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.
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…
Preaching to the Chickens: the story of the young John Lewis, written by Jabari Asim, illustrated by E.B. Lewis Enjoy this amazing "origin story" about the extraordinary civil rights leader…
https://youtu.be/mHLqXzf_AvU An Earth Day Story, read atop of Hobbamock's jaw in Sleeping Giant State Park, by Charlie Malone, "On the Day You Were Born" by Debra Fraser, wraps the child's…
I am very excited to share this beautiful version of The Way of the Bodhissatva, adapted by Dominique Townsend especially for children and their families, and illustrated by Tenzin Norbu.…