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Perkins, Mitali, author.

Steeped in stories : timeless children's novels to refresh our tired souls / Mitali Perkins.

Minneapolis : Broadleaf Books, [2021]

vi, 237 pages ; 19 cm

Join award-winning author Mitali Perkins as she explores the promise of seven timeless children's novels for adults living in uncertain times. Through works by Louisa May Alcott, C. S. Lewis, L. M. Montgomery, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and other literary uncles and aunts, Perkins unpacks wisdom to help us thrive.

Children's stories -- Appreciation.

Children's stories -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

Children's stories -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Books and reading -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

Literary criticism.

"The stories we read as children shape us for the rest of our lives"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: The transformative practice of reading children's classics -- Danger ahead: The elephant in the room -- Seven books, seven virtues: Finding goodness in person -- Rigidity and love: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery -- Alienation and faith: Heidi by Johanna Spyri -- Despair and hope: Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace -- Pusillanimity and courage: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien -- Self-indulgence and temperance: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott -- Favoritism and justice: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett -- Rashness and prudence: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis -- See the flaws, see the virtues: Consuming and creating children's stories -- Conclusion: Drinking tea with the dead.

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