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Tracey's avatar

I love the Secret Garden, one of my all time favourite books.

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Victoria Harrison's avatar

Me too! 🌱

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Veronica Lenartowicz's avatar

A POEM FOR EVERY SPRING DAY by Allie Esiri . Macmillan 14.99

This is my 3rd year rereading this wonderful anthology. Two poems for each day, one of morning joy and enthusiasm, one more reflective for evening. Today’s are Spring by Christina Rossetti, and Flowers and Moonlight on the Spring River by 7th century Chinese Tang-Ti. Tomorrow, William Blake and Philip Larkin. We get nursery rhymes, nonsense, nature, love, feminism,story ballads,philosophy, translations, classics - just reading the index of first lines is a joy!

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Victoria Harrison's avatar

Sounds wonderful... I definitely have to read that. Thanks for sharing!

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Veronica Lenartowicz's avatar

You’re welcome. Enjoy! And there are also anthologies for the other seasons,..❤️

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Kathryn Haines's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing these recs! Headed to the library now… 📚

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Melissa Binig's avatar

The Secret Garden and Wind in the Willows are favorites that I has forgotten about. I'll be starting with those and working my way through this list!

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Victoria Harrison's avatar

They’re classics aren’t they! 🌱 Well worth a reread at this time of year

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Rachel Joy's avatar

Love those book choices 🥰 The Secret Garden is always such a special book 🌿🌷☺️

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Soul Musing's avatar

Great recommendations and I love to adopt a cyclical living way into my year, so your little suggested rituals are encouraging. Think I am going to revisit the Wind in the Willows and am drawn to the one about Woodland Folk Tales. Thank you

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Victoria Harrison's avatar

Wind in the willows is an excellent choice 🌱Gets better with each re-read!

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Gráinne Stark's avatar

My daughter bought me a book last week which feels so very Spring-like...it's called The Language of Flowers by Mandy Kirkby...lovely to dip into over a cup of herbal tea 😊

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Victoria Harrison's avatar

This sounds perfect 🌼

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Jacqui's avatar

Secret Garden is such an amazing book. Something new every time you read it .Ages since I read Heidi but read it lots as a child and might give it another go to see if I remember it right. Thanks for this post

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Victoria Harrison's avatar

Same! Secret garden is a classic. And I hadn't read Heidi since I was a child either, but I saw that new cover and the memory of it all came straight back. It's on my re-read list this spring 🌱

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Rewilding Neurodiversity's avatar

Love Isabella Tree’s book so much! The film is worth a watch too.

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