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February Poem Snow-flakes

  By Litrasaurus Quest February 3, 2019 - 13:50 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest

Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken, Silent, and soft, and slow… Continue reading

“On Children” by Khalil Gibran

  By Litrasaurus Quest January 6, 2019 - 11:06 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with… Continue reading

January Poem

  By Litrasaurus Quest January 1, 2019 - 15:28 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest

  “The door was shut, as doors should be,Before you went to bed last night;Yet Jack Frost has got in, you see,And left your window silver white.He must have waited… Continue reading

A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic

  By Litrasaurus Quest December 23, 2018 - 15:11 November 9, 2021 Blog, LitraQuest

“What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance… Continue reading

December Poem – an extract from “Marmion” by Sir Walter Scott

  By Litrasaurus Quest December 1, 2018 - 19:39 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest
“In the Golden Gloaming” (1883) by John Atkinson Grimshaw

    When dark December glooms the day, And takes our autumn joys away; When short and scant the sunbeam throws, Upon the weary waste of snows, A cold and… Continue reading

The Angels Of Babel

  By Litrasaurus Quest October 31, 2018 - 14:00 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest

Right now the world needs more, possibly more than anything else, empathy – that most humanising of abilities to understand and share the feelings of others. One of the most… Continue reading

October Poem – Pumpkin

  By Litrasaurus Quest October 1, 2018 - 11:57 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest
Pumpkins

    “When all the cows were sleeping And the sun had gone to bed, Up jumped the pumpkin, And this is what he said: I’m a dingle dangle pumpkin… Continue reading

Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802

  By Litrasaurus Quest September 2, 2018 - 15:57 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest
Westminster Hall and Bridge circa 1810

The poem we have chosen to feature this month is “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” by William Wordsworth     Earth has not anything to show more fair:… Continue reading

The sun was shining on the sea …

  By Litrasaurus Quest August 12, 2018 - 09:48 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest
The Walrus & The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll

Summer is here, along with the Silly Season, so what better excuse to share some wonderful Nonsense Verse !   The Walrus and the Carpenter By Lewis Carroll “The sun… Continue reading

Poem For July

  By Litrasaurus Quest July 2, 2018 - 12:46 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest
In a House - Sergei Arsenevich Vinogradov

“Summer Sun” by Robert Louis Stevenson   Great is the sun, and wide he goes Through empty heaven without repose; And in the blue and glowing days More thick than… Continue reading

May Poems

  By Litrasaurus Quest May 17, 2018 - 14:55 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest
"A Garden in Spring" by Helen Allingham

This month we couldn’t make our minds up … so we have got two poems for you !     First a short verse by Heinrich Heine   Sweet May… Continue reading

Wordsworth “Through primrose tufts …”

  By Litrasaurus Quest April 7, 2018 - 08:55 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest
The Primrose Gatherers - John Clayton Adams

“Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trails its wreath; And ’tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and… Continue reading

“Two Tramps in Mud Time” by Robert Frost

  By Litrasaurus Quest April 3, 2018 - 07:44 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest
"April" Mathias J Alten

Out of the mud two strangers came And caught me splitting wood in the yard, And one of them put me off my aim By hailing cheerily “Hit them hard!”… Continue reading

March Poem

  By Litrasaurus Quest March 8, 2018 - 13:48 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest

  Spring I wonder if the sap is stirring yet, If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate, If frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sun And crocus fires are… Continue reading

If children read it transforms their lives

  By Litrasaurus Quest February 10, 2018 - 19:39 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest

Reading is extra-ordinarily powerful, particularly when one is young. The act of reading, that process of converting words on a page into concepts and images in one’s head, along with… Continue reading

A Poem For February

  By Litrasaurus Quest February 4, 2018 - 10:45 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest
Narcissus

  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 watch them sway Tossing their… Continue reading

David Bowie Book Club

  By Litrasaurus Quest January 7, 2018 - 18:43 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest
American Library Association READ poster David Bowie 1987

Two years ago, a few days after his 69th birthday, David Bowie died. David Robert Jones was a highly innovative polymath best known for his extra-ordinary, and outstandingly successful, career… Continue reading

January – A Poem

  By Litrasaurus Quest January 1, 2018 - 18:32 March 6, 2019 Blog, LitraQuest

JANUARY Janus am I; oldest of potentates; Forward I look, and backward, and below I count, as god of avenues and gates, The years that through my portals come and… Continue reading

Poem for December

  By Litrasaurus Quest December 2, 2017 - 09:36 February 18, 2018 Blog, LitraQuest

The Foolish Fir Tree Then he sighed and groaned; but his voice was weak He was so ashamed that he could not speak. He knew at last that he had… Continue reading

Poem for November

  By Litrasaurus Quest November 13, 2017 - 08:29 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest

  I am rich today with autumn’s gold, All that my covetous hands can hold; Frost-painted leaves and goldenrod, A goldfinch on a milkweed pod, Huge golden pumpkins in the… Continue reading

Poem for October

  By Litrasaurus Quest October 1, 2017 - 08:41 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
October Poem

The poem for this month is “An October Garden” by Christina Georgina Rossetti.   In my Autumn garden I was fain To mourn among my scattered roses; Alas for that last… Continue reading

September Poem

  By Litrasaurus Quest September 1, 2017 - 14:00 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
"The Apple Gatherer" by Helen Galloway McNicoll

“September” by John Updike The breezes taste of apple peel. The air is full of smells to feel- Ripe fruit, old footballs, burning brush, new books, erasers, chalk, and such.… Continue reading

Otto Kubel – Artist & Illustrator

  By Litrasaurus Quest August 30, 2017 - 09:50 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest

Just imagine a world before social media … not just social media but also any kind of telephone or even telegraph, leave alone mobiles and computers, indeed not even photographs… Continue reading

August Poem

  By Litrasaurus Quest August 2, 2017 - 10:37 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
"Garden of the Hesperides" Sir Frederick Leighton

    “Thoughts in a Garden” by Andrew Marvell What wondrous life in this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my… Continue reading

Sweet July

  By Litrasaurus Quest July 1, 2017 - 14:30 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest

“Sweet July, warm July! Month when mosses near the stream, Soft green mosses thick and shy, Are a rapture and a dream. Summer Queen! whose foot the fern Fades beneath… Continue reading

Charles Kingsley

  By Litrasaurus Quest June 12, 2017 - 12:22 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
Charles Kingsley 1819 - 1875

The cleric, historian and author Charles Kingsley was born on this day in 1819. A fascinating man, Kingsley mixed with many great thinkers of his time and actively engaged in… Continue reading

Poem for June – Month of Roses

  By Litrasaurus Quest June 2, 2017 - 12:30 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
Monet, Claude. 1840-1926 Woman in the Garden. Sainte-Adresse

Mine is the Month of Roses; yes, and mine The Month of Marriages! All pleasant sights And scents, the fragrance of the blossoming vine, The foliage of the valleys and… Continue reading

May Poem

  By Litrasaurus Quest May 6, 2017 - 11:50 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
Little Girls & Little Lambs by Kate Greenaway

Little Girls & Little Lambs By Kate Greenaway In the May-time flowers grow; Little girls in meadows go; Little lambs frisk with delight, And in the green grass sleep at… Continue reading

Empathy & Imagination

  By Litrasaurus Quest April 28, 2017 - 14:59 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
Imagination & Empathy

Imagination and empathy are two of the most powerful things we can give our children. Empathy and imagination are essential parts of what make us human. And … guess what… Continue reading

Telling The Greatest Story

  By Litrasaurus Quest April 15, 2017 - 19:04 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
Guido Reni "St Matthew and the Angel"

Humanity is defined by stories. Not just retrospectively in terms of its history but also actively by the stories and books that define current, and indeed future, behaviour for many… Continue reading

The Ugly Duckling

  By Litrasaurus Quest April 2, 2017 - 09:50 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
Swan on Kew Green Pond

It is Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday today (2nd April).   He wrote and published many, many stories, and one of the most famous is “The Ugly Duckling”. I think most… Continue reading

April Fool Poem

  By Litrasaurus Quest April 1, 2017 - 15:44 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
Sergei Kirillov. A Jester: Russian People. 1994

This April we have a poem especially for April Fool’s Day …       “The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools’ Day. But… Continue reading

It’s Never Too Late … Or Early !

  By Litrasaurus Quest March 19, 2017 - 12:45 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest

We read recently a wonderful story on the BBC about Ursula Shepherd who is learning to read at the age of 86. Can you imagine, when she was at school… Continue reading

Saving Libraries is a Marathon not a Sprint

  By Litrasaurus Quest March 12, 2017 - 11:51 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
Liverpool Echo

There was great news this week … Liverpool City Council has reversed its decision to close eleven libraries ! These libraries were saved by additional funds being made available for… Continue reading

Life is a river

  By Litrasaurus Quest March 8, 2017 - 19:37 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
Bessie Powell's Scrap Book

A few days ago, sorting out old boxes of family photographs, we came across a most marvelous little album.  It was not a photograph album but rather a scrap book… Continue reading

Michelangelo

  By Litrasaurus Quest March 6, 2017 - 14:32 November 13, 2017 Blog, LitraQuest
Michelangelo "The Creation of Adam" (detail)

Today marks the 542nd birthday of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. One of the most talented artists and crafstmen alongside Leonardo seen as the archetypal and ultimate Renaissance man. Imagination… Continue reading

Mad As A March Hare

  By Litrasaurus Quest March 1, 2017 - 11:07 February 18, 2018 Blog, LitraQuest

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

March Poem

  By Litrasaurus Quest March 1, 2017 - 08:32 February 18, 2018 Blog, LitraQuest
"The Mill" Birket Foster's pictures of English landscape 1863

  “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

Valentine Apples & Pears

  By Litrasaurus Quest February 14, 2017 - 08:51 February 18, 2018 Blog, LitraQuest
Valentine Apples & Pears

“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 & Poems Can Change Lives

  By Litrasaurus Quest February 12, 2017 - 13:37 February 18, 2018 Blog, LitraQuest
Vincent Van Gogh "Prisoners Exercising (after Doré)"

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

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