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Children’s Book Club: ‘The Beatryce Prophecy’ by Kate DiCamillo

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In Kate DiCamillo’s “The Beatryce Prophecy,” our hero changes her story (with the help of a goat. Join us for Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Reading in the Wild: May’s Pages

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

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.

Filed Under: Blog, Literacy for Life, Reading in the Wild

Children’s Book Club: The Tale of Despereaux

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

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Join us for today’s Children’s Book Club discussion of Kate DiCamillo’s The Tale of Despereaux, and shine some light through story.

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

The Magician’s Elephant Book Club: Magic Words

By Will Willingham 10 Comments

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Can a simple question like “What if” be the magic words that open doors and change the world? We wrap up our book club discussion of Kate DiCamillo’s The Magician’s Elephant this week.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, The Magician's Elephant

The Magician’s Elephant Book Club: The Truth is Forever Changing

By Will Willingham 22 Comments

The Magician's Elephant book club tiny yellow flowers on black

The truth is always changing, the fortuneteller says. Perhaps she’s right. Or perhaps more than one thing is true at once. Our discussion of The Magician’s Elephant continues.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, The Magician's Elephant

The Magician’s Elephant Book Club: Naming Names

By Will Willingham 47 Comments

Magicians Elephant book club - old wooden door

In this week’s book club discussion of Kate DiCamillo’s The Magician’s Elephant, we consider the power of names and naming.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Stories, The Magician's Elephant

Memoir Notebook: Kate DiCamillo’s Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech

By Kate DiCamillo 15 Comments

Kate DiCamillo Newberry Acceptance Speech Rope Ladder

Kate DiCamillo listened to the approaching siren and thought it was the first time in her life she had heard that sound and not wondered who it was for.

Filed Under: Beautiful Words, Blog, Books, Children's Authors, Memoir Notebook

Book Club Announcement: The Magician’s Elephant

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Kate DiCamillo The Magician's Elephant Book Club

Join us for our new book club coming up in September. We’ll be asking “what if” with Kate DiCamillo’s The Magician’s Elephant.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Books, The Magician's Elephant

The Magician’s Elephant: What if Natural Selection is Wrong?

By L.L. Barkat 30 Comments

The Magician's Elephant Kate DiCamillo Natural Selection Wrong

Iconoclastic thinking requires “thinking outside the room.” Could natural selection be wrong? Kate DiCamillo’s The Magician’s Elephant leads the way.

Filed Under: Blog, Creativity, Incidentally

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