Sharing at Voices Against Violence Summer Camp
"Cheetah" goes to summer camp. A great day! Placing our thumbprints on a cheetah. Playing Seven Rocks. Posters for endangered species. How did Roblay become a man even before the race was won? Patience, grace, speed, perseverance, practice...
Facing Our Fears Together
With life returning to some kind of normal where many kids can be at libraries and camps and school, it is a delight to meet readers near and far. The readers at Harbor House in Oakland California had a lot to share about their fears: What it feels like when you don't speak English and people laugh at you when you try to talk. And questions: Have you ever been bullied? They had wise suggestions too: Find someone who is quiet and shy like you are and make friends with that [...]
Cheetah visits Plum Borough Library
A beautiful evening outdoors and masked. Readings, Art and games. Like Roblay's friends we played the seven stones game. Like Roblay some of us put our thumbprints on a cheetah. Others made Save the Cheetah posters. Great listeners, great questions. So good to be back with my readers!
Why I love Writing for kids/Writing for Reading Programs
Reading has been one of my passions since....well...since I could read or even earlier... since my parents began reading to me. Sharing books, trips to the library, communicating, understanding, laughing, crying, diving in, escaping. Stretched out on a towel on a summer day, next to the cool pool in our yard or at the beach. Curled up in an easy chair in winter or on a sick day from school, in bed late at night. Read alouds as a family. Those books where I kept reading to find out what happens but didn't [...]
Three New Teacher Guides! Expand the Reading Experience for you and your children and students.
Teachers, Parents, Readers, You are invited to visit www.karenlynnwilliams.com and check out the Teacher Guides for my newest books.Find discussion ideas, themes, vocabulary, art projects, recipes and games. Expand the reading experience. Enjoy!
Facing Fear Featured in Interview with Sara Palacios
Sara Palacios has collaborated on many different books including, Between Us and Abuela (FSG), ‘Twas Nochebuena (Viking), One Big Family(Eerdmans), and many other books for children. In 2012, she received the Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor for Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match(Children’s Book Press). Sara was born in Mexico City and earned BFA and MFA degrees in Illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. What is your favorite image from Facing Fear? SP: I like the scenes inside the family and the aunt’s house. I like creating and seeing the family’s personality. Story-wise, it’d have to be when [...]