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Happy September! Whether your classroom looks like your dining room table or the local public school, keeping kids fueled with interesting books is always a challenge. Here are some great kidlit books that we’ve reviewed in the past. The titles may be older, but they are still excellent options. Planet Kindergarten: 100 days in Orbit by Sue Ganz-Schmitt What’s one of the most essential parts of a space crew? Teamwork!
{Guest post from Sissy Goes Tiny co-author, Becky Flansburg) Happy 2nd birthday to Sissy Goes Tiny! What a wild ride it’s been! It started as a nugget of an idea between myself and bestie, B.A. Norrgard one sunny afternoon on the patio of a small-town pub. I had been in total admiration of B.A.’s tiny house living adventure for years and had even written a few magazine articles about her
In a recent New York Times article, writer Kevin Roose noted a new trend that seemed to be sweeping the nation. The working class, after the last year+ of pandemic worries and job loss, are reevaluating their lives and opting for simplicity and flexibility over excess and 60-hour workweeks. With self-employment on the rise and former workaholics moving from big cities back to their hometowns, doing more with less is
(Guest post from Becky Flansburg) It was one year ago that this beautiful book rolled off the presses Bang Printing and into the hands of two grateful authors and one very excited publisher. What a journey the last 12 months has been! Some folks loved the book…some, not-so-much. But that’s the thing. When it comes to art in all forms, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. When co-author B.A.
Reading is important. Honoring our Earth is critical. Here’s an amazing idea for how to combine the two! As humans, it’s really, really up to us to change our ways to reverse the environmental issues that are plaguing our planet. “We can’t save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed. Everything needs to change – and it has to start today.”~Greta Thunberg One of many
As the team at Audrey Press have traveled the journey of publishing the new and unique diverse children’s book, Sissy Goes Tiny by Rebecca Flansburg and B.A. Norrgard over the last year, we’ve had the chance to learn and understand the life choices that go along with choosing to live in a home that is under 399 square feet. These revelations and lessons have come to us courtesy of co-author,
Home is where the heart is and no matter how you define “home,” the common denominator is that it is almost always the place where love grows best. But what would you do when the “home” that you have always known is about to change in a very drastic, but exciting, way? One of Audrey Press’s most recent published picture books is the unique and delightful Sissy Goes Tiny: a
{guest post from Becky Flansburg and B.A. Norrgard–authors of Sissy Goes Tiny} There is so much to be grateful for in life. From health to adventures, every day is a gift. Sometimes those gifts come in unique and even surprise forms as well. When co-author B.A. Norrgard and I (completely out-of-the-blue) had an idea for a children’s book, it was something that wasn’t on our Short List of Goals. Long
Sometimes, creativity comes from the most unexpected places. But that’s the thing about creativity…one minute your brain is void of any ideas and the next, creativity sneaks up on you and catches you by surprise. Some people call it their “ah-HA” moment. The “ah-AH” moment for new authors Rebecca Flansburg and B.A. Norrgard started as a “what if?” conversation between the two long-time friends. It was the summer of 2018
Most humans on this Earth have had days where they feel like selling all of their worldly possessions, packing up the van and driving off to parts unknown. Though a mere dream for many there is in fact a growing segment of the population that is doing just that; living simpler but with a twist. Welcome to the world of Tiny House Living. The Tiny House movement has been picking
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