Why was the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award renamed the Children’s Literature Legacy Award? It has to do with being eight years old.
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Reading in the Wild: July’s Pages
Come learn the secrets of being a wild reader. Or just share your July pages. Megan Willome leads the way, with her July wild reads.
Reading in the Wild: June’s Pages
Come learn the secrets of being a wild reader. Or just share your June pages. Megan Willome leads the way, with her June good reads.
Reading in the Wild: May’s Pages
Come learn the secrets of being a wild reader. Or just share your May pages. Megan Willome leads the way, with her May good reads.
Poetry Prompt: The Tanka’s Turn
Can you write a poem in 31 syllables that takes the reader in an unexpected direction?
Reading in the Wild: December’s Pages
Did your New Year’s resolutions include reading more? Join Megan Willome as she recounts her December wild reads and share your December pages.
Through the Looking Glass: Creative Writing Workshop
Children’s stories lead us into our most imaginative selves. Come kindle your curiosity, encourage your whimsy, spark your creativity, and find new ways to think and be, in this inspiring writing workshop that uses children’s stories, as well as grownup’s stories, to take you through the looking glass.
Reading in the Wild: October’s Pages
Come learn the secrets of being a wild reader. Or just share your October pages. Megan Willome leads the way, with her October good reads.
A Random Day of Poetry
We celebrated another day of Random Acts of Poetry, delighted by poems chalked and inked and memorized and read aloud in the public square. How did you spend the day?
Reading in the Wild: September’s Pages
Come learn the secrets of being a wild reader. Or just share your September pages. Megan Willome leads the way, with her September goodreads.
10 Delightful Ways to Keep Your Kids’ Summer Reading in Swing
How many books does it take to save your child from the Summer Reading Slide? Get the answer, plus 10 totally fun ideas for how to keep summer reading in swing!
Reading Together: Rita Dove’s ‘Thomas and Beulah’
Megan Willome’s reading of Rita Dove’s Thomas and Beulah is a reminder that sometimes the moments that change us most aren’t the ones that make the news.
Poetry and Tea with the Boys
For Holly Smothers Grantham, Poetry and Tea Time with the boys is all about falling in love with words.
The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks
Beverly Cleary’s 100th birthday, using your hands to help your head, Ohio’s new poet laureate and radiologist in chief. Our Top 10 Poetic Picks is back.
Strolling through Watership Down: Richard Adams
Meeting the author of a favorite childhood book, Watership Down, a young Heather Eure is inspired in her own quest to be a writer.
A Is for Azure: The Alphabet in Colors
Brilliant ink-on-tile illustrations created with a secret process bring the alphabet to colorful life. Children will delight in the rich, poetic language of colors like emerald, jasmine, and quartz—while also meeting old favorites like yellow, orange and purple.
4 Reasons Your Child Needs Building Toys for Language and Creativity Development
Building toys allow children opportunity for unscripted play which leads to language and creativity development. Monica Sharman shares 4 reasons your child needs building toys.
Top Ten Anne of Green Gables Quotes
Are you a fan of the beloved L. M. Montgomery novels? Enjoy these 10 great Anne of Green Gables quotes, and share your favorite with us.
A More Beautiful Question: Thinking in Questions (Book Club)
What if we didn’t stop asking questions when we got to a certain age? Join us in our first installment of the A More Beautiful Question book club.
Fifty Ways to Love Your Mother
Not sure how to love your Mother for Valentine’s Day? Check out these ways with words. From the poignant to the hilarious.