The Summer of the Great-Grandmother (Crosswicks Journals #2) by Madeleine L'Engle insects in art The Lion and the Statue

The Lion and the Statue

and not to please their parents or their teachers-but because they want to know about the world around them

and blessedly bite-sized explanations

this miniaturized Barn Owl finger puppet seeks a perch atop your finger

Billy Mink's Swimming Party IX

The Summer of the Great-Grandmother (Crosswicks Journals #2) by Madeleine L'Engle insects in art The Lion and the StatueA poignant meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters and the inescapable effects of time from the author of A Wrinkle in Time. In the second memoir of her Crosswicks Journals, Madeleine L'Engle chronicles a season of extremes. Four generations of family have gathered at Crosswicks, her Connecticut farmhouse, to care for L'Engle's ninety year old mother. As summer days fade to sleepless nights, her mother's health rapidly declines and her