RESPONSES FROM READERS . . .
From adults:
"Libby's words skip across the pond of life...
It's the kind of book you can put down or take up any place or
time and know you'll get a moment of inspiration and joy."
—Art Linkletter
"Dear Libby: I like the poems.
You have a fine feeling for the feelings of children.
I know. I am a former child."
—Sam Levinson
"God has been very sure of Libby Stopple.
He has trusted her with joy and sorrow, peace and pain."
—Grace Noll Crowell
"Libby Stopple certainly understands children and knows
the child within each of us.
She is so marvelously simple while posing deep and
frustrating universal issues.
I'm looking at 'We Went to the Zoo' on p 56 and am saying to myself,
"What is the rationale?" — and I start with the Bible and go from there . . ."
—Dr. June Schlessinger, University of North Texas (ret)
A BOX OF PEPPERMINTS is filled with "refreshing," "almost addictive," "entirely satisfying" word candies. "I find Libby Stopple's work moving, sincere. I like its simplicity." "Libby Stopple writes of the old verities with freshness and vitality."
"We like the ones about the 'rich dog,' and the pecan tree, and not talking any 'mouse,' and those about God and old folks."
From elementary school children in Dallas Texas:
"I LIKED YOUR BOOK ABOUT PEPPERMINTS.
ESPESHELY THE ONE ABOUT THE GIRL AND THE MOUNTAIN."
— Bob Lasher
"I LIKED THE ONE WHERE THE GIRL KLIMED THE LADDER TO FIX THE MOON."
— Michelle Mason
"THE BEST ONE I LIKED IS WHEN HE BURRIES THE TURTLE."
— David Hamer
"BUT THE BEST ONE WAS WHEN THE GIRL PAINTED THE CAT GREEN TO MATCH HIS EYES."
— Kathy Duval
The author was asked, "Is it a book for children? Or for former children?" Her answer lies in excerpts from the preface:
"The world of the child is the world itself, for children are just little people upon this planet. . . . I offer this Box of Peppermints to you, children of all ages . . . dip into its contents as you would dip into your own memory — back to a time when you were already older than your knew, wiser than you thought. It is here to stir your heart once again, just as it did yesterday ... or was it the day before?"
This is a book for everybody. We think you will agree.
