From time to time I hope to share some of the stories we’ve been reading to our boys. Deborah and I are always on the lookout for more good books to read to them (and enjoy ourselves). I hope you’ll share some of your favorites too. Here are a few that have stood out of late.
Mortimer’s First Garden, by Karma Wilson, is a very clever allegory of the “mustard seed theology” of the kingdom of God. The story moves from misunderstanding about the kingdom; to the beginning of the kingdom at the resurrection; to the perseverance of faith, culminating at last in feasting and rest.
The Book of Giant Stories, by David L. Harrison; illustrated by Philippe Fix. There are three short stories, the first of which we liked the best, but the illustrations are especially impressive.
The Water of Life is a Brother’s Grimm tale retold by Barbara Rogasky; illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Classic stuff. Hyman has also illustrated Margaret Hodges’ works Saint George and the Dragon and The Kitchen Knight, Lloyd Alexander’s The Fortune-Tellers, and scores of others.