Today's Google Doodle celebrates 200 years of Charles Dickens. The day is almost done, but there is still time to get to your nearest St. Louis area library and pick up a Charles Dickens book to celebrate his 200th birthday.
On February 7, 1812; an English novelist was born. Of course, it would be several years before his hands would actually pen his first words for the world to realize the brilliance behind his words.
Charles Dickens was not born in America, but he did visit the USA. As part of one of his journeys, he made a stop in the St. Louis area.
While traveling through the area, he stayed in Lebanon, Illinois, at the Mermaid House. This was an inn built in 1830 by Lyman Adams. Adams was a retired sea captain. According to The Charles Dickens Page, Charles Dickens wrote of his visit in his American Notes by saying:
In point of cleanliness and comfort it would have suffered by no comparison with any village alehouse, of a homely kind, in England.
Dickens is best known for works such as A Christmas Carole, Tale of Two Cities or Oliver Twist.
Find a list of reommended novels by Charles Dickens from a Children's Fiction Examiner. Take your pick, then head out to a St. Louis City, County or St. Charles City or County library. Pick up a novel and have some fun introducing your kids to these literature works.
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