Reading the chapter eight to chapter nine of the book The Magician’s Nephew from The Chronicles of Narnia took my breath away. At first, I found myself in the darkness with Digory, Polly, Cabby and Strawberry. “This is an empty world. This is nothing!”“There were no stars. It was so dark that they couldn’t see …
I am so excited to return to Narnia this summer! I am going to reread the books that have great impact on my life. I could not agree more with the introduction written by Douglas Gresham (C.S. Lewis’ stepson): “As you read the Chronicles of Narnia, let them carry you too to a place that …
I travelled and spent beautiful time with my little friend last week. Since I gave her “Schubert Sound Book” last year, she loves it so much that her parents got her Mozart and Bach. So “Schubert”, “Bach” and “Mozart” belong to her very first vocabulary next to “papa” and “mama”. The “Sound Book” series of …
Some weeks ago, someone mentioned Klaus Kordon in an article. That article piqued my interest in this writer, I started to read his Brothers Like Friends (Brüder wie Freunde) and I could not put the book down. A beautiful book about childhood in Berlin after World War 2, where ruins were children’s playgrounds. The bond …
I seriously deviated from the reading plan that I set at the beginning of the year. The books I read outside my reading plan are imperative, because I have found inspirations about the most important things in life. Of course, I’ve read more than six books, but this 6 books are my pick of the …
“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”… …“Suppose it should be raving mad after all! I almost wish I’d gone to see the Hatter instead!” Alice said. Excerpt from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll …
The coming Sunday, 18th June is Father’s Day. Let me take the opportunity of this special day to share with you a touching memory of a son as he remembered his father. He called his father “Jack”, but his name is C.S. Lewis, the creator of Narnia. Jack was a man who lived what he …
This children’s music book contains 5 places in the Palace of Versailles, each place is assigned to a music piece around 17th century. There are little white buttons to press to make the music play. Little words in French combine with the illustrations, they reflect what music for which occasion. The musical life in Versailles …
The coffee grinder was fine: as soon as you rotated the crank, it played ” May makes everything new… “. But, oh wonder – it played it in two voices!How is that possible? Can you explain it? Die Kaffeemühle war in Ordnung : Sobald man die Kurbel drehte, spielte sie “Alles neu macht der Mai …
Stepping into the bookstore was like entering an enchanted book world that only exists in imagination. Every corner, each room, the staircase, the corridor are decorated with such careful detail. My most loved room was the reading place at the 2nd floor, by the window. Then I read about the late bookstore owner wanted to write a novel with his bookstore, if I was in his bookstore, I was part of his novel. That was the magic he used.