Go to Sleep, Gecko! a Balinese folktale retold by Margaret Read MacDonald, has a message that is oft-quoted in our house: "Some things...

I really like the story called " The Sun Sisters " (full text). It's a Chinese story collected in Margaret Read MacDonald'...

Eric Wolf of The Art of Storytelling With Children has a podcast interview with Margaret Read MacDonald, which you may find here . The inte...

On Saturday, we were all revved up to see Recess Monkey at the central Seattle Public Library branch when we found out Margaret Read MacDon...

After my last storytime gig, I decided that my Jack and the Robbers story needed sprucing up. I made some flannel-board figures: Jack is no...

A Wrung Sponge asked readers to write down twenty-five things that made them happy . Sure thing! I’ll list my items in groups of 5. Five ch...

This evening, my friend Isidora and I had special post-birthday drinks at my favorite neighborhood bar. I’ve known her since third grade, bu...