by Carolyn Burke | Jun 21, 2024
Be still. Look closely. And watch. You will be amazed by the tiny creatures that you can find. It may be a cricket sitting on a blade of grass, an ant climbing up a leaf, or a honey bee flying by. The lyrical poem written by Helen Frost encourages us to step gently...
by Carolyn Burke | Jun 7, 2024
Etuaptmumk, means two-eyed seeing in Mi’kmaq. Netukulimk means protecting Mother Earth for the ancestors and for present and future generations. How do we walk together to see the world through two eyes? We wait, we listen, and we watch—and things are revealed to us....
by Carolyn Burke | May 23, 2024
Have you forgotten who you are? Look up! The moon remembers. Everyone was a baby once. All the bunnies, and squirrels, every tree, and flower, and even your pet cricket was a baby. When a baby is born, the moon is there. The moon remembers every life, every moment,...
by Carolyn Burke | May 7, 2024
Mae’s family is moving to a new home. She wishes she could bring her garden with her. But there is no room for a garden in the crowded city. Mae is missing her apple trees, and daffodils. At first, she decides to create chalk drawings and decorates the moving boxes...
by Carolyn Burke | Apr 23, 2024
12-year-old Michael is a kind and sensitive kid. He’s also anxious and worries about everything. Especially Y2K! The year is 1999 and Michael is stockpiling supplies and planning for what he fears will happen to him and his overworked single mother. When a strange kid...
