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.
Greetings gentle readers and Welcome to 2022. I am eager to embrace the challenges and opportunities of the new year. Storytelling, the stories we tell, the stories we listen to,…
In honor of Martin Luther King's birthday I share A Place To Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation, written by Barry Wittenstein and illustrated…
Happy Winter Solstice! December 21st, 2020! Let us appreciate and celebrate the sun, the changing seasons, winter, the short days, the long nights, our friends, families, communities, and the interconnectedness…
https://youtu.be/OvPU0UUT7Bg The Little Red Hen is one of the earliest stories I remember my mother telling me. This version, retold by Jerry Pinkney and illustrated with his warm, spiritual realism…
Please share this extraordinary collection of poems for children ( and the adults who love them) written by Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Ashley Bryan. Nikki Giovanni is a national…