![]() ![]() Snow, a rather self-centered and bratty child in the beginning of the story (though one must remember that she is just nine/ten years old) struggles to come to terms with her current life situation. The story of Snow and Rose is one of sadness, adventure, hope, despair, friendship, family, and growth. I realize that this isn't the lesson that Emily was likely trying to tell but I love being able to share this book with my girls and remind them of the mystery that nature holds, the adventures to be had, (though if they bring a bear home we may have to have a talk, haha) and the voices that they are failing to hear when we lose sight of the knowledge that trees do talk. ![]() ![]() There are lessons to be learned within the forest that one can not learn anywhere else, there is a freedom that we lost, there are adventures that we will never have. Snow and Rose among other things reminds me of how much humanity is missing as we take ourselves farther and farther away from nature. ![]() I am a bit of a nature geek, (I wanted to use the word naturist but then worried you'd all think I was running around the forest nude, haha) so this book where the forest itself is a major player in the story line is something that truly connected with my heart. I think that my favorite thing may have been the way the forest spoke in this book. ![]()
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