Courage Book Review: Beautiful SoulsI’ve just finished reading Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times, by Eyal Press (Farrar, Straus and…
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Courage Book Review: Three Little Three Little PigsKnow how you can tell this classic is about physical courage? All the huffing and puffing! Just as The Three Billy Goats Gruff had plenty…
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Courage Book Review – Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the BraveImagine putting Cinderella in a blender with Hansel and Gretel, and then adding some voodoo. You will end up with something approaching Baba Yaga and…
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Courage Book Review – Why Courage Matters, by John McCainIn Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life we have a small, accessible book for adult readers (or teen readers, of course) by…
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Courage Book Review – treasures from Geraldine McCaughreanWe rank Geraldine McCaughrean among today’s most resourceful and exciting retellers of myths and legends from around the world. Her vivid writing style makes her…
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Courage Book Review – The Daring Book for GirlsLast week I talked about The Dangerous Book for Boys. This week it’s the girls’ turn, with The Daring Book for Girls, a sister volume. Using the…
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Courage Book Review – The Dangerous Book for BoysWhen The Dangerous Book for Boys came out a few years ago, it caused quite a stir, buddying up to Harry Potter on the bestseller…
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Courage Book Review – Saints and AnimalsLast week I shared the legend of St. Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio. Today, Lion’s Whiskers offers two books on the same theme. On…
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Courage Book Review – Who is the Other Mother? (and how do I get away from her!!?)I was struck by Lisa’s post yesterday about playing the Lion Game; what struck me was her young son’s conviction that she really had “gone…
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Courage Book Review – Taking a Walk with the BuddhaToday’s courage book review offers two illustrated books for children of Jataka tales, tales the Buddha told, but to begin with, here’s a beautiful picture…
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