My memories of May are bound to May altars and crownings. In the small Catholic grade school I attended, the May crowning was not an annual event as it is in my children’s school. Instead of a solemn celebration in which several students are chosen to place a lovely, silk flower crown on the large statue’s head, our small celebrations were held daily throughout May, with crowning duties rotating from one student to another. I anticipated my turn with a mixture of eagerness and dread.
We’ve clocked a lot of hours with children’s books around here. Our shelves are filled to capacity with books for kids, some classic, some modern, some treasures and some trash. These books have withstood being read hundreds of times and are still loved. Not just by the kids, but by me.
So, to mark Children’s Book Week, here are ten of our favorites. These are the first ten I thought of, but there are others. (Skippyjon Jones books by Judy Schachner come to mind for their clever storytelling and the sheer pleasure of reading them aloud.)
2 CommentsWe’re only five months out from the release of Stay With Me. Last month, I wrote about the settings, and this month, I’m blogging about the music in and related to the novel.
Over at Catholic Fiction.net, the author interviews always include this question:
“If you could no longer work with words, what medium would you work in to create art?
I don’t know whether I’ll ever be asked the question, but I’m ready with an easy answer: music.
This is a crazy time of year! We’ve been outside for softball and baseball games in all sorts of bizarre weather. Add to those games and practices: Boy Scouts, ballet, talent show practice, altar serving, library story times, and a bevy of forms that came at me for class pictures, yearbooks, and other stuff I’ve since forgotten, and it’s a wild ride. Luckily, the beautiful sunshine has energized me.
