This is a month for vehi­cles, imag­ined vehi­cles, that take us straight out of our chaot­ic and wor­ri­some now to “what if.”

Hel­lo again, Edu­ca­tors! For those of you who want to pub­lish a children’s book, it’s time to talk about sto­ry (oth­er­wise known as narrative).

Jean Craig­head George … To me, she led an amaz­ing­ly rich life. She gave me a book I tru­ly loved and set me on the path to learn about nature.

Our com­mu­ni­ties in action: sud­den­ly, many books that felt like dis­tant his­to­ry have become top­i­cal once again. Read­ing about the des­per­ate chal­lenges our fore­bears have faced, espe­cial­ly in well-researched nov­els and non­fic­tion, give us all hope that we can find a bridge to the bet­ter side.

Four Calde­cott Award books cel­e­brate the exhil­a­ra­tion of flight, with two jour­neys inspired by his­to­ry and two by imagination.

Once your sto­ry is on its way to becom­ing a book … this arti­cle will focus on the pub­lish­ing steps of a children’s book from the author’s perspective.

There are those among us who are doing vital­ly impor­tant work. Mer­na Ann Hecht is a bright light among those wonder-workers.

a book­list fea­tur­ing pic­ture books that relate sto­ries of peace through com­mu­ni­ty building

In this book­list, we rec­om­mend nov­els for ages 9 to adult that tell sto­ries of char­ac­ters who build a car­ing com­mu­ni­ty around them.

Authors Dr. Nan­cy Bo Flood and Ann Jacobus have been curat­ing a list of tra­di­tion­al­ly pub­lished, excep­tion­al children’s lit­er­a­ture that tack­les men­tal ill­ness for over a decade.

Adults should get some­thing from sto­ry­time, too. I read a book that’s maybe more for them than the kids — it’s extra spe­cial when there’s a book like this that is fas­ci­nat­ing for these wee ones and their adults.

There are, of course, a myr­i­ad of pos­si­bil­i­ties for your his­to­ry buf­fet: mix and match mid­dle grade fic­tion, long form non­fic­tion, pic­ture books, both non­fic­tion and infor­ma­tion­al fic­tion, art­work, film, and muse­um websites.