Family Poems: Wind

Wind poems are perfect for fall. Lately, we’ve enjoyed some classics like Christina Rossetti’s Who Has Seen the Wind and Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Wind.

I am tempted to wax eloquent about about wind, or perhaps fall, or maybe poetry. Trying to catch a leaf before it hits the ground is satisfying. So is staying inside and listening to the power of the wind from the other side of a wall.

In some initially related poetry googling, we found a new favorite The Everything of Everything by Shu Cai.

We can’t seem to finish Percy Bysshe Shelly’s Ode to The West Wind. Maybe next year.

Family Book Review: The Water Dragon

Sometimes it’s the story that makes a book special, and sometimes it’s the story of how we come to a book. Last summer on a family road trip vacation, we went to the beach, visited family, and checked out city sites. This should be the perfect vacation, right? Something for everyone!

The kids loved this trip. Especially the public library where we stopped to break up the drive home, which is where we stumbled upon Ji Lian’s The Water Dragon: A Chinese Legend.

This is truly an any age tale, timeless, and crafted to not include any “ripping kids from their parents” elements. We like the illustrations too.

This is a great read for those with an interest in Chinese dragons, and a good intro to them for those already interested in the dragons of Western stories.