“Do the children who prefer books set in the real, ordinary, workaday world ever read as obsessively as those who would much rather be transported into other worlds entirely?” WorldChildrenBookRealOrdinaryOther Worlds Author:Laura Miller
“Adventure,' then, is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. Turning a difficult task or a perilous journey into an adventure is largely a matter of telling yourself the right story about it, which is one thing that Lewis's child characters have learned from reading, 'the right books.” IfsChildrenBookDifferentMatterCharacterStoriesMightSpiritReadingDifficultOne ThingJourneyAdventureTasksHardshipDifficult Tasks Author:Laura Miller
“If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very high on the list.” IfsChildrenBookTurnsEffectsReaderListsSignificanceChildren's Books Author:Laura Miller
“But there is so much more to do for the city we love... a Dallas with roads as strong as our businesses, parks as beautiful as our children, a downtown as tall as our imagination.” ChildrenBeautifulStrongImaginationCitiesOur ChildrenParksTallDowntownDallas Author:Laura Miller
