SUSAN COOPER: (Reading) So the shortest day came, and the year died, and everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world came people singing, dancing to drive the dark away. SCOTT SIMON ...

You can listen to them here. Susan Cooper's children's book The Shortest Day, released in 2019, is a celebration of light returning after the winter solstice. The text of the book is actually a ...

An excerpt of the poem “Shortest Day” by Susan Cooper, distills the ancient echo and enduring sentiments of the solstice: Listen indeed, quiet your mind, squint into the sun, welcome the cold ...