Some might consider what I’m about to do cruel. First, I’m going to rave about The Mistmantle Chronicles. I’m going to tell you that they are everything I look for in a book. They are: a) a delight to read b) beautifully written c) shaped by a deep and rich Christian worldview And then I’m […]
The Little White Horse, by Elizabeth Goudge
“I absolutely adored The Little White Horse.” J. K. Rowling That sentence alone persuaded me to purchase The Little White Horse, a book I knew nothing else about by an author I’d never heard of. If this story fed the imagination of young J.K. Rowling, I wanted to save our family a seat at […]
Whatever is Pure and Lovely
At 9:30, my daughter comes downstairs—she can’t sleep. She’ll be seven next month and the world is expanding around her, I can see it. She’s more aware of other people now, more aware of adult conversation, more aware, in this instance, of volcanoes. “Volcanoes?” I repeat, settling down next to her on the couch. “What […]
Whatever is Pure and Lovely
At 9:30, my daughter comes downstairs—she can’t sleep. She’ll be seven next month and the world is expanding around her, I can see it. She’s more aware of other people now, more aware of adult conversation, more aware, in this instance, of volcanoes. “Volcanoes?” I repeat, settling down next to her on the couch. “What […]
Reading Lessons
Words (to her) are — well, I don’t know what they are. That is why we do the lessons. Perhaps (to her) they are birds — each word a flock of small, black birds. Or maybe miniature furniture moved into a room as my finger reveals them one at a time. When she gets distracted […]