Soothing Slumbers

When Animals Spoke Wisdom: Classic Tales Reveal Nature's Lost Balance

Discover the environmental wisdom hidden in beloved classic stories—and why they matter today.
Step into the enchanted worlds of Kenneth Grahame, Thornton W. Burgess, and Beatrice Potter, where anthropomorphic animal characters teach us timeless lessons about nature, conservation, and our connection to the wild.

What You'll Experience:

 These readings presents beautifully illustrated public domain classics reimagined as cautionary tales for our modern environmental crisis. Through these cherished stories, we explore:
🌿 The degradation of our landscapes – from prairies drained and dried to ecosystems destroyed by human intervention 🦅 The loss of keystone species – and the cascading ecological damage that follows 💧 Water's critical role – how we disrupted nature's saturation cycles, causing erosion and imbalance 🦁 Real-world inspirations – like P-22, the Hollywood Hills mountain lion who reminded us of our separation from nature, and Jackie the Bald Eagle, whose legacy teaches us to cherish what remains to be observed

RESOURCES & INSPIRATION:
🎥 Friends of Big Bear Bald Eagle Cam
📚 Public Domain Classics Referenced: The Wind in the Willows, Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, and more
🦁 P-22: Symbol of wilderness resilience and the human and nature disconnection.