Tomie dePaola’s Book of Bible Stories Image Credit: Tomie dePaola on Amazonp “In the sixth onth, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings,…
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The Story of the Magi, as Re-told by Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola’s Book of Bible Stories Image Credit: Tomie dePaola on Amazon In his Book of Bible Stories, Tomie dePaola tells the story of the Magic who traveled to visit Jesus as follows: “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked,…
The Story of the Birth of Jesus, as Re-told by Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola’s Book of Bible Stories Image Credit: Tomie dePaola on Amazon In his Book of Bible Stories, Tomie dePaola tells the story of the birth of Jesus as follows: Jesus Is Born “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first…
Strega Nona’s Gift
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Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
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The Tradition of Lighting Candles During Advent
I celebrated my first Advent Season many years ago, while I was teaching art at an Episcopal Day School. Among other things, we lit a candle at the beginning of each day. At this time, I still like to light candles during Advent, but lighting candles is not an Advent must. As I have said…
In Genesis, We Are Told that God Created the World — What Does that Say about God?
Last year, in honor of the publication of my debut picture book, The Donkey’s Song, I launched an Advent program that I hope to enlarge every year. Very briefly, Advent is a way of preparing for Christmas–one day at a time–and it begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. People celebrate Advent in several ways….
Jacki Kellum Wishes Everyone A Merry Christmas – from Her Studio, The Donkey’s Song, and Mrs. Cow
“She wears socks that jing-a-ling To wear on Christmas Day.” Mrs. Cow Decorating Her Christmas tree. – Jacki Kellum illustration. I’ll let you in on a little secret: I am Mrs. Cow. No doubt about it, 2022 has been one of the grandest joy rides of my life. Here’s a bit of inspiration for late…
Should Picture Book Writers Write Memoir? YES!
Every Writer Should Also Write Memoir. News Flash: The Donkey’s Song stemmed from my memoir writing. That Donkey is me! For today’s Memoir Mondays assignment, I want people to draw a map of their childhood neighborhoods. If you study my map closely, you can see that my childhood home was within walking distance of the foundation…
The Donkey’s Song Is A Picture Book about the Dark versus the Light
I have been busy getting my curriculum ready for the class that I’ll be teaching this fall at my local college. Along the way, I decided to share some of that class online via social media, and I launched Looking at Lit, a free club for anyone who wants to learn more about literature. I…