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The Warren & The World Vol 15

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Have you heard? No, really, have you heard?

There’s a new “big” Green Ember book on its way and it’s about Helmer. HELMER. Have you ever wondered more about his backstory? Now’s your chance.

Oh, AND, there’s a video game. A GREEN EMBER VIDEO GAME—all about Helmer in the Dragon Tomb! You’ve got to get behind this project!

Check out the trailer for the video game!

This is not a drill. Head on over to the Kickstarter page where you can hear from S. D. Smith about the project and back it yourself to get the book and the game!

Around the Web

Why Boys No Book?

SDG Morgan explores the question of why boys lag behind in reading and offers suggestions to inspire our young knights—we’ll add Helmer’s new book to this list!

  • Fewer young boys are reading books.
    Why is that?
    To be totally frank, I didn’t know this was an issue at first, because I’m a homeschooled kid who then went to Duke. So I’ve always been in a bubble where there was lots of reading.
    Read more

The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman

Janie at Redeemed Reader reviews a middle-grade novel.

  • The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest is a thoughtful, touching, and gently humorous speculation about the afterlife.
    Read more

If You Want Joy in the Darkest Valley

Elle Cardel shares about finding delight in hard times.

  • My birth experience was beyond chaotic.
    Nothing about it was what I had hoped for.
    I wanted a natural birth.
    Because of my daughter’s needs, however, I endured a forty-seven-hour induction instead.
    And just when I thought things were hard enough as I watched my daughter, Selah, fight for her life through one open-heart surgery after the next, she went into cardiac arrest in my arms the day before we were supposed to officially take her home.
    Read more

First Steps in Verse: *You’re a Poet and Dino Poet

Janie introduces us to two picture books that help children take their early steps in poetry.

  • You’re a Poet is a friendly and practical guide not just to writing poetry, but thinking poetically.
    Dino Poet introduces poetry-phobic kids to the wide world of verse.
    Read more

Around the Warren

Finding My Way Back To Neverland

Jessica Burke finds a way to play.

  • Sometimes the situation at my front door is quite stress-inducing. It’s not just the shoes, though the quantity of shoes is quite overwhelming. It’s more the giant chunks of dried mud and the leaves that fall off the shoes that get me. Now, the shoes— all twenty-seven and one-half pairs of them—aren’t the real culprit for this epidemic of spreading mud. No, it’s the people, namely children, whose feet tromp in the shoes in the mud that cause such a terrible mess.
    Read more

The Newest Green Ember Adventure is Coming!

Kelly Keller has all the deets on the new Green Ember book and video game!

  • Friends, we’ve been teasing and teasing, and we’re finally ready to tell you.
    The newest Green Ember adventure is not just one way to enjoy your favorite story universe, but two:
    Read the story. Play the story.
    We’re thrilled to tell you that the next title, Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb, comes as a book and a fully immersive video game.
    Read more

Something to Do with Your Kids

I loved memory games as a kid, and this DIY version sounds like so much fun!

Something to Watch

Don’t miss the live Q&A with S. D. Smith about the new game and book! Or, if you did, watch it as soon as you can.

Thanks for reading. We’re on your side. 

–The Story Warren Team

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