Posts by Nancy Bo Flood
CREDO, Fermata, Pause
The symbol I chose to represent my vision is a fermata. A musical notation that indicates sustain …
Read MoreThe Coldest Winter I Ever Spent
A look at two books that invite us to talk openly with family, friends, and book clubs about mental health.
Read MoreDeath, a Sacred Mystery
For the lone swan, for us, death remains a mystery. An important part of grieving and the journey of healing, is sharing this mystery with the help of others. And to be present for others. Often simply to listen
Read MoreThe Cost of Liberty
I began reading Torch last night—it is terrific. Brava, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, for your persistence and courage.
Read MorePublication Day! Walking Grandma Home Video
I hope you will share this book with the young people in your life when the time is right. It’s a good book to read out loud, to open a…
Read MoreWalking Grandma Home, a letter to my readers
Thank you for taking a look at my newest book, Walking Grandma Home. Why did I write a book for children about death? I wrote this book for the seven-year-old child I was when my sister died.
Read MoreA Season for Gifts
A season for gifts. Looking for just the right gift for a child? Or for a friend of any age? I want to share several of my most favorite books from this year.
Read MoreSwish, Basketball
I am honored to have a poem included in What is a Friend?, the newest poetry anthology from Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong. (Listen to me read this essay. Scroll…
Read MoreChinle Planting Hope Mural
Adrian Thompson (Navajo) and volunteers are adding a 9 foot by 80 foot mural to the Thrift Store Wall, part of the Chinle Planting Hope and Read at Home projects in Chinle, Arizona. What’s this project all about?
Read MoreWhy do we paint murals?
Big. Murals are big. Bright. A building becomes a canvas of story, of color, Powerful swooping swirls of yellow, orange, red.
Read MoreRead at Home: a New School Year
Approximately 450 subscriptions of Highlights’ High Five children’s “learning and literacy” magazine will begin arriving at schools on a variety of tribal nations.
Read MoreStrange is our situation here on earth
Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why …
Read MoreViolence in Our Country
“Freedom and justice for all ….” Unless you are murdered at school.
Read MoreMemorial Day 2022
This weekend the sacrifices made by our soldiers and veterans are especially real and poignant as we realize the terror and destruction of war happening in Ukraine.
Read MoreRead at Home
This weekend will celebrate a bookmobile becoming a reality. Our early literacy nonprofit, Read at Home, has worked with Chinle Planting Hope, to get this bookmobile on the road.
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