BRIGHT WINGS

(and HOW do I find them in Books?!) We love the words truth, goodness, and beauty...but if someone asked us to explain what these are,...

Everyone is happy to promote "girl power," aren't they? We love our daughters! and we did our own version of that theme in Episode 18:...

(Bright Wings: Children's Books welcomes Anna Reynold's wise reflection on Mirette on the Highwire by Emily Arnold McCully) Certain books...

"O Come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer Our Spirits by thine advent here. Disperse the gloomy clouds of night And death's dark shadows...

We talked about how adventure shapes character as we first discussed Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe by Vera Williams and then Call...

Children can begin to appreciate their literary inheritance and enjoy Shakespeare. Become a supportive reading community.

(After my book review of the first novel in this series, I entered into conversation with Sydney Rosenberger a children's librarian. She...

I hope you enjoyed the more technical exploration of word-language-reading issues that I discussed with Jenny Richeson. Here, we bow to...

Thank you for purchasing books for your family through these links. I receive10% from Bookshop. You can use this list which has a couple...

(Originally published in The Public Discourse. Used with author's permission.) JUNE 27, 2021. BY JEREMY ADAMS Encouraging people to be...

I remember the moment of my oldest daughter's birth with incredible clarity. Every single birth of every single child is beautiful and...

*Thank you for supporting this mission by buying books through these links! Stories for Strong Girls Ages 3-10: Big Sister Now. Annette...

It was my great pleasure to discuss comics and beauty with Julian Peters on Episodes 16 and Episode 17 of Bright Wings: Children’s Books...

Hello and Welcome! While you enjoy listening to the conversations about comics and beauty, please refer to these images. First, I present...

Can I make a confession? In my entire life I have dropped only two course because they were too difficult. One was college statistics. ...

Miss Bennet, there seemed to be a prettyish kind of a little wilderness at the side of your lawn. I should be glad to take a turn in it....

Listening to the podcast Family Spirituality and Fiction caused me to think anew about its themes. I wonder if it raised questions in...

I call my nine year old the Queen of Connections. I enjoy her royal abilities most of the time. I’m temporarily homeschooling my kids,...

Who do you see practicing resilience? When you start noticing resiliency you may start to see it in more places than you'd imagined. Our...

I remember the moment I saw my oldest daughter for the first time. I remember the quiet and the stillness and the soft lighting. Almost...

How do we get where we are going? Honestly, that’s a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. I find myself stuck in what Dr Suess...

A cross stitch my granny made says: Bloom where you are planted. There is wisdom in that statement. Unlike plants, we usually make a...

Embracing life and the simple things in all their truth, beauty and goodness, Peter stays rooted in what really matters and experiences a...

I am a bookworm, raising a flock of bookworms (what is the term for a group of worms? A…. squiggle? A squiggle of bookworms?) after me. I...