A Gardener’s Thoughts on Rabbit Hill and The Tough Winter: the Literature and Art of Robert LawsonRobert Lawson, author and illustrator of Rabbit Hill and its sequel The Tough Winter knew something about gardens and the community they...
Chinese Script and the Poetry of Kai Millsby Joann Luke I hold in my hands Autumn Serried Woods, a collection of poems by Kai Mills. The poems are in both Chinese and English. I...
Of Bird Hikes, Kittens, and Dreams: The Little Island and Ageless Children’s LiteratureIf you are not a bird watcher, your first bird hike can be excruciating. In 45 minutes you can cover 500 yards in the assorted company of...
Storks, Life, and The Wheel on the School: Wonder and Community in Ageless Children’s LiteratureWhen you do not wonder, no one is important except yourself. But when you do wonder, the whole universe is important. You begin to notice...
The Natural, Suffering, and Perfected Child: Ageless Children’s Literature and HeidiLiterature is read and loved because it has that beautiful way of shining light on the mysterious ways of our being. It helps us to...
In Which I Discover My Advent Journey is Much Enhanced by the Company of a Bear of Very Little BrainIf I want to become childlike this Advent, I think there is no better way than to spend time with someone who is already childlike. There...