“Perhaps there is nothing more delightful in the romance of boyhood than the finding of some secret hiding-place whither a body may creep away from the bustle of the world’s life, to nestle in quietness for an hour or two. More especially is such delightful if it happen that by peeping from out it, one […]
The Parable of the Stuck Kite
Oliver Jeffers is a favorite author/illustrator in our household. The ridiculous adventures that his characters find themselves in make us laugh while stretching our imaginations. At the top of our Oliver Jeffers list is the picture book, Stuck. Stuck begins with a boy named Floyd who gets his kite stuck in a tree. The rest […]
What’s in a Name?
“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.” What a genius introduction to a flawed character. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader bluntly reveals the character of Eustace Scrubb before he even has a chance to defend himself. Names define who we are. C.S. Lewis knew it. We know it. […]
In Times of Destruction
April 19, 1906: “3000 Dead, $300,000,000 Lost, San Francisco is Obliterated” October 25, 1929: “Greatest Crash in Wall Street’s History” December 7, 1941: “War! Oahu Bombed By Japanese Planes” September 12, 2001: “U.S. Attacked: Hijacked Jets Destroy Twin Towers and Hit Pentagon in Day of Terror” These are a few of the headlines that have […]
Life Lessons from Unlikely Friends
This summer, I decided it was time to try reading a chapter book aloud to my oldest child. He is four-years-old…and he’s a boy. I knew that it would be a struggle to get through a few pages each night, but I thought it would be worth the effort in the end. We picked up […]