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 story of the week is Lift Every Voice and Sing: A Celebration Of African American National Anthem, written by James Weldon Johnson and illustrated by Elizabeth Catlett. This song…
The story of the week is "The Race for the Chinese Zodiac" a retelling of the traditional Chinese folktale about how the different animals became associated with each of the…
Mo Willems's Gerald and Piggie books are legendary for their humor, moral wisdom, and tender, madcap zaniness. One of my favorites is Waiting is Hard, as Piggy has a surprise…
This week's story is Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Bryan Collier. The story starts out in the segregated South with a young Martin Luther King confronted…