Delightful books featuring big families
Life with lots of children offers excitement. There is a unique energy and enthusiasm that can be unleashed in a tribe with […]
Living the examined life
Living the examined life
An occasional series on beautiful works of literature for young and old
Life with lots of children offers excitement. There is a unique energy and enthusiasm that can be unleashed in a tribe with […]
Good children’s stories, new and old, have wide appeal. Adventure stories and tales of epic quests are no exception. Of course, there […]
With so many ugly books for children, finding books of real beauty is unlikely to happen regularly without intention. Thankfully, once you […]
Astrid Lindgren’s memorable narrator, nine-year-old Lisa, in The Children of Noisy Village, conveys the childlike security of traditions. Lisa explains that Christmas […]
There are great masterpieces of the written word and artistic expression worthy of veneration. There are also wonderfully fun books that provide […]
Few creatures are as repulsive to urban sophisticates as the lowly mouse. Vectors of disease that rummage through our pantries and leave […]
Our culture continues to suffer severe confusion when it comes to stories. We are trapped in a hellish, post-modern landscape in which […]
Julie Andrews has one of the most recognizable faces and voices in cinema of the past 70 years. Known for her iconic […]
Few books elicit passionate praise like The Wind in the Willows. Defining the story is difficult, as it is both action-packed and […]
There are books that are majestic, a bounty of sight and sound to be enjoyed by old and young. There are other […]