We are so excited to announce the upcoming release of Hey There, Blue Bird, Why Do You Chirp? by one of our Write2Ignite team members, Sue Irwin. Congratulations, Sue! Interview Kathy: What was the inspiration for Hey There, Blue Bird, Why Do You Chirp? Sue: I love...
Today, I’d like to introduce Sonja Anderson and her new picture book, A Christmas Wish for Little Dala Horse: A St. Lucia Celebration (illustrated by Agnieszka Potocka) just out this fall from Tyndale Kids. This lovely story of love and hope is sure to become a...
Dandi Daley Mackall has written fiction and nonfiction books for little ones all the way up to adults. But if you have young horse-crazy kids in your family, you may be most familiar with Dandi’s horse series for middle grade kids—the Backyard Horses series and the...
It's summer, and that means it’s writers’ conference season! A time for education, encouragement, making connections, and building friendships. Recently, four of us Write2Igniters attended the Write to Publish Conference near Chicago. We came from all over—Missouri,...
Creativity is a journey of discovery
Recently we had some tears in an elementary art class. The children looked at photos of chameleons and then drew them. Then we used bubble wrap to print colorful reptile skin on their chameleons. I thought I’d worked out all the bugs on this new project, but I forgot...
Procrastination isn’t always a bad thing.
5 ways to renew our wonder and creativity
Writers need rest to maintain their creativity
Writers often need rest in areas other than just sleep in order to maintain their creativity.
Helping little ones walk each day with Jesus
Conferences can help us navigate to launch our creative ideas and keep them sailing.
9 Lessons Discovered from the Inklings
An ivory tower is often defined as a place where a person is cut off from the responsibilities of the world so they can pursue their own interests without interruption. Creative people may sometimes long for a perfect ivory tower where they can spend endless,...
Ways to Improve our Creative Space
Stained glass windows have a story to tell of creation, the fall, and redemption and restoration, and so do we.
Each year 5th graders in the school where I teach become buddies with a kindergartner. They sit with them in chapel, listen to them read, and also write and illustrate a picture book for their kindergarten buddy. The 5th graders created characters and wrote their...
Using color to grab the attention of readers
Lowly dandelions give us moments of beauty that point to God
Sharing Christmas books such as Happy Birthday, Christmas Child with little ones is a wonderful way to provide time to treasure the true story of Christmas.
Annette Whipple’s “Ribbit! The Truth About Frogs” is perfect for kids who love to learn about the wonders of this world and its creatures.
Michelangelo was a super star in his own day, but as a Christian, he knew his work had a higher purpose.
Basic faith questions can help us stay grounded when we discuss our creative gifts and how to use them in the world
The skill of sighting helps weave all drawing skills together to make a unified whole.
Contour drawing slows us down and frees us up to explore details that breathe life into our story’s characters and settings.
Let drawing help you look more carefully and discover the extraordinary in the ordinary,
Here are 3 ways to fit “looking time” into your day.