Violet Goose Books
For our children beyond age.
The Goose
The goose is a powerful motif in literature that represents both sides of the spectrum of age.On one end of the spectrum, the goose represents the innocence of childhood. Mother goose is a relic for comfort, home, safety, while the term silly goose reminds us that it's okay to make mistakes when you're learning new things. In between, you can play a game of duck, duck, goose to remember that having fun is what matters the most.Adulthood then turns the silly geese into wild geese - adventurers, keepers of wisdom, protectors. The goose is a symbol of the fear that adulthood brings, but more importantly the courage that we create to take on the world."Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things."Mary Oliver, Wild Geese
Violet Goose Books
Violet Goose Books is a literary publisher for both children and adults. Here, we write to anyone who needs an extra bit wisdom or whimsy.Inspired by Lemony Snicket's Violet Baudelaire, Violet Goose Books is for the kid inside of every grown up, and for every grown up inside of a kid.We liberate our inner child and embrace the flow of creativity beyond age.
The idea to publish handwritten stories began as a conversation with a friend, and became an act of love towards the art of penmanship.Handwriting, in all its imperfections, is a remnant of something analog in a digital world. When an author writes their letters, the thoughts flow from hand to paper. Preserving the handwritten pages both preserves the author's intent and strengthens the connection between author and reader.It is a personalized, grounding, and human experience to read another's handwriting, and it goes beyond today's readers and writers. The handwriting that we leave behind bridges the gap between those who write in the past and those who read in the future. In an abundance of digital data that will be archived, mined, or lost, the print of a handwritten word is a letter to future historians.Beyond the sake of tradition, reading and writing handwriting is also beneficial for cognitive development -- for both children and adults.Research studies show that practicing handwriting is pivotal for memory retention, linguistic development, and even socioemotional learning. Find some of them here: