VM Booksets

When someone close dies, grief aside, what should one think? Both of these books are best offered to a young reader well before someone they may know passes on. Read More →

Perspicacity enables one to see beauty and happiness that is otherwise out of reach. Even adult readers can gain simply by observing how the characters in these novelettes reach a better understanding. Read More →

There must be caves just like our own. . . / And other axes made of stone. . . / And other men like me. . .” |—| ‘Even’ up here in Alaska, even in the narrow lives of illiterate ‘natives’, the wealth of ideas that others bring to one’s life matters! Read More →

What sort of man sits, thoughtfully carving wood with a flint knife, when there is hunting to be done? / The great cobras have decided —kill them all! / Closer to day to day: the troubles Henry has while baby sitting?. Read More →

Challenges can make life, and fiction, both exciting and a nightmare. They give us things we can look back upon and say, “been there, done that, got the t-shirt“.
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How the heck would Rikki Tikki Tavi save his human family from two terrifying Cobras; by what trick did Arthur defend himself from Binky Barne’s bullying, and by what marvelous ingenuity did Ziggy save the lives of the three little pigs? Read More →

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” —C.S.Lewis Read More →

How to defeat a vain dragon, why boots don’t fit, and how to write a speech —three fun stories about acting on, or discovering, the value of thinking for oneself. Read More →

The first thing a child needs is to discover the amazing real things in the world. Use good Boardbooks to help your child start connecting images with the real stuff. Read More →

Each time a child succeeds on his own, he also learns a small, cumulative, lesson in his own capability. He gains Self-Esteem and learns that determination is a Virtue. Read More →