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Anansi and the Talking Cloth — FREE Launch Events – August 2026

Join us on Saturday, August 22, Tuesday, August 25, and Thursday, August 27
for Anansi and the Talking Cloth launch events!
NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL, The Library of Congress, DC Convention Center, here we come!
Saturday, August 22 at 10:15 a.m. in Room 145. Signing at 11:15 a.m.
Learn more here: www.loc.gov
Official Book Launch Day — Tuesday, August 25 – Follow Caroline online for news of the launch and giveaways!
People’s Bookstore, Takoma Park, MD – See you Thursday, August 27 at 6 pm! The first 25 households to RSVP will receive
either a handmade kente cloth bookmark by Kwasi or a handmade collage art print bookmark by Caroline.
 
CLICK LINK TO RSVP TO PEOPLE’S BOOKSTORE EVENT  –IT’S FREE!
Join us for the launch of Anansi and the Talking Cloth, with consulting support from Master Weaver Kwasi Asare, illustrated by the talented and award-winning Ekua Holmes. Anansi and the Talking Cloth is an original folktale about a crisis in the Anansi’s city, a city that’s hip, where “weavers weave with their feet, hands, and fingertips. The leaves are always green; children dance and sing; hummingbirds always hum; drummers always drum.
Trains, buses, and planes ride real smooth, and rainbows glow with a sparkly dew.”
But one day disaster strikes and Anansi, the Chief Griot, is stressed because he wants so badly to fix the kente mess. Community, conflict, peace, proverbs, and power play strong roles in how the story unfolds.
Oprah has her favorite things. If this book were a basket, it would be called “The Basket of Beautiful Things” – things such as peace, love, harmony, wisdom, truth, sweet words, singing, dancing and so much more. It’s all in there and it’s perfect for the times we are living in today!
CLICK LINK TO RSVP TO PEOPLE’S BOOKSTORE EVENT  — It’s FREE!
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The Infinite Magic of Stories

The Infinite Magic of Stories

How to Engage Children without a Computer (Series)

During last Sunday’s Parent Teacher Power Hour, we took a deep dive into the Infinite Magic of Stories, 
and discovered a whole new world! Please click the link to learn more about how you can help stimulate intellectual, social, and emotional development in children by understanding what it takes to create stories and the vast world of stories that you can share.
Sunday, April 26, at 7:05 p.m. Eastern time, join us as we keep going with stories and investigate folk tales, fables, and fairy tales from around the world. We’re going to ask participants who would like to share to share the name of a favorite fairy tale, folktale, or fable, such as the Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Cinderella, Anansi stories, Jack and the Beanstalk, and, of course, many more – and what you learned from the tales and what you hope students will learn.

Links to hundreds of fairy tales, folktales and fables are on the 8 Ways to Engage Children Without a Computer handout.  Email caroline@carolinebrewerbooks.com for your invitation to the Parent Teacher Power Hour.
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Hear Stories, Tell Stories, Learn how to Create Stories – This Sunday at 7 pm!

Some words. Maybe it’s just one, such as: Love. Hope. Fire. Fear. Music. Tears. That’s all you need to tell a story. Some words you speak. Some words your write. Some words that come to your mind and end up as a picture. You know the saying: a picture is worth a thousand words, and a thousand words is plenty enough for a story.

This Sunday, as a follow up to last week’s discussion of The Higher Way, and my new release of 8 Ways to Engage Children Without a Computer, we’re going to talk about stories.  It’s Way #1 on the download. We’re going to tell you some stories, ask you to tell us some stories (in one minute or less!), and we’re going to talk about how you can support children to create and publish their stories and how you can do the same.

We’re going to have a good time with good old-fashioned StoryTime. You know, once upon a time, or Back in the day, or Honey, let me tell you kinds of stories. And music! We Love stories with instrumental music. So, come along, bring family, friends – all ages are welcome!

We’re going to have a story good time!

Sunday, April 19 – 7 -8 p.m. via Freeconferencecall.com Video or Phone.

Email caroline@carolinebrewer.com to receive the link!

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8 Ways to Engage Children Without A Computer

8 Ways to Engage Children Without a Computer
and support their intellectual growth and development

I love being offline much more than being online and I know how important it is for children to spend time growing and developing without devices. That’s why 8 Ways to Engage Children – mentally, physically, and intellectually  — without computers. This list could have included 80 Ways, or even 800. But I think this list of 8 is pretty substantial, so take a look, try some out some of these ways and let us know what you think.

And, of course, have fun!

Email caroline@carolinebrewerbooks.com with your stories and thoughts. And join us tomorrow at 7 p.m. to learn more about how to have fun with the 8 Ways.