This Way, Readers... Below are two activities for your young readers reading This Way, Charlie. 1. Coloring sheet by illustrator Charles ...

I want to share the post the wonderful folks at Modern Loss once asked me to write for caregivers looking for a creative way to help chil...

"They kept walking, one hoof in front of the other, until it felt like Jack's steps were Charlie's, and Charlie's steps were Jacks." Dear...

Dear Readers, Jack, the goat & Charlie, the horse know how challenging unexpected Big Changes can be, so they want to help you to feel br...

During school-visit interactive readings of May I Have a Word? I ask students to act out the character of the letter K, who is jealous an...

During the first school visits with May I Have A Word? I've gotten to explore the joys and challenges of spelling and sharing with elemen...

When it feels as though the sky is falling, and I know my two hands are not enough to catch, lift, hold the whole thing up, I am tempted ...

Some emotions make us wiggly. Some emotions make us giggly—when we don't think they should. Some feelings make us itchy, and hot, and not...

Last night Charles Santoso and I were speaking (thank you internet.) There was a fresh layer of frost on the ground here in Brooklyn and ...