Archive for October 2025

Imagine a child with a secret identity and a gift that comes from another world. It might be art or music, a sport, inventing, noticing, or dreaming. It doesn’t matter what it is, but the gift is huge, magnificent, undeniable. Explore how this extraordinary gift lives inside an ordinary child and how carrying such a secret could shape the way they move through everyday life on Earth.

Choose something you want children to better understand—an everyday experience, a big question, or a small wonder. It might be friendship, fairness, belonging, nature, loss, or something else entirely. Explore how a picture book could open that subject up, giving children space to see, feel, and make sense of it in their own way.

Making friends is a risky thing. A smile, a question, an invitation to play—none come with guarantees. Explore a moment when a child reaches out in friendship, not knowing what will happen. Notice what that risk feels like, and how the act of reaching out matters as much as the response.

Fear often depends on how we see. A shadow that looks like a monster may turn out to be a tree branch. A frightening noise may be nothing more than the cat. A classroom that feels overwhelming may become a field for exploration.
Explore a moment when a child is able to reframe something, and their perspective shifts so that what once felt frightening takes on a new meaning.