Ride the Butterflies

Experience flashes of recognition in moments that transcend Donald Davis's childhood stories.




Maybe it's because his mother was a teacher. Or maybe it's because he has spent most of his life in classrooms - as a wide-eyed first grader, a naïve college student, a seminarian, and now as a visiting writer in residencies across the country. There's something about school that infuses the work of Donald Davis and he has collected his all-time favorite school stories in the book.

Whether we're tr...