What does a fifty plus year old post-menopausal brain need as bedtime reading? Children's literature, of course. Taking C.S. Lewis at his word that “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest”, I added children's stories to my bedside reading table, as there are times in life when even the most trivial adult or young adult novel would give me too much to consider and sleep would not come.
One of my recent favorites has been Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. While I started off reading, I soon switched to the the audio version read by the author himself. Perfection. A reader (listener) can know without a doubt what Mr. White wanted us to hear about life, death, friendship, living, and growing up and older by the gentle inflection of his voice. His impressions of the animals in the barnyard speaking is worth the price of the CD's alone. But don't take just my word for it, you can listen for yourself in the embedded audio below. And for those who simply can't wait you can purchase the audio from Audible and have it before bedtime tonight.
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