Recently while walking through my local library I came across the book, The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall. As a storyteller, I couldn’t pass it up! It turned out to be a thoroughly engaging read, outlining many of the ways that story works to mold and shape us as individuals… Read more »
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Man: The Storytelling Animal
Man – let me offer you a definition – is the storytelling animal. Wherever he goes he wants to leave behind not a chaotic wake, not an empty space, but the comforting marker buoys and trail signs of stories. He has to keep on making them up. As long as there’s a story, it’s all… Read more »
Send “Books and Smiles” to Children in Haiti
In all of my years of traveling to many different countries, one of the things that has most amazed me is how much we take for granted our access to books. I would venture to say that there are probably very few children in this country who don’t own (or have the opportunity to own)… Read more »
The Three Frilly Goats Fluff for the March Madness Writing Contest!
You may have noticed my blog has been a bit quiet over the last few months! I haven’t meant to neglect it, but between doing LOTS of storytelling programs and workshops, completing final proof-reading/edits of my 4th children’s book which is headed to press, and getting ready for the arrival of my little one ANY… Read more »
An Interview with Dani Duck
This month I was interviewed by illustrator, writer and blogger Dani Duck. She asked some great questions about my work as a storyteller and writer. You can find the interview at the following link: http://daniduckart.blogspot.com/2014/03/interview-with-lindsay-bonilla.html And be sure to check out her blog as she interviews lots of fascinating people in the world of… Read more »
