Are your little ones strangers to Beatrix Potter? Perhaps they have only gone so far as Peter Rabbit’s misadventures. Here is a little dose of her charming rhymes, beautifully accompanied by her much-imitated paintings. I have selected a few parts from Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes for your enjoyment today. This little book was published nearly 92 years […]

Another silly poem from G.K. Chesterton’s ally, Hilaire Belloc, appears at SW Shorts today. Laughter is good for the soul –Andrew I call you bad, my little child, Upon the title page, Because a manner rude and wild Is common at your age. The Moral of this priceless work (If rightly understood) Will make you—from […]

Editor’s Note: I am very fond of the gentlemen who have teamed up to delight the childrenfolk today. I first met Josh at a tiny Bible college in southern Ohio. He was sipping a pop and we discovered that our pops had both been to this tiny Bible college as well. Later, I went to […]

G.K. Chesterton’s ally, Hilaire Belloc, appears at SW Shorts again to brighten our day and chase all our pretensions away. I hope you giggle as much I did. For giggling, as The Great Bogie King of Independent Snottland said, is good for the nostrils. –Sam —–   —–   —– Godolphin Horne Who was cursed with […]

Editor’s note: Were delighted to feature a guest post from animator, writer, illustrator, and Canada’s most cheese-conscious poet, Ken Priebe. This is an excerpt from Ken’s upcoming book, deliciously titled, Gnomes of the Cheese Forest and Other Poems. We wish him great…um, success…on the project. And we’ll let you know when it’s available. –Sam