The Possibilities of a Handwritten Name Sunlight streamed into the children's room as the librarian handed my older sister her first...

When L. M. Montgomery published Anne's House of Dreams in 1917, she was far from home. She lived 1,675 km from Prince Edward Island. In...

My husband and I can never resist a sign that reads “Library Book Sale.” On an autumn afternoon filled with brilliant colors and...

What can the height of a table tell you? If you walked into a special children's library of long ago, a small table could tell you a...

Mary Stewart Moment #1 I had a delightful and unexpected “Mary Stewart" moment this week—a perfect way to celebrate the author’s...

A Story Without an End Have you heard this beautiful song , a favorite of mine, performed by teacher and musician Earl Grant? As the...

Discovering Narnian Treasure I walked into the fragrance of a hundred Christmas trees. On my way to my cluster mailbox about a half-mile...

Please welcome Mary Elizabeth Brown, our guest blogger today. Mary is a musician and writer who is currently working on an historical...

The heady scent of wisteria mixed with orange blossoms in spring. .. When I opened my window as a child, those are the fragrances that...

It began with a small painting. As legend tells it, Samuel Clemens saw a miniature of Olivia Langdon when he met her brother, Charles,...

Like Alice's adventures through the looking-glass, Emily Dickinson's life is full of contradictions and illusions. I knew very little...

On an early spring day, Lucy Maud Montgomery felt a chill when she opened the door to the clothes room. Although the frost had started to...

"...for Assateague belonged to the wild things, and the wild ponies whose ancestors had lived on it since the days of the Spanish...

Would you pay money to spend a vacation washing windows, mowing the lawn, weeding, polishing brass and painting objects high above the...

In between picnics, fireworks, and being out in the midsummer sunshine, the 4th of July weekend is a great time to relax and enjoy a...

The Velvet Room is a surprising and wonderful book I never wanted to read again. When I discovered the book at the age of ten, its...