Best by Matt Zurbo   If I loved you, the things we’d do… we’d stay up and watch the moon. If I loved you, the things we’d do… we’d play like a pair of loons.   If I loved you, when I needed to cry… you’d be the one I chose to run to. You’d … Continue reading Day 220: Best

Nate, Rake, Great by Matt Zurbo   Hi, this is Nate. Nate wants to build something really great! I might even help, because Nate is my mate! (Happy kid waving hello.) My mate Nate and I, me and my mate, Nate! We’ll build something really great with hammer, nails and rake. Good one Nate! How … Continue reading Day 219: Nate, Rake, Great

Extreme Nice by Matt Zurbo   Hey, look! There’s the new kid. (Young school kids parting to look back at shy girl giving a cute wave.) Watch out! She’s a fundamentalist! A whats-i-whatist? She is really full on about something! Oh, what? (Two kids arguing. In background, girl is hugging bully.) She’s a radical! A … Continue reading Day 218: Extreme Nice

Hero of the Beach by Matt Zurbo   Hey, there’s a new Hero of the Beach! (Kid in bathers with floppy hat, with towel and beach ball, walking left to right, but looking, startled, at reader.) It’s not Alpha Boy! Or even Alpha Girl! (Kid, small, towered over by chest out, big-chinned, boy and girl … Continue reading Day 217: Hero of the Beach