The mystery and magic of fables and
legends stirs the heart of young and old.
Reading of castles, fairy princesses and
brave knights are a way to escape for just
a fleeting moment the cares and concerns
of this world. Please allow me to share
some of these with you. Let the wonder
of days of long ago thrill you once again.
"Books"
What worlds of wonder are our books!
As one opens them and looks,
New ideas and people rise
In our fancies and our eyes.
The room we sit in melts away,
And we find ourselves at play
With some one who, before the end,
May become our chosen friend.
Or we sail along the page
To some other land or age.
Here's our body in the chair,
But our mind is over there.
Each book is a magic box
Which with a touch a child unlocks.
In between their outside covers
Books hold all things for their lovers.
By Eleanor Farjeon
Please email me with your favorites and
and I will include them here.
| Sword in the Stone | The Box Car Children | Little Women |
| An Old Fashioned Girl | Eight Cousins | Rose in Bloom |
| Wind in the Willows | The Boy's King Arthur | Beauty and the Beast |
| Thumbelina | Rapunzel | The Frog Prince |
| Old Yellar | Ivanhoe | Robin Hood |
| Swan Princess | Wizard of Oz | The Chronicles of Narnia |
| Charlotte's Web | Freckles | Girl of the Limberlost |
| A Little Princess | Little House on the Prairie | Anne of Green Gables |
| Black Beauty | Pollyanna | The Black Stallion |
| Velveteen Rabbit | Sleeping Beauty | Cinderella |
| Stuart Little | Secret Garden | The Little Prince |
Garrison Keillor
