Have you ever been in a large forest and seen a strange black tarn hidden deep among the tall trees? It looks bewitched and a little frightening. All is still—fir trees and pines huddle close and silent on all sides. Sometimes the trees bend cautiously and shyly over the water as if they are [...]
When I was a little girl I used to borrow this picture book from the library at least seven times a year. I would always stare the longest at the picture of the twelve sisters in the forest of the leaves of silver and gold.
Artwork by Kinoku Y. Craft
I think being a whale must be rather lonely, sometimes.
Artwork by Peter Sís
I want to be a little paper doll and live in my paper house and wear paper clothes with the white tabs for fit. Everything would be neat and light and bright with the smiles drawn on and the beds always made. I would be a little worried about the rain though.
You have only just been made
In the starry meadows.
Is your little heart afraid
Of the storms and shadows?
Artwork by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
