Story Warren

Faith and Butterfly Wings - Story Warren

A few years back, my son and I decided on a special mission. We were determined to move a rock from our yard to a permanent location down by the creek. However, the rock was not as light as I had...

Books Archives - Story Warren

Saving A Pocketful of Cricket - Story Warren

When evacuating from a wildfire what books do you bring? That may not be a question most people ask, but that’s a big question for a living-book homeschooling mother and, a few weeks ago, it was a...

Why Children of All Ages Need Fairy Tales - Story Warren

Ancient mythology and Aesop’s Fables certainly have a rightful place of importance in literature, but fairy tales offer something a little different to a child’s development. While there are some...

Flora Is a Feast for Little Eyes and Minds - Story Warren

To many parents who prize creativity, children’s animation occupies a lower rung on the artistic ladder. The stuff of Saturday mornings can often seem needlessly broad, hopelessly derivative, and...

We Do Hard Things - Story Warren

Last year when we registered as a family for a 5K, my children didn’t understand that I was not doing it with the goal of winning the race, but I understood their disapproval of my unimpressive goals...

The Word Collector - Story Warren

Some people collect stamps. Some people collect coins. Some people collect art. And Jerome? Jerome collected words. Are you a word person? Do you ever pause in your reading just to savor a particular...

Anticipating The Right-Side-Up World Through Imagination - Story Warren

An old man kneels by a fire, telling imaginative tales to eager children. They hang on his every word, transported from their world to another. Their world is beautiful, but broken. He speaks words...

Potent Art - Story Warren

It’s harder to write a meaningful radio song than a thoughtful album; when you have only three minutes to make your point, it’s easier to be catchy than deep. It can be harder to write a short story...

Fantasy Fiction, and the Places it Takes Us - Story Warren

Fantasy is a relatively new genre to me. It used to be one of my forbidden things, out of concern that the magic which is often included might make it unbiblical. Granted, there still is fantasy I...

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Story Warren

What is your opinion of a 44-year-old mother who reads a children’s novel and stays up till 1:00 a.m. to finish it? And what if she reads it again 15 years later and finds it just as entertaining as...

A Child's Garden of Verses - Story Warren

Would you like to hear your children spontaneously quoting stanzas of poetry? (Real, meter-and-rhyme verses about real things?) I know I do! And when certain poems become a part of your family...

Daring to be Whole-Hearted - Story Warren

Children get excited. When my two-year-old, raised thus far in squirrel-less Taiwan, first saw one of the lavishly-tailed critters in our American backyard, he shrieked at the top of his lungs and...

C.S. Lewis's Wonderful Letters to Children - Story Warren

In all the letters, he treats the children he is writing to with great dignity and respect. This will not surprise readers of the Narnia books, but it is wonderful to read.

Nurturing Goofball Island - Story Warren

I teach in a small rural school, where the building houses students from grades six through 12. This means on most trips across the building, I end up crossing paths with a nice cross-section of...

You Held My Heart In Your Hands - Story Warren

All an author asks for is a chance. A chance, and the worshipful adulation of millions and the affirmation of our fathers (we have it from our mothers) and skyrocketing sales and awards and parades...

Seeking Stories - Story Warren

As a parent, I find myself constantly looking for a good story to share with my kids. As a reader myself, I am looking for the same. A story that ignites their (and my) sense of wonder and carries...