It’s 4:32 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4.

The election has me awake, but my thoughts have drifted and now I’m thinking about kids books. 

Naturally.  

Regardless of how the voting goes, the work for us at 320 Sycamore Studios will remain the same: Doing our little bit to make the world a more decent, empathetic, and irreverent place.

We think reading with kids is a great way to do it.
 
So let’s talk zombies!

Preliminary illustration for “Scar and the Wolf” by Jordan Kump.

A dark, squishy place

For the past few weeks, we’ve been sharing the complete text of our chapter book “Scar and the Wolf.” (Start here if you missed any of the story.)

This week, Scarlet ends up in a very dark, very squishy, place. And finds she’s not alone … 

We’ll finish the story next week. Da-da-DAH!

Whether or not the votes are counted by then, we will story on.

Happy reading, 

Jeff, Bob, and Zoe

Current reads:  “Island Boy and the Unforgettables” and “American Gods” (Jeff); “Who Not How” and Shelly Palmer’s blog (Bob); “Clean: The New Science of Skin” (Zoe).

“Scar and the Wolf”: Part 4

Illustration by Jordan Kump.

What Goes Down Must Come Up

“What’s it?” sputtered Grandma.

“We’ll make him hurl!”

“Great idea, Scarly. Tickle his epiglottis!”

“Is that the little dangly thing?

“Yep. It always worked on your father. He’d always eat any little object he could get his hands on. Buttons, marbles, nuts and bolts I don’t know how many times I’d have to induce puking. Never from the inside, of course. Still, it’s worth a try.”

Scarlet stood and found her balance. She reached her arm up Barnaby’s throat. All she could feel was gullet stretching upward. How did I ever squeeze through that? she wondered. She pulled her arm back down. 

“It’s no use.”  

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