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The Magic Lamp
A good story is a magic lamp: instead of releasing a genie, it releases young readers’ imaginations, delight and sense of wonder. It promises to enrich the way they see life and see themselves. With special emphasis on folk and fairy tales, this blog explores the mind-expanding, life-enriching benefits of stories.
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Feeling Like A Kid, Part 3: The Benefits of Scariness
We grownups are sometimes tempted to imagine childhood as sweet and innocent. (No wonder many children’s stories are sentimental and saccharine.) But the truth is, being a kid is scary—says Jerry Griswold in his book, Thinking Like A Kid. Remember the terror of...
Feeling Like A Kid, Part 2: Snug Places and Dream Spaces
Kids love snug places. They like to play underneath tables or make tents from blankets and chairs or find secret hideaways. In his book, Feeling Like A Kid, Jerry Griswold shows that Snugness is a big theme in children’s literature—from Badger’s cozy underground home...
Feeling Like A Kid, Part 1
What does it actually feel like to be a kid? Jerry Griswold, director of the National Center for the Study of Children’s Literature, has written an insightful little book that helps us with that. It’s called Feeling Like A Kid. Griswold says there are five themes that...
Something Beautiful
“There is something quite beautiful about a life.” That may seem like an obvious statement. (It comes from James Hillman’s book, The Soul’s Code, which I quoted in our last post.) But it’s worth reflecting on. Do you regard your life as a thing of beauty? How about...
Izzy’s Impossible Adventure, Excerpt #5
Izzy’s Impossible Adventure Excerpt #5: Chapters 41-THE END Geoffery Alan Moore Chapter Forty-one “Black, black, black, black, black!” While the bugs were cleaning up at the edge of the pond, a duck paddled in their direction,...
Izzy’s Impossible Adventure, Excerpt #4
Izzy’s Impossible Adventure Excerpt #4: Chapters 32-40 Geoffery Alan Moore Chapter Thirty-two Attack of the One-eyed Lizard The ants dashed toward the entrance to the ant colony, but the one-eyed lizard was fast; he quickly caught three...
Izzy’s Impossible Adventure, Excerpt #3
Izzy’s Impossible Adventure Excerpt #3: Chapters 22-31 Geoffery Alan Moore Chapter Twenty-two The Fly on the Wall “Warriors, congratulations on your first tremendous victory at the battle of the barnyard!” General Rancor was...
Izzy’s impossible Adventure, Excerpt #2
Izzy’s Impossible Adventure Excerpt #2: Chapters 10-21 Geoffery Moore PART TWO JULY 1-2 Chapter Ten A Shudder In The Udder “Moooove it! Moooove it! Get away you pesky, impolite, impertinent, infuriating, inconsiderate pest!” It was a cool, early...
