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Children’s Book Club: A Very Haunted Christmas

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

purple amethyst gems haunted

It’s a very haunted Christmas in “The Box of Delights” and “The Children of the Green Knowe.” The night is dark, but the kids are all right.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Christmas Poems

An Exclusive Call for Poems: Jekyll and Hyde Book Club

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

christmas candle golden glimmer

Share your Jekyll and Hyde poems in the comment box of this post. This is a patron-exclusive chance to submit poems for the anthology or simply share poetry with your fellow Tweetspeak patrons. 🙂

Filed Under: Classic Books, Patron Only, Patron Publishing Opportunties, poetry prompt, writing prompt, writing prompts

Children’s Book Club: ‘Queen Elizabeth II: A Little Golden Book Biography’

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

horse in field Queen Elizabeth

Have you been looking for a picture book about Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy? Little Golden Books has got you covered.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Britain, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Children’s Book Club: ‘Vitamina T for Tacos’

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

golden firethorn berries

An entire alphabet book about tacos? In Spanglish? Join our Children’s Book Club and read “Vitamina T for Tacos.”

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Earth Song Book Club: Garden Poems

By Rebecca D. Martin 2 Comments

Leafy greens in garden

In this week’s Earth Song discussion, Rebecca Martin starts smack dab in the middle of garden poems.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Earth Song, Ecopoetry, Garden Poems, Nature Poems, Patron Only

Children’s Book Club: ‘The Cat Who Saved Books’

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Why save books? Because they have souls. Join our Children’s Book Club as we read Sosuke Natsukawa’s “The Cat Who Saved Books.”

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Cat Poems, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Earth Song Book Club: Force of Nature

By Rebecca D. Martin 9 Comments

misty rocky shore

In this week’s book club discussion, Rebecca Martin moves through the poems in Earth Song as a force of nature.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Earth Song, Ecopoetry, Nature Poems, Patron Only

Earth Song Book Club: The Wild Places

By Rebecca D. Martin 11 Comments

yellow buds in spring trees

In this week’s Earth Song book club, Rebecca Martin considers the power of poems to transport the reader to another place, whether the woodlands or the wilds.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Earth Song, Ecopoetry, Nature Poems, Patron Only, Tree Poems

Earth Song Book Club Announcement

By Rebecca D. Martin 6 Comments

bamboo forest

Rebecca D. Martin announces a new book club discussion of the symphonic nature poem collection edited by Sara Barkat, Earth Song.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Earth Song, Ecopoetry, Nature Poems

Children’s Book Club: ‘The Beatryce Prophecy’ by Kate DiCamillo

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

baby feet on bunny blanket

In Kate DiCamillo’s “The Beatryce Prophecy,” our hero changes her story (with the help of a goat. Join us for Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Children’s Book Club: ‘Hatchet’

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

moose in Grand Tetons

Put a little tough hope in your summer survival toolkit. Join us as we read “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen for this month’s Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Hope Poems

Children’s Book Club: ‘Sing With Me: The Story of Selena Quintanilla’

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

Mexican woman sculpture in Brooklyn

“Sing With Me” is the story of a little girl with big dreams—Selena. Join our Children’s Book Club, focusing on the picture book biography.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Children’s Book Club: ‘Babe,’ Some Pig!

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

two sheep in a field

There is a pig who is Some Pig, whose name is not Wilbur. It’s “Babe,” by Dick King-Smith. Join us for our Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Animal Poems, Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

The Crazy Little Viral Dracula Book Club

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

Dracula Castle Eltz Castle Wierschem Germany

A crazy little viral Dracula Book Club is taking place via inboxes everywhere. Join and experience the classic in community, with hilarity!

Filed Under: book club, Books, Classic Books, Dracula, Fiction

Children’s Book Club: Children’s Poetry and What the Heart Knows

By Megan Willome 13 Comments

polar bear shaking off water

Children’s poetry speaks to the child within us. Join us as we read Joyce Sidman’s “What the Heart Knows” for National Poetry Month.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Poetry, National Poetry Month, poetry prompt

Children’s Book Club: ‘Homesick: My Own Story’ by Jean Fritz

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

Miai women's festival China

How much of writing comes from narration? Our Children’s Book Club reads Jean Fritz’s “Homesick: My Own Story,” a Newbery Honor-winner.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, China

‘Wintering’ book club: Thaw & Lapwing

By Megan Willome 13 Comments

thaw beside sea ice

After winter comes thaw and a surprise—lapwing. Join us for the third and final book club discussing Katherine May’s “Wintering.”

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Blog, book club, Patron Only, Winter Poems

‘Wintering’ book club: Cold Water & Resilient Gulls

By Megan Willome 14 Comments

Eagle Lake, California, in winter

Swimming in cold water, Katherine May sees gulls and feels unburdened. Join us for our second book club reading “Wintering.”

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Blog, book club, Patron Only, Winter Poems

Children’s Book Club: ‘Once Upon a Camel’

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

kestrel at the Hope Show

In middle-grade stories the journey can happen Anywhere. Even to a camel, far from home. Join us for Kathi Appelt’s “Once Upon a Camel.”

Filed Under: Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

‘Wintering’ book club: Hot Water & Starlings

By Megan Willome 16 Comments

sunrise at Swine's Den, Howick, England

A flock of starlings signals Katherine May is in hot water. Join us for our first book club discussion of “Wintering.”

Filed Under: Bird Poems, book club, Patron Only, Winter Poems

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