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A Ritual to Read to Each Other: ‘A River Runs Through It’

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Norman Maclean

What makes a story true? We head west for our A Ritual to Read column and enter the river of mystery that is ‘A River Runs Through It.’

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

‘Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs’ and Literary Citizenship

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Laura Boggess

‘Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs’ by Laura Boggess shows us how to be a literary citizen in our own little corner of the world. Meet Amy Pinkleberry.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Literary Citizen, poetry

Children’s Book Club: ‘Sure As Sunrise,’ Bruh Rabbit stories

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Sure As Sunrise

The Bruh Rabbit stories are as contemporary as ever. Join author Megan Willome as she revisits these tales for Children’s Book Club, using the contemporary retelling ‘Sure As Sunrise.’

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

Children’s Book Club: ‘Wave’

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Suzy Lee

Being brave sometimes means getting wet. But in Suzy Lee’s ‘Wave,’ being brave also brings gifts that last a lifetime. Join us for our Children’s Book Club.

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

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Blessing Dora Copperfield

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

blessing dora

In our reading roundup, A Ritual to Read to Each Other, we consider how to bless Dora Copperfield from Dickens’ ‘David Copperfield.’

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Classic Books, English Teaching Resources, To Bless the Space Between Us

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Where We Go from Here

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

When the pandemic ends, where do we go next? How do we love life? Katherine Anne Porter and Mahmoud Darwish show the way.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Mahmoud Darwish, Pandemic Journal, Poetry Dare, Short Story

Children’s Book Club: ‘The Runaway Bunny’

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Zac Brown

For this month’s Children’s Book Club, we read Margaret Wise Brown’s classic picture book ‘The Runaway Bunny,’ featuring a song by the Zac Brown Band.

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: Of Mysteries and Monsters

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

wise owl

Author Megan Willome considers what mysteries and monsters have in common during her monthly reading roundup, A Ritual to Read to Each Other.

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

Children’s Book Club: ‘The Poet X’ by Elizabeth Acevedo

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spoken word poetry

For this month’s Children’s Book Club, author Megan Willome discusses the power of spoken word poetry to tell a story in a YA novel by Elizabeth Acevedo.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, book reviews, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Poets, Spoken Word Poems

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Reading for Earth’s Sake

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

parrot, Ted Chiang

Join author Megan Willome as she plunges into Ted Chiang’s ‘The Great Silence,’ with a parrot as a guide, just in time for Poetic Earth Month.

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, book reviews, nature, Poetic Earth Month, Short Story

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Reading Aloud

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Join author Megan Willome as she enjoys reading aloud in the new column, A Ritual to Read to Each Other. This month, the gifts unique to audiobooks.

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Black History Month, book reviews, Books, children, Libraries

‘The Little Prince’: Not for Grownups

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

To find the wisdom of ‘The Little Prince,’ author Megan Willome says don’t look directly at the story or it will blind you, like sun on desert sand. And don’t be a grownup.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, children, Children's Authors, Children's Stories, Wisdom

Children’s Book Club: ‘Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime’

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

Barbara Park

Grab your mushy gushy Valentines! Join author Megan Willome for the Children’s Book Club as she reads ‘Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime.’

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, children, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Valentine's Day

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Reading Classics

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Thursday Next

Join author Megan Willome as she reads classics in the new column, A Ritual to Read to Each Other. What beloved book or poem do you want to protect?

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Classic Books, William Wordsworth

Why She Created ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’ Graphic Novel

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Sara Barkat

Megan Willome reviews Sara Barkat’s new graphic novel adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper” and explores the power of *writing,* to keep the soul steady.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Graphic Novel, Interview, The Yellow Wall-Paper, Year of Wisdom

Children’s Book Club: “Curious George”

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

H.A. Rey

Read a book about resistance. Read the children’s classic ‘Curious George’ with author Megan Willome for the Children’s Book Club.

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: Reading to Aragog

By Megan Willome 17 Comments

Harry Potter

Join author Megan Willome in the new column, A Ritual to Read to Each Other, and consider what you might read to a giant dangerous and dying spider?

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

Top 10 Holiday Books for Children and Children at Heart

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Author Megan Willome shares her Top 10 list of holiday books for children. Adults with childlike hearts will love them too.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, children, Children's Authors, Children's Stories, Holiday Gifts

Reader, Come Home … to a Ritual to Read to Each Other

By Megan Willome 10 Comments

Start a new ritual! Join us on a new reading journey as we read wisdom to each other with poet William Stafford as our guide and declarer.

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Books, Reader Come Home, Reading and Books, Reading in the Wild, Wisdom

A Story in Every Soul: Bedtime Stories

By Megan Willome 14 Comments

When we read a bedtime story to a child, something happens in their soul. What exactly? Well, it depends on the story.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, children, Children's Authors

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