The Bath by Matt Zurbo   (Boy and girl. Both filthy. One sitting in mud, other standing in it. Both staring at reader.) The torture chamber. (Image of a bath.) No, no, argh! No! (Boy and girl resisting as broom pushed them towards bath.) Bitter defeat. (Boy and girl, still filthy, staring out from in … Continue reading Day 312: The Bath

I Am, You Are by Matt Zurbo   I like to laugh. (Small white boy standing on head, farting. White background. All backgrounds predominately white/empty throughout story.) And even sometimes cry. (Boy hugging old dog, cheek-to-cheek, tear in eye.) To be happy, (Boy, happy, at beach, jumping off pier, floatation tube around waist.) and mad. … Continue reading Day 311: I Am, You Are

Sally Storm by Matt Zurbo   One day Sally decided she was a storm. (Angry little girl , small cloud over her head.) These things don’t just happen. (One big girl pushing Sally, who is falling backwards over kneeling girl behind her.) It took a lot. (Girl wrestling dog for her homework.) And then some. … Continue reading Day 310: Sally Storm

If Music by Matt Zurbo   (Cover. Kid old school gramophone under one arm, walking up floating musical notes as if they were stairs. Big creature at the top playing a ukulele.) Sometimes I like to play the If game. (Kid head lowered in shower.) If music were a person it would teach me a … Continue reading Day 309: If Music