Posts by Beth
“Let’s Ask” Guest Post!
I’m delighted to be the guest on Jennifer Young’s blog, Castles in the Sky, today. Jennifer has a weekly feature called “Let’s Ask” in which she asks one question to her guest of the day. Please pop on over to see what Jennifer asked me, and what I answered. Let’s Ask Beth Stilborn
Read MoreImogen Ragone — Wednesday Worthy INTERVIEW
Imogen Ragone is a teacher of the Alexander Technique in Wilmington, Delaware. She completed the full-time, three-year training course (over 1600 hours) in Charlottesville, VA in 2006, and is certified to teach the Alexander Technique by the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT). After completing her certification she moved to Wilmington, where she enjoys…
Read MoreA Writing Room of One’s Own
Do you have a space set aside for your writing (or other creative pursuits) even if it has to be tidied/corralled/put away when the family comes home? It can help so much, I believe, in making creativity a regular part of one’s life if one has a spot that is devoted to that. The website…
Read MoreSimeon’s Gift — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Since I interviewed one of the authors of this book, Emma Walton Hamilton, here on my blog on Wednesday, it seemed appropriate to share Simeon’s Gift today. In the interview, Emma mentioned that one of the books she and her mother have collaborated on had its origin in a story they wrote together when…
Read MoreEmma Walton Hamilton — Wednesday Worthy INTERVIEW
EMMA WALTON HAMILTON is a best-selling children’s book author, editor, educator and arts and literacy advocate. She has co-authored over twenty children’s books with her mother, Julie Andrews, six of which have been on the New York Times best-seller list, including The Very Fairy Princess series (#1 NY Times Bestseller), Julie Andrews’ Collection Of Poems, Songs And…
Read MoreOne Duck — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: One Duck Author: Hazel Hutchins Illustrator: Ruth Ohi Publisher: Toronto: Annick Press, 1999.
Read MoreLola Loves Stories — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Lola Loves Stories Author: Anna McQuinn Illustrator: Rosalind Beardshaw Publisher: Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2010 (First published in the UK by Alanna Books in 2009, as Lulu Loves Stories.)
Read MoreImagination — Springboard into New Worlds
Something that has been lost, I think, in this era of online dictionaries, is the browsing, glancing, serendipitous discovery of a word that takes a person off on a flight of imagination, that sends one into another world, a world of the imagination, of “what if,” of “suppose it was this way.” If an online…
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