//=time() ?>
Garth Williams believed that books "given, or read, to children can have a profound influence!' With that in mind, he used his illustrations to try to "awaken something of importance: responsibility, respect for others, interest in the world at large!'"
This reminds me, I need to visit my favorite bakery. Anyone want to come with for coffee, cake & conversation?
(illustration by Bernard Waber)
Daydreaming is not a waste of time. Daydreaming is allowing for wonder. Daydreaming is asking "What if?" It is a realignment of reality - the imagining of the impossible as possible.
What do you consider a perfect book from your childhood?
Long before there was Ghibli food there were the feasts of Redwall
(illustrations by Christopher Denise)
My ideal Ghibli life: the cottage from Kiki's Delivery Service, Calcifer to cook my food (any of the delicious looking Ghibli food), a Totoro to nap on, and an herbal bath to soak in.
The Tale of Princess Kaguya is based on the Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. In it a bamboo cutter comes across a mysterious, shining stalk of bamboo &, after cutting it open, finds an infant the size of his thumb inside. #FairyTaleTuesday