Sally Lloyd-Jones's Blog, page 37
December 21, 2009
December 18, 2009
tension and storytelling
Richard Condon (1915-1996), novelist best known for The Manchurian Candidate (1959) and Prizzi's Honor (1982), said: "I think the most important part of storytelling is tension. It's the constant tension of suspense that in a sense mirrors life, because nobody knows what's going to happen three hours from now."
December 16, 2009
week 10 storytime video: God to the rescue!
God to the Rescue! from Jonathan Michael on Vimeo.
(no need to add a code, just hit ENTER and it'll play)visit the The Jesus Storybook Bible site to learn more
buy the book: here
download audio on
or amazon
December 14, 2009
sneak peak... out in January...
for the teeniest of tiny tots a very first first bible storybook -- in verse (stay tuned more in January... but in the meantime you can pre-order here).
December 11, 2009
Village Pillows
Rachel Cole is not only the brilliant designer I get to work with at Schwartz & Wade (How To Be A Baby, How To Get Married and Being A Pig) but also the creator of Village Pillows.
Here's what Rachel says about them:
"Village Pillows are a set of cushions that fit together to form the landscape of a little town—somewhere far away from the city. They're ideal for both play and decoration—as individual pillows or as a group. Hand screen-printed on cotton duck cloth or linen in extremely s...
December 9, 2009
week 9 storytime video: The Forgiving Prince
The Forgiving Prince from Jonathan Michael on Vimeo.
(no need to add a code, just hit ENTER and it'll play)visit the The Jesus Storybook Bible site to learn more
buy the book: here
download audio on
or Yes&productID=B...
December 7, 2009
Dicken's Christmas Carol: the marked up manscript
Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in just 6 weeks to raise much-needed cash in September 1843.
Printing the manuscript was a Christmas rush job, so there wasn't enough time for Dickens to make a clean manuscript copy. As a result, the copy that went to print is heavily marked up and extremely difficult to read. It has all of Dickens's additions and subtractions in his own hand.
The manuscript is housed in the Morgan Library. And every year they turn the page so you can look at the ...
December 2, 2009
week 8 storytime video: The girl no one wanted
The Story and The Song from Jonathan Michael on Vimeo.
(no need to add a code, just hit ENTER and it'll play)visit the The Jesus Storybook Bible site to learn more
buy the book: here
download audio on
or amazon
November 30, 2009
He's Here - a Christmas story
via youtube.com 
Here's an animated video for Christmas to share... (if you want to rate it with lots of stars on YouTube and give it fabulous reviews, of course do feel free! I won't mind.)
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bad weather
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
-John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)
IN OTHER NEWS:
The Ultimate Guide To Grandmas and Grandpas has won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award 2009. So maybe now's the time if you have anyone tiny in your family... to get hold of this invaluable handbook on how to look after your grandpar...
