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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

Pretty Close To ‘A’ — For Beverly Cleary

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

In honor of Beverly Cleary, author Callie Feyen reminisces about her first encounter with Newbery-award winner “Dear Mr. Henshaw.”

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Children's Authors, Children's Stories, Libraries, Twirl Book Club, Write, Writing

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

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

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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: ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

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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

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

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

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

By Heart: ‘Song of Summer’ + New Countee Cullen Challenge

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Song of Summer

Savor the summer with author Megan Willome as she learns Margaret Wise Brown’s poem “Song of Summer” By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Childhood Poems, Children's Authors, Children's Poetry, Summer Poems

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

Pooh, On Poetry

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

football

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

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

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

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

Children’s Book Club: ‘The Cricket in Times Square’

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Garth Williams

What do a country cricket and a musician from Greek mythology have in common? Join author Megan Willome for the Children’s Book Club as she reads ‘A Cricket in Times Square.’

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

‘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: “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

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

Children’s Book Club: “Dream Snow”

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Since you can’t be the Santa, be a Santa. Join Megan Willome as she reads Eric Carle’s ‘Dream Snow’ for December’s Children’s Book Club.

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

Children’s Book Club: “Dotty”

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Erica S. Perl

How many imaginary friends can you count in the classroom? Find out in author Megan Willome’s new book club selection, ‘Dotty’ by Erica S. Perl.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Friendship Activities and Prompts

Children’s Book Club: “The Original Adventures of Hank The Cowdog”

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

John R. Erickson

What do you read aloud to an old man who’s ailing and has never been read aloud to before? Find out in author Megan Willome’s new book club selection.

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

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