One thing I’ve also noticed is the gradual loss of the understanding of “imagination” as a category; it can sound a little Reading Rainbow to talk about, but wouldn’t you know imagination is actually an essential part of the human condition. In so far as the words “spirit” or “spirituality” mean anything beyond woo-woo or cliché they must include... See more

The books that shape the moral and imaginative landscape of a culture are rarely Sunday school curriculum. They are the stories woven into the cultural fabric—like The Wind in the Willows , Peter Pan , or The Secret Garden .

"Could it truly be important for children to have long, light, whimsical, colorful, imaginative, heart-wrenching books full of wonder, simply written by a Christian, even if the content is not overtly Christian?"