Who recommends it
- Rob SwandaInterview
First: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Yes yes, I know it’s about chronic illness, BUT in my opinion, it shows human perseverance, the desire to always teach others, and how our individual impacts last long after our lives are over. Second: (maybe cliché) To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. We have a long way to go…
- Shane DikolliInterview
I’ve read many, many children’s books more than once. I revisited them because my young children at the time loved them. The ones I would revisit most often were the ones with rhythmic words, such as Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown or Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox. I particularly love Wilfrid…
- Claire FullertonInterview
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown as read to me by my father. I can still hear his voice reading this classic. The book gave me a sense of connection to everything around me and taught me about the importance of interacting in the world from a premise of awe-struck wonder.
- Gina WohlsdorfInterview
A collection that contained a few of Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, fables, poems. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown was in there, and that one about a house that goes to ruin as the neighbourhood around it urbanizes. A tale about a man who never washed his dishes (traumatized me; I’ve…
Often recommended alongside
To Kill a Mockingbird
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