August House Book of Scary Stories
Remember school days when the power would go out? Your teachers would gather your class in a tight circle, faces lit dimly by the...
Storytellers and Children
Have you ever had the opportunity to watch and listen as a master storyteller like Donald Davis, Heather Forest, or Margaret Read...
The Importance of Reading Aloud to Children
A number of years ago, I was sitting in the stands watching one of my sons play Little League Baseball when another father and I got into...
Teaching with Story
With Labor Day now solidly behind us, there's no kidding ourselves anymore: the school year is officially in full swing. Now that we are...
Research Validates the Importance of Storytelling and the Oral Tradition
Almost any educator who has experienced a good story shared by a master storyteller would agree that telling stories can have a profound...
The Drum is Now an App on SmartyPal
We are thrilled to announce that the Indian folktale The Drum, written by Rob Cleveland, is now available as an interactive app with...
The Future of Children's Books
Recently, Paul Mason's article "Ebooks are changing the way we read, and the way novelists write" in The Guardian raised a number of...