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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

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: ‘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

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

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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’

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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

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

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

Children’s Book Club: Anne With an E in ‘Anne of Green Gables’

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

Portland Head lighthouse

Anne with an E never fails to surprise. Join our Children’s Book Club as we read L.M. Montgomery’s classic, “Anne of Green Gables.”

Filed Under: Anne of Green Gables, Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club

Children’s Book Club: ‘The Midnight Ball’

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

squirrel eating nuts

The Midnight Ball feels like stepping inside a fairy tale. There’s something about pen-and-ink drawings that are an invitation.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Math-Science-Technology

Children’s Book Club: ‘Llama Llama Misses Mama’

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

horse waiting in a Gloucester meadow

Let’s get all up in our feelings with Llama LLama, off to school without his mama. Join us for an Anna Dewdney 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: ‘The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!’

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

goat in the middle of the road

Read a fractured fairy tale about the three little pigs — from the wolf’s perspective. He was framed. (Wolf’s honor!)

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

Children’s Book Club: ‘Knuffle Bunny’

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

toddler child

Do you love toddlers, even in the throes of rage? Then you’ll love Trixie and “Knuffle Bunny” by Mo Willems. Join us for Children’s Book Club.

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

Children’s Book Club: ‘And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon’

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

series of green dunes

Why learn nursery rhymes? For the jokes! Join our Children’s Book Club as we read “And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon.”

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Children's Book Club, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories, Mother Goose

Children’s Book Club: ‘Hello Numbers! What Can You Do?’

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

glowing castle at night

Strap on your space pod and zoom beyond counting as our Children’s Book Club reads “Hello Numbers! What Can You Do?”

Filed Under: Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Poetry, Math-Science-Technology

Children’s Book Club: ‘Katy and the Big Snow’

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

snow storm Mt. Fuji

Read “Katie and the Big Snow” by Virginia Lee Burton, a story of a snow plow named Katie that makes life a little easier during a crisis.

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

Children’s Book Club: ‘Just Beyond: The Scare School’

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

R.L. Stine

It’s almost Halloween, and yesterday was R.L. Stine’s birthday. Megan Willome celebrates with a scary graphic novel for Children’s Book Club.

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

Children’s Book Club: ‘Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story’

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Nora Raleigh Baskin

9/11 began with a perfect blue sky. Join author Megan Willome as she reads ‘Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story’ for this month’s Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, book club, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club

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