnesota Library Convention. A very fantastic gift!!!.
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