Story is a powerful way to build compassion and bridge understanding between cultures. Story has the power to heal as well as teach.

Beyond Boundaries · Essays and Tidbits from Nancy Bo Flood

Leaf Town Forever Betsy Bowen Kathleen Rooney Beth Rooney University of Minnesota Press

Let’s Pretend

November 4, 2025

Let’s pretend! How often we hear these words from children. How magical to be able to create a world and endless stories out of anything … let’s pretend and imagine…

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How the Forest Feels: Sensory Play Nature's Way by Wendy Silvano and Mirka Hokkanen

How the Forest Feels

October 28, 2025

A delightful picture book to share with children and then invite them, even the most reluctant ones, to come along for an outside adventure.

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How does autumn taste?

October 7, 2025

How does autumn taste? Feel? Look?

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Wings of an Eagle

Billy Mills, Wings of an Eagle

October 3, 2025

I spent an unforgettable hour at the South Dakota Book Festival listening to Billy Mills, Olympic gold medalist.

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Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve and Nancy Bo Flood

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

October 2, 2025

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux, has a new book!

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