I'll never forget the childhood summer I indulged myself by reading through Andrew Lang's entire rainbow of fairy tale books.
Fantasy allows children to enter a new world and ignite an internal universe of imagination.
Bright, bold illustrations add cheer, especially for a child spending time in the hospital. One night she watches him dancing, whooping, and floating in the air with the aid of his glowing conjure stick. Harvey Potter builds her a balloon basket so she can leave for faraway places and begin her own balloon crop. Tales to Bring the World Closer Folk and fairy tales are often a way to dream about other places while bringing them closer to home. Patricia Roddy, who spent four years teaching in West Africa, brings back a legend she heard in the village of Becedi Brignan.