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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

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

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

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

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

Children’s Book Club: ‘Dry’ by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

Wooden Rubber Stamp of Handwriting Craft Supplies

What do you do when the tap goes dry? Join our Children’s Book Club for a YA climate change thriller, “Dry.”

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

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

Reading Generously: Black Stories

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Black girl dressed as angel

For February’s Reading Generously column, we share stories by Black authors. Fiction, poetry, and plays, oh my!

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Black Poets, Generous, Read, Reading Generously

Reading Generously: ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

snow white lion cub

How do you keep reading generously when you don’t like a story? Megan Willome says writing a poem may help.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Classic Books, Generous, Reading and Books, Reading Generously

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

Reading Generously: ‘How We Fight for Our Lives’ by Saeed Jones

By Megan Willome 11 Comments

Fishermen at Sunset Sandy Hook New Jersey

This month our book review column becomes Reading Generously. We begin with Saeed Jones’ open-handed memoir.

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

Children’s Book Club: ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

super delicious red velvet cupcakes for Christmas

All the Grinch wanted for Christmas was singing. He just didn’t know it. We discuss the magic of song in our holiday Children’s Book Club.

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

A Ritual to Read to Each Other … Generously

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

small child beside a red door

As a boy Ebeneezer Scrooge was reading generously—so can we. Come along as we launch into 2021 with a new reading roundup column.

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, book reviews

Children’s Book Club: ‘Saturday’ by Oge Mora

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Meet a mother with strong emotions. This month’s Children’s Book Club discusses ‘Saturday’ by Oge Mora, and a mom who feels all the feels.

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

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: When you can’t read

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

can't read

What do you read when you can’t? This month’s ‘A Ritual to Read to Each Other’ column explores how to begin again.

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Blog

Fiction Prompt: Chapter 1, Apple Fritter Bread

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

Callie Feyen

Fall means fiction! Join us as author Callie Feyen unfolds a new story, chapter by chapter. Bonus: an apple fritter recipe.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Fiction

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Introducing ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Book Club

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Madeleine L'Engle

Stand with those who fight: Shakespeare, Bach, and Meg Murry. Join our October book club as we read Madeleine L’Engle’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time.’

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book club

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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