One of two recent swashbuckling novels that I have read is The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The book is exciting and...

Photo Credit to Tiana Attride on Unsplash Since I've been helping at VBS this week, I haven't had time to prepare the post I'd been...

Photo credit to Aaron Burden on Unsplash It’s okay to reread your favorite childhood books. I discovered this recently when I reread a...

I wrote this post a while ago for another website (it didn't get published, by the way) and I couldn't bear for it to sit around,...

Beatrix Potter doesn’t only live on in her fabulous books; she is well-represented in film as well. Her works first came to the screen with the famous children’s show directed by Dianne Jackson and produced by several companies, including BBC.      There are quite a few reasons why this series Peter Rabbit and Friends is an excellent interpretation of Beatrix Potter’s stories. First of all, each episode begins with an actor portraying Beatrix Potter out in the country, painti

While I am not finished with my short series on Beatrix Potter, this week has been busy, and I haven't had the time I've wanted to...

Public Domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=peter+rabbit&title=Special:MediaSearch&go=Go&type=image      Everything...

After Hugo and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The Fox and the Child, directed by Luc Jacquet is probably next on my list of...

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, a fantasy film directed by Lasse Hallstrom and Joe Johnston, is my next favorite, little-known...

I love finding mostly unknown, but extremely beautiful movies to watch. Chief in my mind, among those films is Hugo .      This movie is...