I read some of my favorite stories and non-fiction children’s books and share stories of my own. Storytelling is a fundamental way of sharing our sense of the world and expressing our place in it. Stories frame everything we do in the world, what we know and don’t know, and our understandings of the impossible and possible. Stories encircle and open up the world.

The Antlered Ship

The story of the week, The Antlered Ship, comes by way of my daughter Sylvia and her son Jackson. Written by Dashka Slater and illustrated by The Fan Brothers it…

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And Still the Turtle Watched

This deep story about the fate of a turtle carving made by someone from the Delaware tribe that had been lost in the mists of history and then recovered, refurbished…

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Roxaboxen

This week's story is Roxaboxen by Alice Mclerran and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. I am struck by the disconnect between a sort of nostalgic, idealized affirmation of the type of…

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Flip

Flip is a story written and illustrated by Wesley Dennis. I think the story's style could well be described as "magical realism" and is thus an apt addition to any…

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I Am Enough

This week's story is called "I am Enough," written by Grace Byers and pictures Keturah A. Bobo. The story is a straightforward paean to self-worth, self-determination and "living in love…

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