Sublime

A Little Princess (greatest vindication story ever), The Golden Compass (greatest animal character ever), and Little Women

He decided that she should write stories and books and in 1925, as an encouragement, he took one of her plays for children, The Knave of Hearts, and had Scribners publish it in a large-format volume with lavish illustrations by Maxfield Parrish, a friend of the Perkinses who lived across the Connecticut River from Windsor. Parrish collectors consid

Here was a shelf of nothing but Harry Potter, here, my worn copies of the Narnia books, there, my beloved Little House books (Santa Claus brought me one volume each Christmas for nine years). The Elizabeth Enright and Edward Eager books I’d read so many times. Mary Stoltz, who didn’t get the attention she deserved. Streatfield, Barrie, Canfield, Co

Adams’ book is a beautiful piece of writing and frames the adventures of the rabbits within stunning, brief descriptions of the British countryside. The details of plants and flowers never overwhelm the narrative or slow down the story but rather give the sense of a deep spiritual connection between the writer and the British countryside.