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      Kids Caring Cards: writing to someone you care about after a loss or just to share your love.
      Caron Levis
      • Feb 23, 2021
      • 4 min

      Kids Caring Cards: writing to someone you care about after a loss or just to share your love.

      “He brought her visitors’ notes.” -Ida, Always To honor the 5th year of Ida, Always being on bookshelves, Charles Santoso made special...
      139 views0 comments
      Writing A Story of Loss with Your Child—to Gain Understanding
      Caron Levis
      • Feb 22, 2021
      • 2 min

      Writing A Story of Loss with Your Child—to Gain Understanding

      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...
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      Friends Help: This Way, Charlie Activity Sheets
      Caron Levis
      • Oct 12, 2020
      • 1 min

      Friends Help: This Way, Charlie Activity Sheets

      Friends help each other face Big Feelings, Big Changes, and Big Challenges in all kinds of ways! Jack the goat and Charlie the horse find...
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      This Way, Animal Helpers! Discover Wild Heart Ranch that inspired This Way, Charlie (and me!)
      Caron Levis
      • Jun 25, 2020
      • 2 min

      This Way, Animal Helpers! Discover Wild Heart Ranch that inspired This Way, Charlie (and me!)

      “…everyone deserves a place to heal, rest, and grow.” -This Way, Charlie In the book This Way, Charlie I used a blend of fact and fiction...
      964 views0 comments
      Off-Shore Storytimes: Check here for updates!
      Caron Levis
      • Jun 12, 2020
      • 2 min

      Off-Shore Storytimes: Check here for updates!

      Dear Readers, We are all experiencing Big Changes and many Big Feelings at this time, and since This Way, Charlie is all about two animal...
      243 views1 comment
      Activity Sheets for This Way, Charlie
      Caron Levis
      • May 2, 2020
      • 1 min

      Activity Sheets for This Way, Charlie

      This Way, Readers... Below are two activities for your young readers reading This Way, Charlie. 1. Coloring sheet by illustrator Charles...
      1,733 views0 comments
      This Way, Charlie Raft Interview & Read-Aloud! from KidLitTV
      Caron Levis
      • Apr 26, 2020
      • 1 min

      This Way, Charlie Raft Interview & Read-Aloud! from KidLitTV

      This Way, Readers... Tune in to my read-aloud and interview for the launch of This Way, Charlie—from honeysuckle-raft! In the interview I...
      365 views0 comments
      This Way, Charlie: the idea
      Caron Levis
      • Apr 19, 2020
      • 2 min

      This Way, Charlie: the idea

      Q: Where did the idea for This Way, Charlie come from? A: Several years ago, a friend showed me a PBS special about unusual animal...
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      Walking Together—From a Distance:
Friends Step Up to Big Changes
      Caron Levis
      • Mar 26, 2020
      • 4 min

      Walking Together—From a Distance: Friends Step Up to Big Changes

      "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...
      313 views0 comments
      This Way to Bravery & Peace: This Way, Charlie activity
      Caron Levis with Jack and Charlie
      • Mar 19, 2020
      • 1 min

      This Way to Bravery & Peace: This Way, Charlie activity

      Dear Readers, Jack, the goat & Charlie, the horse know how challenging unexpected Big Changes can be, so they want to help you to feel...
      525 views0 comments
      Step into Mama’s Work Shoes: How the story got started.
      Caron click-clack Levis
      • Jul 20, 2019
      • 2 min

      Step into Mama’s Work Shoes: How the story got started.

      “Why do you have to go, Aunt C?” My niece frowns, my heart melts, and I want to cancel my adult life so I can stay. But I can’t. “I have...
      77 views1 comment
      A Contagious Idea: How Stop That Yawn! got started
      Caron NeverSleeping Levis
      • Aug 28, 2018
      • 2 min

      A Contagious Idea: How Stop That Yawn! got started

      There is a noble, ancient battle being fought in bedrooms every night, all over the world. Surely there must be some kid, somewhere, who...
      53 views0 comments
      K Fell Silent: Not speaking; being heard
      Caron Levis and Silent K
      • Feb 26, 2018
      • 3 min

      K Fell Silent: Not speaking; being heard

      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...
      292 views0 comments
      Zombie Zebras & Hockey Hawks: Kids Create Collaborative Stories
      Caron Levis & Student Storytellers
      • Jul 2, 2017
      • 4 min

      Zombie Zebras & Hockey Hawks: Kids Create Collaborative Stories

      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...
      74 views0 comments
      Kreate Konfident Spllrs! Sound Tips
      Caron Levis
      • Jun 30, 2017
      • 5 min

      Kreate Konfident Spllrs! Sound Tips

      In kindergarten, I spelled words into ribbons. That is, I practiced each spelling word written on my stack of index cards until I had...
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      Permission to Scribble & Squirm (An Ida, Always Activity Guide Sneak Peek)
      Caron
      • Apr 3, 2016
      • 2 min

      Permission to Scribble & Squirm (An Ida, Always Activity Guide Sneak Peek)

      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...
      33 views0 comments
      Relax in your "Sunny Spot" (an Ida, Always Guide Sneak Peek)
      Caron & the Sun
      • Feb 16, 2016
      • 2 min

      Relax in your "Sunny Spot" (an Ida, Always Guide Sneak Peek)

      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...
      14 views0 comments
      Cloud Breaths (Sneak Peak Exercise from the Ida, Always activity guide)
      Caron
      • Feb 11, 2016
      • 2 min

      Cloud Breaths (Sneak Peak Exercise from the Ida, Always activity guide)

      I was thrilled when my editor Emma asked if I wanted to write an activity guide to go along with Ida, Always. I spent a long time...
      64 views0 comments
      A Blog About A Blurb (aka Judith Viorst  Made Me Forget to Be Afraid of Snakes)
      Caron
      • Feb 5, 2016
      • 4 min

      A Blog About A Blurb (aka Judith Viorst Made Me Forget to Be Afraid of Snakes)

      The only thing better than when something you've long hoped for happens, is when something that you never would have dreamed to hope for...
      36 views0 comments

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