Come learn the secrets of being a wild reader. Or just share your February pages. Megan Willome leads the way, with her February good reads.
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Take Your Poet to School Week—National Poetry Month!
Take Your Poet to School Week For the past several years, we’ve provided cut ‘n color poets for grown-ups, to take to work in July. Sometimes, kids borrowed them. And, over time, we heard from librarians and classroom teachers: “We want kids to have the chance to take these to school.” But nobody wanted to […]
By Hand: Stitching and Coloring
By Hand is a monthly prompt focused on freeing our words by using our hands. This month we’re exploring stitching and coloring with Megan Willome as our guide.
Reading in the Wild: January’s Pages
Come learn the secrets of being a wild reader. Or just share your January pages. Megan Willome leads the way, with her January good reads.
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.
By Hand: Decorating
By Hand is a monthly prompt that focuses on freeing our words by using our hands. This month, we’re exploring decorating with Megan Willome as our guide.
Rediscovering “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens
“Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens is one of his best and most beloved novels, one he initially described as “fine, new, and grotesque.”
Reading in the Wild: November’s Pages
Come learn the secrets of being a wild reader. Or just share your November pages. Megan Willome leads the way, with her November good reads.
Children’s Book Club: “Eggday”
A pig, a horse, and a goat can’t win a best egg competition? Can they? Megan Willome leads a discussion about Joyce Dunbar’s “Eggday.”
How to Keep a Poetry Journal
You can keep, save, and make your life with poems. Use this “poetry journal” excerpt from The Joy of Poetry to send you on your way. GET TIPS ON: • The 2 main sections to include • How to easily find the best poems • The surprising key questions to ask when you journal […]
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.
Day of the Dead: Skeletons, Stories, Songs, Poetry
Celebrate Day of the Dead with skeletons, calaveras poems, and children’s books. Best enjoyed with a side of sweet skull cakes.
From I Hate to Cook to the Joy of Cooking: A Writer’s Favorite Cookbooks
Laura Willis shares her favorite cookbooks, along with memories of the cookbooks that warmed her mother’s and grandmothers’ kitchens.
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.
Top 10 Books that Inspired Me (and You)
If you could only choose ten books that inspired you, what would they be? Megan Willome shares her personal Top 10.
Reading in the Wild: August’s pages
Come learn the secrets of being a wild reader. Or just share your August pages. Megan Willome leads the way, with her August goodreads.
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 goodreads.
Poetry on the Brain: It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day!
It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day! Not surprisingly, we’ve got poetry on the brain today.
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 goodreads.
Fatherhood: Family Ties Poetry Prompt
Our fathers are an important part of who we have become. This is not lost on poets, as many have written poems on fatherhood. Come along with us and read some poetry about fathers, then write your own heartfelt or hilarious poem.