How do memories transform creativity and imagination? For artist and poet Kate Greenaway, childhood memories created a swirl of color,...

What I'll Never Know Have you ever browsed in a used bookstore and wondered about an inscription? I still remember one I found inside a...

Credit: Charlotte Brontë by Evert A. Duyckinck, courtesy of the University of Texas at Austin The Possibilities of a Handwritten Name...

(New) Cape Tryon Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island. Credit: William Li CC BY-SA 4.0 When L. M. Montgomery published Anne's House of Dreams...

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need . — Cicero Lush gardens and books are delights that never grow old. The...

For those who love reading, the busy December holidays can be a challenge. No matter what the season, book lovers always find a few...

Autumn on Prince Edward island My husband and I started out married life in an apartment near the University of California, Berkeley....

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

After a week of what we call "Junuary" in the Pacific Northwest—a week filled with cloudy gray skies—I woke up to the summer sun...

Painting by Helen Allingham What can the height of a table tell you? If you walked into a special children's library of long ago, a...

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 . .. When I opened my window as a child, those are the fragrances that greeted me...

A lone figure walked along the beach after a fierce storm. With her long skirt twisting in the steady wind, she put up a hand to keep her...

Ann Sotheran, stained glass window. The World of James Herriot, Thirsk. Image Credit: Amanda Slater Creative Commons Attribution-Share...

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

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...

Every time you visit a lighthouse, there are a wealth of stories to discover. And when you open the pages of a book with a lighthouse...

Image: Ironica/Shutterstock (adapted) A sea mist began spreading over the island as Assistant Keeper Bel Sinclair prepared to leave the lighthouse. After her brother, Alec, took over the watch, Bel started back to the lighthouse keeper's quarters. She drew the folds of her cloak tighter around her shoulders. The first hint of autumn nipped along the edges of a new day on her remote island home. Tired after the demands of the watch, she still felt too restless for sleep. The