Dog the Bear and Bear the Dog by S.D. Smith, illustrated by Aedan Peterson There once was a dog whose full name was “Bear,” And a bear whose full name was “Dog,” On one side of the forest, a log fell on Bear, On the other, Dog fell on a log. It might have been…
As you may have seen on our Facebook page, we’re happy to share the wonderful news that you can pre-order new editions of The Wilderking Trilogy right now from The Rabbit Room store. We love these books and most heartily recommend them to you and your youngsters. My kids devoured them like a box of…
The Whittler written and illustrated by Joe Sutphin Now, by no means am I a fanciful thinker, or one to buy into tales of faeries and such, but I have come to understand that there are rare occasions in life when a man may find himself faced with the unexplainable. It was on such an…
As you know, Fridays at SW are for kids. Today’s edition features some extra fun. Mrs. Reynolds has not only written a charming story, but has also recorded an audio version you can listen to! And, while you’re listening, you can color a picture from the story! I asked her (yesterday) if she would consider…
Everything: The Incredible Sword of Jeromer Romery by S.D. Smith, illustrated by Joe Sutphin There twice lived a boy in the land of Boint Lee, a boy named Jeromer Romery. Yes, he lived twice. You heard me right. For once he had fallen hard out of a tree, and landed as hard on the fell…
This is an old story taken from James Baldwin’s book for children, Fifty Famous Stories. I have provided a new illustration and hope you like it. For those of you reading aloud, you can pronounce Bucephalus, [Byoo-sef-a-lus] which is easier to say than it looks. Please enjoy this first and very short installment of Story…
Here is a zany –and thank you very much, I will say zany— poem by poet and poetry writer, Rebecca Reynolds. Enjoy the silliness! Also, here’s a fun thing, parents/adult humans: Invite your children to draw an illustration from the poem and post it to our Facebook page and your child may win a prize….
Jonathan Rogers is a fine author, an awfully smart fellow, and a man who excels at humorous anecdotes. He even has a humorous anecdote about telling a humorous anecdote. If your family has yet to be introduced to his Wilderking Trilogy, or The Charlatan’s Boy, you are among the world’s underprivileged. His guest post today…
In these early months of 2013, when I’m not busy booking concerts, I’m working on songs for the new Slugs & Bugs CD. If you haven’t heard, almost all of the lyrics will come straight from scripture. I’ve used many suggestions from people out there in internet land and if you have one, don’t hesitate…
My friend Vincent Anastasi is a songwriter of some local repute, and his local shows (which he plays with his two oldest boys) are always great fun. But I want to share a song he wrote with his youngest son, who loves Mother Goose. It seems that, behind the innocent nursery rhymes, there is a…
I’m adding some middle-grade cover images to my portfolio (I’m an illustrator) of stories that don’t exist…
We are big Dan Zanes fans in our home. We especially love his Sea Music, but the record this song comes from, Night Time, is also pretty great. It even features a Zulu song, which warms my part-African heart. Enjoy!
