Author: Litrasaurus Quest

It’s the 1st of March and our thoughts turn to March Hares. In the world of stories the most famous hare appears at the Mad Tea Party in “Alice’s Adventures… Continue reading

  “The March wind roars Like a lion in the sky, And makes us shiver As he passes by. When winds are soft, And the days are warm and clear,… Continue reading

“If apples were pears And peaches were plums And the rose had a different name. If tigers were bears And fingers were thumbs I’d love you just the same.”   Continue reading

Sharing stories and poems, the importance of libraries, creative writing, and the potential of books to change lives … all these things are at the heart of Litrasaurus. Whilst we… Continue reading

            Hillside Narcissus by Nora McFarlane “There’s a grassy slope not far away Where thousands of Narcissus bloom, And I catch my breath, as I… Continue reading

In a world fixated by online and screen based activities it is refreshing to remember just how revolutionary and dangerous the good old fashioned book was … and still can… Continue reading

Litrasaurus is a privately funded charitable endeavour whose aim is to encourage and develop imagination and creativity in the young, and young at heart, by the reading, writing, and sharing… Continue reading

This year marked the 135th anniversary of the birth of A.A. Milne, the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. This enigmatic, and slightly dishevelled, bear still holds a treasured place at the heart… Continue reading

The ability to read well is so fundamental to success of any kind, yet too many children in this country, through no fault of their own, are held back by… Continue reading

Winter by Walter de la Mare Clouded with snow The cold winds blow, And shrill on leafless bough The robin with its burning breast Alone sings now. The rayless sun,… Continue reading

At a ceremony tonight in Stockholm Bob Dylan will formally be presented as this year’s laureate for the Nobel Prize for Literature – being famously shy he will not be… Continue reading

According to the National Literacy Trust the number of children reading for pleasure every day in the UK fell by 25% between 2005 and 2012 to less than one in… Continue reading

Stories are as old as humankind itself and they are integral to every part of our lives, so much so that they resonate with our very being. They draw us… Continue reading

Human beings nowadays really do not appreciate just how integral stories and reading are to their very being. Reading has developed from myths and legends being told around the fireside… Continue reading

“Whenever I’m asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to read a lot. The second thing is to… Continue reading

Stories have been an essential part of human life longer than recorded time. In the days before books stories were told around the fire and were not just entertainment but… Continue reading

Napoleon once said “Imagination rules the world”. Many people only know this part of the quote, but he actually went on to say “The defect of our modern institutions is… Continue reading

“Come, little leaves,” said the wind one day, “Come over the meadows with me, and play; Put on your dresses of red and gold; Summer is gone, and the days… Continue reading

The great US President Theodore Roosevelt once said: “No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care”. More recently Barack Obama said in 2006: “There’s… Continue reading

Empathy is a relatively modern concept, indeed it had not even been ‘invented’ as a concept when Shelley wrote this great statement effectively defining it: “A man, to be greatly… Continue reading

This month’s featured story on Litrasaurus, as picked by Arbus Magicus, is “The Underwater City” by Mariana Gordan. CLICK HERE TO READ IT Mariana Gordan is a visual artist, writer… Continue reading

October by Robert Frost O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all. The crows above the… Continue reading

The golden-rod is yellow; The corn is turning brown; The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down. The gentian’s bluest fringes Are curling in the sun; In dusty… Continue reading

‘Tis moonlight, summer moonlight, All soft and still and fair; The solemn hour of midnight Breathes sweet thoughts everywhere, But most where trees are sending Their breezy boughs on high,… Continue reading

This month’s poem is by Walter De La Mare and is called, appropriately, “Summer Evening”   The sandy cat by the Farmer’s chair Mews at his knee for dainty fare;… Continue reading

This month’s poem is “Bed in Summer” by Robert Louis Stephenson   In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite the other way,… Continue reading

Song On A May Morning “Now the bright morning star, day’s harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws… Continue reading

“And Spring arose on the garden fair, Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere; And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast rose from the dreams of its wintry… Continue reading

“A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds” This wonderful quote is by the great poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. … Continue reading

This is an amazing TED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson, in which he makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines)… Continue reading