Seeds of Hope
As we enter the dark time of year and who knows what other kinds of dark times we may be facing, we are looking for stories of hope—and finding them.
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Enchanted Lion
I am enchanted … with the fresh, delightful, and imaginative books published by this independent publisher. Their doors opened in 2003 and even during these tumultuous times, their doors have stayed open and their vision has stayed strong. Enchanted Lion Books come from a diversity of sources and voices that have been under-represented, translated books from other countries and cultures, and international illustrations that are unusual and captivating.
Our Collapsing World
The function of story—all story—is to make meaning. And meaning that we make for children lasts.
Lynne Jonell: Justice in Another World
by Lynne Jonell
I just met a woman who lived through horrifying emotional abuse as a child.
I had been told about her history some years before; but when I met the woman, we didn’t mention it. We talked instead about books, a subject of common interest, and teaching, her passion.
I made an effort to forget what I knew about her past; it was awful enough for her to have lived through it without my thinking about it while we talked, like a bystander at a crime scene who keeps casting surreptitious glances at the pooling blood beneath a blanket-covered mound.… more
