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

Welcome to the wide world of cowboy boots

April 5, 2016

Rodeo entrants choose steel-toed cowboy boots for maximum protection against large-hoofed animals. That’s just the start of the many differences in cowboy boots. Different boots are made for different cowboy…

Read More

Hawaii knows rodeo!

March 31, 2016

Ever since writing Cowboy Up! Ride the Navajo Rodeo, I’ve been amazed at discovering so many rodeo hotspots I had never imagined. The 24th  Panaewa Stampede Rodeo graced Hawaii’s Big…

Read More

Jordan ‘Slick’ Phelps is a 2-time champ. No bull!

March 29, 2016

Oglala Sioux Tribal member Jordan “Slick” Phelps is a two-time bull riding world champion. All this by age 19? This competitor started at age FOUR. Cowboy up!  

Read More

Celebrating cultural connections, diversity, picture books and poetry

March 24, 2016

With Sylvia Vardell, Janet Wong and librarians Ally Garcia and Marianne Follis, I was part of the “Cultural Connections: Celebrating Diversity with Picture Books and Poetry” presentation at the Public Library Association conference in Denver in April 2016. Sylvia and Janet are poetic wonders I’m proud to team with.

Read More
The Navajo Year by Nancy Bo Flood

Celebrate spring with The Navajo Year

March 22, 2016

The first day of spring previews another notable date for me. The Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons debuted April 1, 2006. Happy 10th anniversary to a title I’m proud…

Read More
water tap

Colgate takes water conservation message to a new audience

March 17, 2016

Every drop counts. That’s a simple, profound message about water’s future. Colgate should be commended for efforts to educate and inspire. For example, Colgate notes that 1 in 10 people…

Read More

Shasta Dam threatens the Middle Water People

March 15, 2016

Raising the height of Shasta Dam means a 13 percent growth in California’s Shasta Lake. This supposed solution to create more freshwater resource for farms and cities will wipe out…

Read More

Dark future looming in Florida’s waters

March 10, 2016

Can you see water pollution on the move? Activist John Heim does. Heim has documented what he calls “the black line of death” moving from Florida’s Lake Okeechobee to the…

Read More