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The young woman speaking to us from this beautiful book shows us a way of honoring and celebrating singular experiences we have in the natural world, and how doing this could enrich the meaning of our lives. She describes them in a notebook, marks their dates, and gives them names. Think of this as what ancient Greek philosophers called a “spiritual exercise”— something we do to strengthen our ability to pay attention, to heighten our sense of the beauty and dignity of the natural world, and to better understand our place in it. Of course, moments worth celebrating can happen in any natural setting, or in human spaces, and each of us should be in charge of our own celebrations. Some of us create works of art; some write stories or poems; some invent dances or songs. In any case, we should take this friend’s example of finding a way to give something back in appreciation.
Publication Date
2025
Publisher
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
City
Montclair
Keywords
celebrations, nature, spiritual exercises, nature, philosophy for children
Disciplines
Early Childhood Education | Education | Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Gregory, Maughn Rollins, "I’m in Charge of Celebrations (1986) by Byrd Baylor" (2025). Picture Books. 41.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_thinkingstories_picturebooks/41