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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

Reading Generously: Sacred Reading with Jane Eyre

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Christmas pine tree sunset

Some books bear up under rereading generously, like Charlote Brontë’s “Jane Eyre.” Especially with sacred reading.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Classic Books, Reading Generously

By Heart: ‘What Men Die For Lack Of’ + New Christina Rossetti Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

poky white weed

You’d be surprised by what men die for lack of. So, we’re going on a poem hunt to make things better. Plus, we’re learning an Abigail Carroll poem about poetry By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Carl Sandburg, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Mary Oliver, Robert Frost, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sylvia Plath, W. B. Yeats, Walt Whitman

50 States of Generosity: Oklahoma!

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

supercell thunderstorm storm chasing Oklahoma

We continue our 50 States of Generosity project with a focus on Oklahoma — land of milk and cookies. And First Americans.

Filed Under: 50 States, Blog

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

Reading Generously: Violent Stories

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

swirly rose bouquet

Why do we read violent stories? In this month’s Reading Generously column, Megan Willome reads Cormac McCarthy and Angie Thomas.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Reading Generously

By Heart: Fall In Love With Poetry + New Abigail Carroll Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Hauraki Gulf, Australia

Do you want to fall in love with poetry? Memorize a poem (or thirty-six). This By Heart column shows how—with time and tea.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Poems about poetry, Poetry Memorization

Children’s Book Club: Frog and Toad series

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Ring for Custodian Humorous Castle for Frog and Toad Are Friends

Meet best friends, Frog and Toad, in the award-winning ‘Frog and Toad Are Friends’ series by Arnold Lobel. Join us for Children’s Book Club!

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

Reading Generously: Happy Endings

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Olympics sunset

Are happy endings audacious? For this month’s Reading Generously column, Megan Willome considers the hope they offer.

Filed Under: Blog, Reading Generously

By Heart: ‘From Blossoms’ Peaches Poem by Li-Young Lee

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

peach blossoms in summer light

Join us and bite into the round jubilance of peaches as we learn Li-Young Lee’s poem “From Blossoms” By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Poetry Memorization, Summer Poems

50 States of Generosity: Wisconsin

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Twin Falls Park waterfall, Port Wing, Wisconsin

We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on Wisconsin and its state fruit: the cranberry. Plus poetry!

Filed Under: 50 States, Blog

Children’s Book Club: ‘Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe’

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

Alvord Desert at dawn

For pride month we read Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.” Join our YA Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Children's Book Club

The Joyful Partnership of Poetry & Memoir: Part 2—Community Room

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

Joyful Partnership Poetry and Memoir Purple Wild Flowers

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Filed Under: Workshops

Reading Generously: ‘Death Wins A Goldfish’

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

white peacock

As we begin to leave our pandemic cocoons, we’re contemplating the meaning of life while reading generously ‘Death Wins a Goldfish.’

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, book reviews, Finding Inspiration, Pandemic Journal, Reading Generously

By Heart: ‘Motherload’ + Li-Young Lee Challenge

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

mother holding child into the air Motherload poem Kate Baer

For this month’s By Heart, we learn a poem about motherhood by Kate Baer, called “Motherload.”

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Mother Poems, Poetry Memorization

50 States of Generosity: Louisiana

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

50 States Louisiana swamp Lafayette

We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on the Pelican state: Louisiana and its unique skyscraper capitol building . Plus poetry!

Filed Under: 50 States, Blog, Poems about poetry

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

The Joyful Partnership of Poetry & Memoir: Part 1—Community Room

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Joyful Partnership Poetry and Memoir Purple Wild Flowers

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Filed Under: Joyful Partnership of Poetry & Memoir

Reading Generously: The Great Gatsby Poetry

By Megan Willome 9 Comments

Pontiac GTO

In her new edition, Tania Runyan says ‘The Great Gatsby’ might as well be poetry. Megan Willome puts that assertion to the poetic test.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Classic Books, Reading Generously, The Great Gatsby

By Heart: ‘Choices’ + New Kate Baer Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

bamboo forest

Sometimes our choices come down to nests or mountains. Learn Tess Gallagher’s poem “Choices” By Heart and see which one you choose.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, nature, Nature Poems

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