The Little Prince

 

Title: The Little Prince

Author: Antoine de Saint Exupery

Rating: ★★★★★

Ages: 12 - 18+

    The little prince lived alone on a tiny planet no larger than a house. He owned three volcanoes, two active and one extinct. He also owned a flower, unlike any flower in all the galaxy, of great beauty and of inordinate pride. It was this pride that ruined the serenity of the little prince's world and started him on the interplanetary travels that brought him to Earth, where he learned, finally, from a fox, the secret of what is really important in life.

    There are few stories that in some way, in some degree, change the world forever for their readers. This is one.

 “Tell me what you listen to, and I’ll tell you who you are.” ― Tiffanie DeBartolo

Two-Headed Calf by Laura Gilpin

Two-Headed Calf

by Laura Gilpin

Tomorrow when the farm boys find this

freak of nature, they will wrap his body

in newspaper and carry him to the museum.

But tonight he is alive and in the north 

field with his mother. It is a perfect

summer evening: the moon rising over

the orchard, the wind in the grass. And

as he stares into the sky, there are

twice as many stars as usual.

"Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and - if things don't work out - take another shot." -- Unknown --

"Be the change you want to see in the world." -- Mahatama Gandhi --

April 5, 2025; Update

    Hello, dear readers! Today is a very special day - it's the 1 year anniversary of this blog! Yay!!

    To celebrate, the first 3 readers to comment on this post can each share their 3 favourite quotes - and they might just make it onto this blog!

    Thanks to all those who enjoy this blog, and I hope this past year of posts have been just as lovely for you readers. Thank you for all the views, as they are the things that help me keep this blog going strong. 

"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others." -- Buddha --

 “It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted.” ― George Eliot

The Jungle Book

Title: The Jungle Book

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Rating: ★★★★★

Ages: 8 - 14

    "The Tiger's roar filled the cave with thunder. Mother Wolf shook herself clear of the cubs and sprang forward, her eyes, like two green moons in the darkness, facing the blazing eyes of Shere Khan. 'The man's cub is mine. . . . He shall live to run with the Pack and to hunt with the Pack; and in the end, look you, hunter of little naked cubs, he shall hunt thee.'"

    When Mowgli the young Man-cub wanders into the jungle one day, he is adopted by the wolf pack. With help from Baloo the Bear and Bagheera the Black Panther, they teach him the laws of the jungle. Mowgli's fearless adventures are featured in the enduring stories and poems of The Jungle Book, along with tales of many other favorite characters, such as the mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and Toomai of the Elephants.

 “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” – George Washington

"If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings." -- Welsh Proverb --