Posted in April 2012 …
Sympathy of Wolves by Louise Robinson
On Stories…
“There are no happy endings… There are no endings, happy or otherwise. We all have our own stories which are just part of the one Story that binds both this world and Faerie. Sometimes we step into each others stories – perhaps just for a few minutes, perhaps for years – and then we step … Continue reading
White Bear King Valemon by Theodor Kittelsen
Awe Inspiring Libraries: The Bodleian Library, Oxford
When I think of the quintessential library, I inevitably think of the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. During my first college spring break I ventured to London with two close friends. We had many eye-opening experiences in and around the city itself, but the last day of our trip we decided to take a bus … Continue reading
Svipdag Transformed by John Bauer
On the Magic of Books…
“A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, … Continue reading
Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow
Ambush from The Princess and the Goblin by Nick Harris
On Books Staying With You…
“All morning I struggled with the sensation of stray wisps of one world seeping through the cracks of another. Do you know the feeling when you start reading a new book before the membrane of the last one has had time to close behind you? You leave the previous book with ideas and themes — … Continue reading
