This Was Our Pact

Gorgeous! I was super impressed by this! It had some moments I felt could have been scenes in a Studio Ghibli film. One part I absolutely adored was when Nate figured something out by looking it up in a book and FisherBear told him that he was smart not because he knew the fact right off the top of his head but because he knew where to look for the answer. I think books often hold up characters who spout facts as geniuses, which is fine, but not really practical. I just thought it was sweet to model some intelligent behavior in a different way. I also loved the lesson about the scarf.