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Your Allies in Imagination. We're on your side.

[Story Warren @StoryWarren]

“I am a slave to the idea of the impossible...[so] I am going to need [my son’s] faith to help me remember mine.”

Read the rest of Mark’s beautiful encounter with faith and a butterfly here:

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Today is National Read A Book Day, and we're on your side with a whole range of recommendations to get you started! Check out our archives of book recommendations and dive in to a new story today:

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#Nationalreadabook #Reading #NewBooks

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When evacuating from a #wildfire what books do you bring? SW contributor, Anne, was forced to live out this question. In today's post, she shares about one of the books she decided to save.

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#reading #parenting #books

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Traditional #fairytales can sometimes be intimidating and complicated to introduce to children, so today, Katie has compiled a list of reasons to dive in and some resources to get you started.

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#readaloud #parenting #children

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Today, Loren writes in praise of Molly Idle’s wordless picture book, Flora and the Flamingo, “fairly bursting with beauty and containing some surprisingly deep lessons for very young readers.”

Read more here:
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#Wordless #picturebook #imagination

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On running, challenges, and choosing to do hard things. My soul needed this today; maybe yours does too.

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#running #5k #perserverance #faithfulness #parenting #family

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Are you a word person? Then we bet you’ll love @peterhreynolds’ picture book The Word Collector. Today, Laura has a review of this book, plus fun suggestions for the kids you love to engage with it!

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#picturebooks #readaloud #summerreading

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Here at Story Warren, we talk about fostering holy imagination. Today, @SDSmith_ reminds us why we keep beating this drum:

“Children see everywhere an upside-down world. Holy imagination is a crucial capacity to help them see it right-side-up.”

https://t.co/RfJkpY4Zp2

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On #art and #parenting: "the longer you have with your audience, the more likely you are to leave them with something meaningful"

Read more of @JamesDWitmer' post on potent art here: https://t.co/miCVKUVhrn

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In which Naomi discovers the power of #fantasy literature to foster imagination. “I need to be reminded to be strong and courageous in the most boring, seemingly meaningless, stretches of my quest.”

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#narnia #LOTR #fiction

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The classics became that way for a reason. Today, Liz recommends the Wolves of Willoughby Chase.

#fairytale #mystery #fantasy #readaloud #classics

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"[Poetry] has the potential to call forth wonder and gratitude for the smallest things. And the poetry of Robert Lewis Stevenson does exactly this for the smallest people."

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#poetry #family

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In an often disappointing world, would you dare to be whole-hearted in your excitement, ambition, love, imagination?
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#love #imagination #adventure #wholehearted #parenting #childhood

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“Best love to you all. When you say your prayers sometimes ask God to bless me.
Yours ever, C.S. Lewis”

If you haven't read C.S. Lewis' Letters to Children, grab yourself a copy this summer, then cozy up and enjoy.

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#cslewis #letters #childrensbook

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On pursuing a world of play and wonder and nurturing “goofball island.” #parenting #family #imagination #insideout #creativity

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[Glenn McCarty @glennmccarty]

Less than 24 hours to go in the #tumbleweedthompson @kickstarter campaign! Weeeeeehawwwww! #middlegradefiction #kidlit #readaloudrevival #booksforboys #storiestogatheraround

[Jonathan Aman @jdaman79]

One more week to get in on The Tumbleweed Thompson novel by Glenn McCarty! by Glenn McCarty on @Kickstarter https://t.co/BxxlCmHgXL Don't miss out on the chance to fund it!

[Story Warren @StoryWarren]

“It is a brave thing to stick your neck out in a world full of flashing swords...[But] you gave me a chance. You held my heart in your hands and you surprised me with your tenderness.”
- @SDSmith_
Read more of his thanks and challenge. We’re on your side.
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[mb @mb_runs81]

I'm over at @StoryWarren today sharing a little bit of my heart for stories. I'd love it if you'd pop over, read, comment, and share!
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"If I desire for my kids to grow up to be heroes in their own lives and for the Kingdom, then they will need good stories." Read more here: https://t.co/LJ2P0ukHxB
#stories #imagination #heroes #parenting #readaloud