I just finished reading A Girl, A Raccoon, and the Midnight Moon by Karen Roman Young. It’s a fun story about 11-year-old Pearl who wants to save her small library in her equally small New York neighborhood. After the library loses the head of its claim to fame—the statue of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay—the…
• Lemon custard ice cream in a sugar cone • Walks without jackets • Kites on the beach • Squeals of laughter in the surf • Bicycles with baskets carrying picnics—or puppies • Twilight at 9 pm • Planning get aways • Sunglasses and sunscreen • A long list of books to read • Time…
I had a different post for today. It was all set and ready to go. And then the Uvalde, Texas, shooting happened. Innocent children, innocent adults who were living their lives, learning and teaching in school. They’re just gone. And I thought, how can I post something that doesn’t speak to what happened on May…
You might roll your eyes at the idea of everyday magic. Go ahead, I’ll wait. 😊 But when you’re done rolling your eyes, take a look around you. Finding everyday magic is a beautiful way to live. Every day holds magic. Kids are open to it. That’s why it so often features in their books….
Hello, and Happy Monday. This post talks about writing goals, but it can apply to absolutely any goal you have—and offers some ways to get you closer to success. Full disclosure, I only dabbled in writing when I was raising my kids. I finished my first manuscript about two years before I had my first…
I wonder if you or your children grew up watching Full House. My kids did. If it came on three times a day—and sometimes it did—they’d watch three times a day. Just to recap, Full House was a show about a widower and his three kids, living in a house in San Francisco with the…
I remember just how I felt when I was a kid and had an assignment to begin a project. Do you remember that feeling? Excited to create something but scared to death that it won’t come out as planned and won’t be any good. This blog is that project: A combination of imagination and creation….
My belief is that all children are creative. I believe all children should learn how to use their voice. I believe the lives of all children can be uplifted with books. I believe children need to know how to take responsibility for their actions, good or bad. My belief is that a childhood without a…
