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The Captain Smiley Journal

Stories behind the stories.

How the books came to be, and ideas for reading them together.

Mama Tea sits in a rocking chair on her porch with four children gathered around her. Caption: “Mama Tea sat on the porch in her rocking chair. The neighborhood children sat around on the porch and on the stairs.” Child: “Where is he?” Child: “He’s lost…”

The first articles are on the way.

In the meantime, read Book One with a child.

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Kerry Phillips visits schools to read Captain Smiley with children and share how the books came to be.

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