Steeped in stories : timeless children's novels to refresh our tired souls

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The stories we read as children shape us for the rest of our lives-- but it's never too late to discover that transformative spark of hope that children's classics can ignite within us. Perkins invites us to explore the promise of seven timeless children's novels, and shows how they provide mirrors to our innermost selves, and open windows to other world. She shows that reading (or re-reading) these books as adults can help us build virtue, unmas...

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ISBN:

9781506469102

Description:

vi, 237 pages ; 19 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical notes

Contents:

Introduction : the transformative practice of reading children's classics
Danger ahead : the elephant in the room
Seven books, seven virtues : finding goodness in person
Rigidity and love : Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Alienation and faith : Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Despair and hope : Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
Pusillanimity and courage : The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Self-indulgence and temperance : Little women by Louisa May Alcott
Favoritism and justice : A little princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rashness and prudence : The silver chair by C. S. Lewis
See the flaws, seek the virtues: consuming and creating children's stories
Conclusion: Drinking tea with the dead

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3234772

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