Podcast
Read Me a Story, Ink
Hosted by Robert Topp · EN
Family stories perfect for classroom, bedtime, or anytime.
Based on my 26 year hobby of reading in public elementary schools, the stories offered here are some of my favorite, kid-tested read-alouds. All stories appear with the permission of the author.
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"The Spell Singer: A Tale of Dyslexia, Witches and Spells" by Anna Lewins
Sep 1600:23:01Tap to summarizeKatherine, a young witch, has dyslexia and can't ever get spells right. But when her friend the garden wizard suggests that she try singing the spells, Katherine succeeds where her classmates failed in charming the Dragon and winning the Dragon's fire to give the village luck.
Transcribe →"Noah Count and the Arkansas Ark" by Gary Blackwood
Aug 2600:08:20Tap to summarizeMama, Papa and Granny all have peculiar ways of knowing that a big rain is coming – none of them very scientific. But that doesn't stop Papa from building a raft the size of an ark for the great flood of 1908.
Transcribe →"Gammelyn, The Dressmaker" by Laurence Housman
Jan 30, 2020Tap to summarizeGammelyn the dressmaker must make two impossible dresses for the wedding of a spoiled princess. But when she asks for a third dress made from butterfly wings, Gammelyn thinks that cruel and finds a way to avoid making the dress and deliver the princess her comeuppance at the same time.
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