Storytelling is kind of a big thing in our family. The girl used to get nightly made up bedtime stories (from husband, not me, I’m not great at on-the-spot storytelling), we have always read a lot and she has liked to make her own books with “stories” in them since probably before she could even […]
3 Picture Books That Aren’t (Just) for Pre-readers
I have made it clear that we read a lot over here, and we read a lot of different things. But sometimes there’s fun to be had in not reading at all. Some of our favorite books don’t have any words, but they’re not necessarily just for little kids. Telling the story of what’s happening […]
Scenic Storytelling: My ARBU Wrapup, Part One
I spent the weekend at the Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged Conference, which brought together 70 women from all over the states (and one each from Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas) to learn, connect and have fun. We certainly did all of that and more. It was a crazy busy whirlwind of activity that was at times […]