Jane Langton Gave Me Geese
In WildÂness is the preserÂvaÂtion of the World. ~ HenÂry David ThoreÂau
It’s rare a children’s book changes you when you’re an adult. I don’t mean fleetÂing HarÂry Potter/Team Edward crossover fanÂdom, but genÂuine change (as with WaterÂship Down). I was nearÂly 30 when Jane LangÂton’s book The FledgÂling was pubÂlished in 1980. At that stage of my not-yet-fledged career, I read children’s books by the boxload and was thrilled to disÂcovÂer a new one by my favorite writer.… more