When it comes to allegories, people have Opinions. Some readers find them unbearably cheesy, which is, I guess, understandable: few things grate on the nerves like a story that’s too handholdy—the kind that tells us what we’re supposed to think about every element of the story. And allegories can certainly come across as handholdy. There’s […]
Gradual Emancipation: A Parent’s Sacrifice
From the moments they begin to crawl and take their first steps, they are inching into a broader world. The first time they take the spoon and go after the peas and carrot on their own or eat the spaghetti with their chubby little fingers from off their high chair tray, they are gaining independence. […]
Picturing My Fluffy, Crispy, Silent, Impatient World
Reading picture books as an adult is fun for lots of reasons, but one reason I’ve found is that I appreciate the different styles of illustration much more than I did as a younger reader. These days I’m especially finding myself drawn to paper collage illustrations, and one artist who always catches my eye is […]
Learning to Give Space for Imagination
Each night after supper, we gather our three toddlers, lace up our sneakers, and walk down to the old railroad tracks. My husband pushes the twins in our double stroller and I push the four-year-old on his tricycle, and we bump along down the path through potholes, puddles, and large rocks. On the way home, […]
The Warren & The World Vol 10, Issue 41
It’s Launch Week for Jack Zulu and the Waylander’s Key and we couldn’t be more excited! If you haven’t yet ordered your copy of S.D. Smith’s newest, co-written with his son, J.C. Smith, you should get on that! Grab your copy here! Around the Web 5 New, Memory-Making Advent Traditions If you’re looking for new ways to slow […]
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