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.

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Cherryleaf Library for Children Podcast

Without Family: Chapters 24-25

June 08, 2020 • Liah Greenfeld • Season 1 • Episode 13

Performing successfully, Rémi and Mattia manage to save 240 francs towards buying a cow for mother Barberin. In Ussel, a vet helps them buy a beautiful cow. Frightened by Mattia’s cornet playing, the cow runs away and is caught by people in the next town, who accuse the boys of stealing it. The boys and Capi spend the night in jail, but after the vet testifies on their behalf, continue their journey and Rémi and mother Barberin are reunited. She tells Rémi that Jerome is in Paris looking for him because his real parents are trying to find him. On their way to Paris, Rémi and Mattia visit Lise Acquin. Rémi and Lise are very fond of each other. In Paris, Rémi and Mattia learn that Jerome died and they travel to London to meet with the lawyer searching for Rémi who tells him he is the son of John Driscoll.