Today’s story is “Make meatballs Sing: the life and art of Corita Kent”, written by Matthew Burgess and pictures by Kara Kramer. It tells the remarkable story of the life of Corita Kent who became a nun, taught art to hundreds of children and college students, was an activist for reform both in the Church and society at large, and just a remarkable woman all the way around. She invented the word “plork” combining play and work, and was steadfast in her belief that making things with your hands creates hope and optimism for the future. She demonstrated through her teaching, art, activism and life that we are not powerless in the face of hard times and trouble. She had a remarkable ability to combine the spiritual and the everyday as expressed in her quote, “[S]cripture and billboards are talking to each. If mountains can shout and rivers can clap their hands, than meatballs can sing.” Enjoy this book and why don’t you make something today and give your children the opportunity to do likewise.