How do stories help us respect and cross borders of identity, place, and culture? And once we’ve crossed a border, what do we do with that newfound empathy? Borders protect our identity, our place, and our culture. But they can also isolate us from the opportunity to give and receive …
How can teachers, parents, and librarians use fiction help children develop age-appropriate views of current social issues? Children’s books make up a $3 billion industry. But their influence? Maybe incalculable. To talk about using middle-grade novels to teach about social issues, we invited Tracy LeGrand and Bibi Belford to join …
Romance. Suspense. Adventure. Great stories lie buried in your family’s past. Genealogy is the second-most popular hobby in America. How can you find your family’s story? And what do you with it once you learn it? We’ll be talking with Anne Norton, a research librarian and educator who specializes in investigating …
Art tells a story. The harmony between illustrations and text conveys and completes stories. How did storytelling evolve from a purely visual medium to one now containing words? Tim Davis, an artist, author and teacher, joins Cynthia Faber Smith, the former art director for both Highlights for Children and Science …
How can your students learn about the cutting-edge of popular science through the art of stories? To talk about that, we invited Jenny Dehlinger and Thomas Locke (Davis Bunn) to join the podcast. Jenny serves as an instructional coach at one of the largest elementary schools in upstate South Carolina. She’s a …