Tag: grace

  • April 12, 2023

    April 12, 2023

    A young reader named Grace wrote to tell me that “the pig books” make her happy because whenever she reads them to her mom, it makes her mother laugh “soooooooooo” hard. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me—to think of a mother and daughter reading together, laughing together. Thank you, Grace. Thank you,…

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  • April 17, 2014

    April 17, 2014

    Some book titles seem like short poems to me: Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (Grace Paley), A River Runs Through It (Norman Maclean) And then there is Bill Holm’s wonderful The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth. Say those words out loud. The heart can be filled anywhere on earth. Now, look out…

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