Author: lauraalary

Here is my latest guest post on celebrating Pentecost with children. Thank you to Paraclete Press for the invitation to write for their blog, and to Rebekah McLeod Hutto for her book The Day When God Made Church. Read the post here.

Mira and the Big Story has just been featured on the blog Picture Book Theology by Hanna Brown Shock. Many thanks to Hanna for sharing the book with her readers. Read her post here.

I'm getting ready to lead a workshop on prayer at the National Presbyterian Women's Gathering. We're going to be exploring different practices of prayer (some with words and some without). In this new blog post, I talk a bit about learning to pray with (and from) my children. Read it here.

  My most recent guest blog post for froogalism.com looks at the phenomenon of less-than-perfect produce. Not simply a way to reduce food waste and save money, buying "ugly" fruits and vegetables is a strangely satisfying way to push back against a culture obsessed with appearance and physical perfection. Who knew what a metaphor could… Continue reading The Beauty of “Ugly” or Imperfect Produce

  Thanks to froogalism.com for the opportunity to write a guest post featuring three books (including Victor's Pink Pyjamas) which open up conversations with children on the topics of bullying, revenge, forgiveness and reconciliation. Read it here.  

 "Victor’s Pink Pyjamas by Laura Alary, illustrated by William Kimber, is a gem of a children’s book that on its most basic level entertains. At its most profound, it challenges entrenched conceptions about gender in our society."   Thank you to Erin Steele, Digital Marketing Facilitator for Wood Lake Publishing, for this thoughtful review of Victor's… Continue reading Review of Victor’s Pink Pyjamas

This visit happened last year, but I just acquired the photos. What a delightful time we had, singing, reading, and seeing a little bit more about how picture books are made.