What do we have so far in this little series about the moral life of the child and how to nurture it? Part 1: My preliminary musings on a sort of sadness and loss of meaning that comes from trying to live life without reference to our moral nature. Part 2: Things grow according to their nature:… Read More »
Beauty in the Library Project
Title: The Red Fairy Book Author: Andrew Lang Illustrator: H. J. Ford File Under: Fairy tales Age Group: 3 and up — the older toddler will love the pictures and some of the simpler stories when you read them aloud to his older siblings, and the teen will get the most out of the… Read More »
Uncle Remus in the Library Project.
Title: The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus Author: Joel Chandler Harris, The Collective Memory of Africa and the Cherokee Indians File Under: Folk Tales, Storytelling, Historical Memory, Humor Age Group: All Ages Uncle Remus stories are a national treasure. They are best when told, though. So don’t be daunted by this collection,… Read More »
Just Say No to "Books That Build Character" ~ Library Project
Title: The Princess And The Goblin, The Princess and Curdie Author: George MacDonald File Under: Read-Aloud, Fairy Tale, Adventure Recently my eye was briefly caught by one of those “50 books that build character” lists. I glanced at the bright, rather attention-deficit-disorder-augmenting covers and cheery titles and was confirmed in my hunch that you’d be wasting… Read More »
Library Project: Pepper & Salt and The Wonder Clock
Title: Pepper & Salt and The Wonder Clock Author: Howard Pyle Filed Under: Read-Aloud, Fairy Tales, Great Illustrations When I was a child, I actually had very few books. But they were wonderful books. I like to think, now, of my guardian angel curating my library for my ultimate spiritual, emotional, and intellectual development, encouraging my… Read More »