Chapter 2 “And so, at dawn, that day in the first week of August, Mae Tuck woke up and lay for a while beaming at the cobwebs on the ceiling. At last she said aloud, “The boys’ll be home tomorrow!” Mae’s husband, on his back beside her, did not stir. He was still asleep, and…
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Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit – Read the Prologue and Chapter 1
Prologue “The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of…
Free Weekly Saturday Story Hours Every Saturday Morning at Jacki Kellum Studios – Take a Peek at the September Titles
Jacki Kellum Telling a Story at Square Books Jr, in Oxford Free Story Hour Every Saturday Morning at 9:30 26 South Main Street | Water Valley, Mississippi Most people in Water Valley do not realize this, but before I moved back to the South, I was a professional storyteller in New Jersey. Because I love…
The Artist’s Way on Wednesdays – A Free Event Challenge from Jacki Kellum Studios Breakfast Club — A Program for Blocked Creatives
Beginning today, Jacki Kellum will offer a free online challenge: Write Morning Pages to restore your inner balance, to restore your creativity, and to make yourself whole. Although writing is the vehicle for restoration, Writing Morning Pages is not merely for writers. Writing Morning Pages is an activity that will help EVERYONE function more creatively….
Tuesdays with Tomie – Jacki Kellum Studios Free Breakfast Club Program – Practicing Turning Our Memories into Picture Books – Begins September 9, 2025
For too many reasons to name, Children’s Literature is my favorite genre to read and study. While Tomie de Paola is not my favorite Picture Book Creator, he is the best I know to study to learn to turn memories into picture books. Because de Paola is both a prolific writer and an illustrator, he…
Push Yourself – Keep Learning to Stay Young & Productive
While I watched my carpenter install my new door sign and Push Plate today, I thought that this plate needs to be the motto of Jacki Kellum Studios — Push! Here I am — “pushing” 76, and I’m pushing myself to start a new business, but I am also asking people around me to push…