SUMMER READING “A book can inspire a child. A child can inspire the world.” Literacy expert Julie Wood writes, “summer reading is critical to a child’s ability to not only retain information learned the previous year, but also to grow in knowledge and critical thinking skills for the coming year.” I have selected 5 …
RHYTHMS AND WONDERS BEYOND PICTURE BOOKS Children’s Yoga The Department of Health and Human Services designated September National Yoga Awareness Month to inspire people to live a healthy life style and to educate them about the health benefits of yoga. I discovered yoga about fifteen years ago, and the inner peace, strength, and spirituality it …
RHYTHMS AND WONDERS BEYOND PICTURE BOOKSPECHA KUCHA Pecha Kucha – Visual Storytelling that Celebrates Humanity Pecha Kucha means “chit chat” in Japanese. It is a storytelling platform that shows 20 slides for 20 seconds each, giving you 400 seconds to tell your story. Pecha Kucha was created by two architects, Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, …
THE DANCE OF UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS “Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them . . . your smile, your hope, and your courage.” – Dan Zantamata “Friends are the sunshine of life”, according to John Hay, and realized by characters in many picture books. I am fascinated by stories of …
RHYTHMS and WONDERS BEYOND PICTURE BOOKS – COLLAGE My life beats to a rhythm of wonder and curiosity, beyond picture books. I would like to share some of my passions, pursuits and accomplishments. These, and childhood memories, offer the seeds of the children’s picture book stories and poems that I write. CAPTURING THE MOMENT IN COLLAGE …
THE WONDER OF PICTURE BOOKS Picture books have overflowed my bookshelves for as long as I can remember. Reading to my three children as they grew was a joy. A time to snuggle, connect and learn. I plan to read these old favorites to my grandchildren from board book through chapter book. This past year …
Rhythm Of Breezes Bustling Through Trees – part 2 The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a city Forever, is the story of Kate Sessions. In the 1860s girls were not encouraged to study science, but Kate Sessions loved studying wind and rain, muscles and bones, plants, and especially trees. …
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RHYTHM of BREEZES BUSTLING THROUGH TREES part 1 “Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky.” – Kahil Gibran I am a Dendrophile, someone who loves trees and forests, and enjoy psithurism, the sound of wind in the trees and the rustling leaves. There are many fiction and nonfiction picture books about trees …
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The Beat of 16 Dog-Gone Feet (part 2) The History of Dogs Scientists have been unable to pinpoint where or when Canis famliaris became domesticated. However, they agree that today’s domesticated dogs originated in China, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. It is also known that all dogs descended from wolves. The first domesticated wolves …
THE BEAT OF 16 DOG-GONE FEET (part 1) WILLOW, my beloved 6-year-old yellow lab. My loyal companion, comforter, snuggler and listener. A trickster, rock climber, and strong swimmer with boundless energy. Willow is my best friend and embedded in my heart. This blog, part 1 and part 2, will feature four books highlighting dogs that …