This little Christmas story was born from a "tub tale" invented by myself and my youngest. (Tub tales are short stories that we play while she's in the tub.) Hope you enjoy! “Only four more days till Christmas!” Jaguar clapped her paws, “My VERY FIRST Christmas! I wonder what we do?” Jaguar was new to… Continue reading Jaguar’s First Christmas
Category: Fiction
Pandemic School, Part 6
My body sat motionless in front of my computer screen. My ears vaguely registered my world history teacher's droning. My eyes glazed from the blue haze emanating from my laptop. My mind and heart floated far away, next to my best friend, her body also motionless. A ventilator breathed for her. I sucked in a… Continue reading Pandemic School, Part 6
Delphine’s Custom Pets
Delphine takes the time to get to know her friends and to create a perfect pet for each of them. But when she tries to make a perfect pet of her own, she finds out that this problem requires help from her friends. Delphine mixed and measured, stirred and swirled, then…she waited. “Not at all… Continue reading Delphine’s Custom Pets
Same Day
When a seed, a chick, and a raindrop are born on the same day, their growth and change through one year shows how these three "friends", even though they are different, are all connected to each other. On the same day, at the same time, A speck of dust floated. A chick hatched. A seed… Continue reading Same Day
Imaginative, Playful Buses
About three years ago, my youngest child and I had a funny conversation about what school buses might do during the school day, while their children were sitting in their classrooms. And so began my picture book journey! "What School Buses Do When They're Not With You!" - You may think that school buses sleep… Continue reading Imaginative, Playful Buses
Heather C. Morris 