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Introducing Creative Café!

“Creative Café” workshops are designed to lay a feast of beautiful ideas to spark each child's creativity. These  workshops , which are literature & art-based, are great for classroom teachers and homeschooling parents teaching a wide variety of ages. I also have several free  mini-workshops  that only require a color printer and a picture book to get started!   Because my children are still too young to participate in creative writing workshops, I've found other ways to introduce Creative Café at home (you can read the story behind the name  here ).  The basics for our at-home Creative Café are simple– we put on some coffee shop jazz or instrumental music, choose a spot with comfortable seating, and then we get to work on something creative! Sometimes I also offer refreshments.    Regardless of age, Creative Café is a fabulous way to inspire creative writers and thinkers. You can check out my free  Creative Café: The Basics  guide t...
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Creative Catholic Library

Saint John Bosco is famous for saying, “Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.” Imagine the good that would come about if every child had the opportunity to read dozens of good Catholic books!

I believe that our children benefit not only from reading a wide variety of Catholic books but also from reading novels and living books that help us contemplate truth and inspire us to lead lives of heroic virtue.

Building this type of children's library takes intentionality and attentiveness to the interests and needs of the children we teach. Carefully curating books for our library is a worthy endeavor—one that will nourish the hearts, minds, and souls of our children for years to come.

I like to think of this intentionally curated library as my Creative Catholic Library. Here you will find book recommendations to help you grow or start your own library!

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Check out my Catholic Children’s book library guide (which contains 90+ book recommendations) and encourage your local parish or school to grow their library!









Here are a few other resources you may be interested in! 

I've created a few scholastic-reader-style book guides to spice up how we find books. Laminate or slip these pages in page protectors for your children/students to peruse! You can find them here:

Book Guide #1: Young Readers


Book Guide #2: Family Read Alouds


Book Guide #3: Young Readers


Book Guide #4: Family Read Alouds


Here you can find book lists featuring our favorites:
A few additional book lists: 

Finally, check out our monthly book lists!

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