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Forgotten Classics: “Understood Betsy” by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

In “Understood Betsy,” Dorothy Canfield Fisher wrote a timeless children’s story about growing up and self-reliance.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, children, Children's Stories

When Your Phone Dies: “A Hurricane in My Head” by Matt Abbott

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

In “A Hurricane in My Head,” Poet Matt Abbott has a suggestion for what to do when your young teen’s phone dies.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Childhood Poems, children, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Pooh, On Poetry

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

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Author Megan Willome takes poetry advice from Winnie-the-Pooh and revises a poem.

Filed Under: Childhood Poems, children, Children's Authors, Children's Poetry, poetry, poetry prompt

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

Top 10 Reasons Why “Grandfather” Is the Best Job in the World

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Being a grandfather is the best job in the world, and here are the top 10 reasons why. It’s also possibly the easiest, because your grandchildren teach you.

Filed Under: article, Books, children, Children's Activities, Children's Stories

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

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

Naomi Shihab Nye: Young People’s Poet Laureate

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Naomi Shihab Nye

Author Megan Willome takes a trip to the library with Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye. Refreshments will be served.

Filed Under: Childhood Poems, children, Children's Activities, Children's Authors, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories

Children’s Book Club: “Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!”

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!

Author Megan Willome gets serious about some silly dinosaurs in an opposites book by Sandra Boynton for this month’s Children’s Book Club.

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

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

Fear is a Luxury You Can’t Afford: Just Make Art

By Megan Willome 14 Comments

Are you engaging in the luxury of fear? Take a cue from illustrator Susie Jaramillo, and learn the secrets to making art despite the self-doubt that picks at your artistic heart.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, children, Children's Authors, Children's Stories, Interview

Take Your Poet to School Week: Eugene Field, the Poet of Childhood

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Girl with puppy Eugene Field

Eugene Field is perhaps the perfect poet for Take Your Poet to School Week. It was the schoolchildren of St. Louis who saved his house from demolition.

Filed Under: article, children, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories, Funny Poems, Poems, Poetry Classroom, poetry humor, Poets, Take Your Poet to School Week

The First Poetry for Children: “Divine Emblems” by John Bunyan

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Boy kneeling Divine Emblems

In 1686, the English Puritan minister and writer John Bunyan published what we know today as “Divine Emblems,” the first book of poetry for children.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Childhood Poems, children, nature, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Children’s Book Club: “One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale”

By Megan Willome 16 Comments

Math can be beautiful, especially with tigers and elephants and gold. Join us as we read ‘One Grain of Rice’ with Megan Willome as our guide. Plus, get more great math title recommendations!

Filed Under: Blog, book club, children, Children's Authors, Children's Stories, Chocolate, Math-Science-Technology

4 Great Reasons To Read Kids’ Books—With a Book Buddy!

By Sharon A. Gibbs 18 Comments

Reading with a Book Buddy

Aren’t children’s books just for kids? Why should grown-ups consider sneaking a peek (or ten)—with a book buddy at their side?

Filed Under: Blog, children, Children's Stories, Literacy for Life

Of Color, Beauty, the Alphabet, and Fun: “A is for Azure”

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

Chameleon A is for Azure color

“A is for Azure,” written by L.L. Barkat and illustrated by Donna Falcone, is a book about color, the alphabet, and literacy. It’s also full of childlike wonder.

Filed Under: A Is for Azure, Art, article, book reviews, Books, children, Children's Activities, color poems, Literacy, Literacy for Life, Literacy Starts With Love

Learn to Read! — Beautiful Art for a Predictable Sentence Chart

By L.L. Barkat 4 Comments

A is for Azure Sunflowers

You can teach children to read and write important high-frequency words by creating “predictable sentence” charts that are personalized for them and their friends. We’re helping you add beautiful art!

Filed Under: Blog, children, Children's Activities, Children's Stories, Language Arts, Learn to Read, Literacy, Literacy Starts With Love, Teach Reading

The Wild 100 Summer Book Challenge

By Callie Feyen 15 Comments

What do you think is beautiful? What is wild about the color yellow? Join Callie Feyen and her kids in a summer challenge to read 100 books and find out.

Filed Under: Blog, children, Children's Activities, Children's Authors, Children's Stories, Literacy

The Grandfather Stories: Goldilocks and the Three Brothers

By Glynn Young 11 Comments

Winne the Pooh Grandfather Stories

Reading to our grandsons has taught us that the “social time” of reading is just as important as the reading itself — reading tells them they matter.

Filed Under: article, Childhood Poems, children, Children's Activities, Children's Authors, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories, Fairy Tale Poems, Fairytales

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