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Time for Timelessness

August 19, 2019 by Zach Franzen 21 Comments

Editor’s Note: Here’s another archival post worth revisiting. Enjoy! I recently spoke with a nice woman who works in publishing.  I asked her why publishing has abandoned timelessness in favor of timeliness. I will summarize her answer: Librarians used to drive the market.  That explains the success of Robert Lawson, Eleanor Estes, and Richard and […]

Filed Under: Faith & Vision, Fostering Imagination

Seven Steps To a Better Bedtime Story

November 7, 2018 by Zach Franzen 7 Comments

There is a calico cat that treads about our backyard like a fancy hobo.  He’s scrawny and haughty both.  I did this picture after a conversation my wife and I had about him. If you are the parent entrusted with bedtime story duties, perhaps you might conjure up a journey for him and see where […]

Filed Under: Discovering Resources, Featured Article, Fostering Imagination, Parenting

Share Aesop ASAP

July 25, 2018 by Zach Franzen 5 Comments

Stained glass windows do not make us treasure glass as much as they make us treasure light.  The glory of stained glass windows, like the glory of creation,  consists in showcasing that which shines through it. There are those who spend a great deal of time persuading others that the world around us is opaque […]

Filed Under: Books, Discovering Resources, Fostering Imagination

Newly Minted Familiarity

October 11, 2017 by Zach Franzen 6 Comments

Fantasy is a two-edged sword. It can amplify our disenchantment with the world, or refresh our appreciation of it.  William Jay Smith does a great job communicating the romance of domesticity and refreshing our appreciation of life in his poem, “The Toaster.”  He uses the unfamiliar (dragon) to refresh our wonder at the familiar (toaster).  Tolkien […]

Filed Under: Books, Discovering Resources

Member of the Family

June 7, 2017 by Zach Franzen 5 Comments

Some months ago, my wife and I were reading Eleanor Estes’ charming book Rufus M.  We were amazed at one story where Rufus (the youngest of the Moffats and the title character) found some money frozen in the ice.  While the rest of his family were busy trying to manage a frozen pipe under the […]

Filed Under: Books, Discovering Resources, For Kids, Poetry Tagged With: Dorothy Aldis, Eleanor Estes, Illustration, Poetry, Rufus M

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