"If the light goes out...
wear it around your neck and go dancing"...
"If it's the last dance,
Dance backwards."...
What Children's Books made lasting impressions on you as a child, have stayed with you into adulthood? What are your favorite books to read to your kids? How have books changed* for you as the reader?
-from If You're Afraid of the Dark Remember the Night Rainbow by: Cooper EdensCooper Edens is one of my all-time favorite Children's Book authors. If you don't know of these wise, whimsical books, I highly recommend looking into them. They're magical. Loved them as a child. Love them even more as a parent.
Would love to hear your grand stories about grand stories.
GGC
*I recently picked up Outside Over There (my favorite book as a child) to read to Archer, realizing, as I started reading aloud, how scary it was. And yet? As a little girl, it was my absolute favorite book - more than anything else in my library. I had forgotten what the story was about (a girl's little sister gets kidnapped by goblins and she must travel into their spooky land, confuse the goblins by making them dance, rescue her baby sister and bring her home safe and sound. It's basically Where the Wild Things Are for girls with savior-complexes.) and how disturbing...
"This book's too scary," Archer said to me.
"I agree," I said. And put it away.
