Review: Backyard Stew
This story captures the wonder of childhood that seems to fade as we grow older.
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September Giveaway: Mended Wood Literary Society
Anyway, this month’s giveaway is all about sports! If you have a person in your home who is sports-enthused, you need to get in on this one.
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A Return to Earnestness
The old fashion we’re looking for is one where courage is summoned in the smallest of us. Evil is called evil; good is called good.
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Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 14, Issue 34
Links from around the web, the weekly run-down of Story Warren, all in one convenient email. What more could you ask for? Dragons?
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The Other Side
The hollowness that comes with mourning someone, even if they were fictitious, feels real, as the story makes them real. That’s great practice for living with the haunted reality of loss.
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An Excerpt from “Economy and Pleasure”
Wendell, isn’t it fun?
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Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 14, Issue 33
Links from around the web, the weekly run-down of Story Warren, all in one convenient email. What more could you ask for? Dragons?
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The Wisdom of a Pure Heart: A Short Biography of Ezra Jack Keats
Eventually, the little boy in the photos would become the main character of this illustrator’s most famous work: The Snowy Day.
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Stop Being a Snob. Read that Silly Book With Your Kids.
I want to read the serious stories to them, but they bring the silly book about a family trying to get rid of an oversized moose from their yard.
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Make Someone (You) Happy
One of the best things we can do for ourselves, and indeed, for our children, is to pursue happiness.
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Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 14, Issue 32
Links from around the web, the weekly run-down of Story Warren, all in one convenient email. What more could you ask for? Dragons?
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Why Good Stories Have Bad Examples
In the hands of a good storyteller, negative examples don’t pull us toward them—they repel us as we see some semblance of ourselves in the mirror.
