Cherryleaf Library for Children Podcast
The Cherryleaf Library for Children presents books that could educate children. In our society, we need children’s books that are not simply entertaining and occupying children’s attention, but that educate them in the most profound sense of the word educate: Help them to form their character and identity. The contradictory messages of our society make the formation of character and identity quite problematic – that’s why by their teenage years so many children suffer from mental discomfort, which often turns into actual mental illness. These books do so not through the articulation of abstract principles but through the development of empathy and, especially, sympathy with the suffering of others, clearly distinguishing between good (which is equated with kindness) and evil (equated with cruelty), and helping the child to become a better human being.
Cherryleaf Library for Children Podcast
Without Family: Chapters 14-15
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Liah Greenfeld
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Season 1
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Episode 8
To pay the hotel bill and raise more money to take care of Pretty-Heart, Rémi, Vitalis, and Capi must give a performance. Pretty-Heart begs them to be allowed to participate, but they leave him alone in the warm room under covers. During the performance, Rémi hears Vitalis sing opera arias for the first time. A young rich lady tells Vitalis that he has a wonderful voice and he evasively says something about using to be a singer's servant. She throws a gold coin into Capi’s cap, which should be enough for Pretty-Heart’s medicine and other expenses. They return to the hotel to find Pretty-Heart in his general’s uniform, performance-ready and...