Every mom has had the thought: How do they always know when I’m in the bathroom? With surprising regularity, children seek out those moments that their mothers find alone in the restroom, and like tiny heat-seeking missles, they target the bathroom door with their miniature fists. “MOOOM!” comes the call from outside, along with any […]
Learning from The House of Dunraven
Two years ago our family story time included readings of The House of Dunraven, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness and The Green Ember. About three chapters in to The Green Ember, our then-eight-year-old daughter asked me, “Are you and mom hiding something from us?” I didn’t understand her question at first; […]
Salt of the Earth: In Praise of Shane
Sometimes I reread children’s literature because I enjoy being captured again by the quality of writing and the stir of imagination. To truly know me as a reader of all things young, you must know that I read Laura Ingalls Wilder alongside every Louis L’Amour western in my junior high library. Not one librarian said […]
Review: Wildflowers Magazine
When I was a child, I loved checking the mail. I hoped, with a hope that renewed every morning, that inside our mailbox I’d find an envelope addressed to me: a letter from my cousin in Iowa, perhaps, or a chain letter from a classmate. Or, better yet, a mysterious package whose contents would jump-start […]
Rodents, Romans, and Chiaroscuro: Why We Love The Tale of Despereaux
Reader, do you know the definition of the word ‘chiaroscuro’? If you look in the dictionary, you will find that it means the arrangement of light and dark, darkness and light together. Let me tell you a few things you already know: Sometimes light and darkness take up residence in the same heart. Sometimes those who […]
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