Creating Imagination

Is there a way to give a child imagination? Do you show them a movie and read them a story with pictures? Or do you read a story to them and let them tell you what is happening?

I believe that giving children imagination or at least the opportunity to have a vivid imagination is important to their happiness in adulthood. Speaking of imagination, G.K. Chesterton said that "there are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds." I think what Chesterton was trying to say is that our imagination allows us to dream, and in our dreams there are no rules or boundaries that bind us.


I think that our "castles in the clouds" are very important for inside of them we hold our secrets and creativity and even our personal dreams. If anyone would be so evil to tear down these castles, I think they would be destroying that individual very quickly and harshly.

I hope that through children's literature we can give the youth of today the tools needed to build their perfect castles in the sky.