Heinrich Hoffman's 1845 Struwwelpeter might be classic German children's book, but it's not the kind of book you'd want to get anywhere near your own lovely little ones. That's because it's filled with horrific nightmares and gory tales of terror. In the tale above for example, "The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb" informs tots that A.) a vengeful tailor will lop off your appendages with hedge trimmers; and B.) your parents will shrug nonchalantly when it happens. Read the rest of the scary stories at the...
Taken captive by centaur guards? Condemned to servitude when all I ever wanted was independence? What next? They say I’ve been summoned by the biggest centaur, alpha-hole of them all, Lord Zerion. He wants to make me his little servant. Not just for treating his wounded hoof, but as attendant to all his body parts.
Verse is an inextricable part of human existence. We start exposing children to it from the moment they're born, through lullabies, Dr. Seuss books, and Sesame Street segments. But when you look back on who really unlocked the power and potential of…
I am ready for our summer trip to PEI. I’ve got my packing list, my annotated maps and guides, my camera gear and sunscreen. What else do you really need for an awesome, epic beach vacation? Reading material, of course!
If you would like to nominate Incidental Comics as a "Best Webcomic of 2011," you can go here to voice your support. No pressure! Thanks to all my high school English teachers for providing the deeply ingrained knowledge behind this comic. And a very special thanks to my proofreaders at the Kansas City Star, who put up with my three consecutive misspellings of "Onomatopoeia." And finally: English teachers and students, past and current - you can get a poster of this comic for your classroom or reading nook here.
Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy has come to life through the Christian homeschool movement. Here are 4 principles of a Charlotte Mason homeschool
From feminist love poems to poems about women's rights, read, watch, and be inspired by some of the greatest feminist poets working past and present.
It feels like so long since I sat at the computer and drafted a blog post. Actually it seems like a long time since I wrote with any sense of intention or impunity. Oh god, it seems like a long time since I did anything with any sense of intention or impunity. That's the truth
I want team bonding excercises but it’s just everyone giving keith a haircut
Czeslaw Milosz, Polish American author, translator, critic, and diplomat who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. Perhaps his best-known work is the essay collection The Captive Mind (1953), in which he condemned the accommodation of many Polish intellectuals to communism.
