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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

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

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

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

glowing castle at night

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

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

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: ‘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

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

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

Children’s Book Club: ‘Fear the Bunny’

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

William Blake

Join author Megan Willome for Children’s Book Club, in which she learns why bunnies are way scarier than tigers in ‘Fear the Bunny.’ (This picture book not approved by William Blake.)

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Classic Poetry

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

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

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

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

Children’s Book Club: “Dear Evan Hansen”

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Author Megan Willome considers the power of trees in “Dear Evan Hansen” for Tweetspeak’s Children’s Book Club, which this month, is all about teenagers.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, book reviews, Children's Book Club, Tree Poems

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