The One City, One Story Contest winners have been announced! Thank you to all participants for your submissions. We received over 50 entries, so it was a tough decision! Congratulations to our winners! We announced and showcased the winning entries during a reception on One City, One Story Day on March 28, 2015. The […]
Freedom by Nicole Kwan
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “My Family Story” Art Contest Category: Middle School (Grade 4-8) 2nd place Nicole Kwan, grade 5 “Freedom” Paint, glitter This piece is striking in color. The juxtaposition of the shackles against the flag with the glittery waters of earth represent both a dark and magical […]
Hands Across America by Kaylee Gunnoe
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “My Family Story” Art Contest Category: Middle School (Grade 4-8) 3rd place Kaylee Gunnoe, grade 4 “Hands Across America” Water color This piece depicts the ideal American dream in lovely colors–soft and positive. It’s what America could be: a safe haven, land of opportunities and […]
The Cost of Freedom by Kaitlyn Chiu
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 6-8 1st place The Cost of Freedom by Kaitlyn Chiu, Grade 6 He sat on the neatly tiled roof, his long hair blowing in the crisp, cold wind. Hao watched in horror as his older sister was questioned […]
A Young Girl’s Journey: Mexico to America by Eva Lindholm
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 6-8 3rd place A Young Girl’s Journey: Mexico to America by Eva Lindholm, Grade 6 Why can’t I be normal? Maybe even be like the others. Mama says that being special and extraordinary is better. In my case extraordinary […]
Where I Belong by Evelyn Chen
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 3-5 1st place Where I Belong by Evelyn Chen, Grade 3 “ Miki! Your English teacher’s here!” I sighed and put down the book I was reading. Ever since I was five years old, I had been taking […]
The Letter by Gwendolyn Lopez
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 3-5 2nd place The Letter by Gwendolyn Lopez, Grade 4 In the 1950s, my grandfather Rubén was a young man in México. He and his twin brother Salvador were working as miners in the small town of Hostotipaquillo […]
My Family’s American Story by Andrew Smithwick
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 3-5 3rd place My Family’s American Story by Andrew Smithwick, Grade 5 My name is Hugh Henry Smithwick. It is the year 1642 and we are setting sail on the Good Ship Globe from England. I am traveling […]
Infant & Toddler Storytimes – Spring Session! A video upload to help you learn the Hello Babies song in sign language!
Published on :Credit for this lovely rendition of Hello Babies/Friends & Goodbye Babies/Friends goes to Kathy MacMillan, a librarian, American Sign Language Interpreter & signing storyteller. She’s written numerous books for librarians and storytellers on how to incorporate sign language into stories for children. You can check out her YouTube channel at the URL […]
Ninja Pigs! — preschool storytime
Published on :Today’s storytime opened with–you guessed it–ninja pigs! Well, three ninja pigs and a wolf, anyway. And not once, even in the other stories not about ninja pigs, did we OINK! This was a non oink-ing pig storytime, but still not short of silliness. Stories we shared The Three Ninja Pigs […]