LES: There is something so deeply true and familiar in the stories of The Green Ember, something that has often felt to me as a truth being called into existence by the Creator both through the writing of them, and through the reading of them. It is such an honour to have this time with you. Sam, thank you for your kindness and generosity in doing this interview for Cultivating. It is my honour to interview Sam here and my joy to share it with you. He embodies the courage that is new in the hour of our times while rooted in what is old and true. Till the Green Ember rises, or the end of the world.”Ī superb wordsmith, I also know Sam to be kind, patient, patently funny, and deeply generous. “My place beside you, my blood for yours. Personally, I have loved this series from its first publicly shared Kickstarter campaign in 2014, and confess I’ve cried every time I’ve read these words aloud (as my granddaughters can attest): Exactly as Sam describes them, these are “new stories for old souls.” Rich in adventure, honest in addressing hardship and pain, stirring in character formation, the Green Ember series is like taking a good, long drink from the river of virtue and a baptized imagination. The Green Ember tales have reached hundreds of thousands of readers of children who love them along with their parents and grand parents, too. Smith is the author of the extraordinary Green Ember series, a marvelous unfolding of glorious tales of rabbits with swords and hearts of warriors.
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