Lindsey Cornett, Managing Editor of Englewood Press, spoke with authors Sarah Arthur and Mitali Perkins about the value and significance of children’s literature for spiritual formation. Their conversation explored how literature connects us to the heart of God, how Mitali and Sarah think about their own audiences as they write, and why adults should be reading children’s literature. As always, the conversation wraps up with a discussion of what they have been reading lately.
Mitali Perkins is an award-winning author of novels and picture books for young readers, including You Bring the Distant Near; Forward Me Back to You; Rickshaw Girl; and Bamboo People, among others. Her books have been nominated for the National Book Award, have won the South Asia Book Award, and have been listed as Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and School Library Journal. Born in Kolkata, India, Perkins has lived in India, Ghana, Cameroon, Great Britain, Mexico, Bangladesh, Thailand, and the United States. She lives and writes in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sarah Arthur is a fun-loving speaker and the bestselling author of a dozen books for teens and adults, including Once a Queen and Walking with Frodo. Among other nerdy adventures, she has served as preliminary fiction judge for the CT Book Awards, was a founding board member of the annual C. S. Lewis Festival in Northern Michigan, and codirects the Madeleine L’Engle Writing Retreats.
Books Mentioned in this Episode:
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- Once A Queen (Book 1 of the Carrick Hall Novels) by Sarah Arthur
- Once a Castle (Book 2 of the Carrick Hall Novels) by Sarah Arthur
- You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
- Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins
- The Golden Necklace: A Darjeeling Tea Mystery by Mitali Perkins
- Steeped In Stories: Timeless Children’s Novels to Refresh Our Tired Souls by Mitali Perkins
- The God-Hungry Imagination: The Art of Storytelling for Postmodern Youth Ministry by Sarah Arthur
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
- A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L’Engle by Sarah Arthur
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
- The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson
- My Friends by Fredrick Backman
- The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next #1) by Jasper Fforde
- Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
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