The Funny Little Woman
This Japanese folktale is a favorite with kids and seems to help with the idea of dealing with "monsters." It teaches us about the power of laughter, courage, and the…
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May 21, 2018
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 Snake’s Tales
The Snake's Tales, by Marguerite Davol, explores the origin of stories in finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, explaining oneself, the interconnections between fiction and reality, the pleasure in being…
May 13, 2018
Thank You Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet
This weeks story is called Thank You Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet, by April Pulley Sayre. The photographs are beautiful. Let us do our best to embrace the…
April 29, 2018
The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown's classic story of a mother's willingness to go to any lengths to care for her child communicates a profound sense of love, caring, and kindness. This story…
April 17, 2018
Composting Fever
This week's stories are both about composting. Oftentimes we see the discontinuities between human beings and the natural world. But if we look at how the natural world recycles dead…
April 9, 2018