That's where winter books come in. These books ... he makes them promise to learn their mother's story-from start to finish. As children, their mother would tell them the same Russian fairytale ...

There he spent fall, winter and spring among a people withdrawn ... In the months of reading with them the Arctic’s “Book of Silence,” he lost haste, worry, rebelliousness, egoism.

With winter in full swing and freezing temperatures ... It might be billed as a children’s book, but this classic tale is full of important, pressing themes. You’re now subscribed to all ...