In the Woods
The Cold That Warms You
A Saturday walk when the air is honest
William Vincent Carleton
Early on a Saturday, after a mile and a half in air near forty degrees, the nose builds a soft coat and the body answers the cold by working. The first In the Woods book invites children to meet winter dressed and willing, to notice how Dee the chickadee keeps her fire, and to go inside when the fingers say so. Willingness, it reminds us, is not a dare.
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More from In the Woods
The Stick and the Sapling
One hand in the earth, one hand on the young tree
The Notch in the Breath
A spark in the ribs, and a beat the forest knows
The Forest Bubble
A sphere that stays on the ground
The Room Behind the Heart
The high heart, the pillows, and the rest that lets it work
The Seed and the Loaf
What the grain thought, and what the bread became
No Quota
The kingdom does not keep score