Oscar Versus Murphy’s Law by Matt Zurbo   Chapter 1 Dad was swearing again.    “Stupid traffic lights!”    He was blaming that same person again.    “Damn that Murphy and his Law!”    Oscar watched him carry on.    “What’s up, Dad?” he asked.    “We’re late!”    “So? We’re always late.”    Dad … Continue reading Day 52: Oscar Versus Murphy’s Law

  Doing Things in Halves by Matt Zurbo   Hey, I’ve got half an idea! How about a sausage chicken? (Two kids, one pointing finger in air with idea.) Like a griffin… but more fun! (Back half sausage dog, front half chicken, in front of serious griffin.) Oh, like a gorilla horse? That’s a gorse. … Continue reading Day 51: Doing Things in Halves

A Human for a Heart by Matt Zurbo   Someone gave Lilah a second hand robot for her birthday. (Boxy, old school robot, about ten foot tall, protruding steel frame around chest plate.) Its log sheet said it used to plough fields, (Robot, picks for hands, working furiously under the sun.) but one day it … Continue reading Day 50: A Human for a Heart

Billycart! by Matt Zurbo (A book without words. A great lesson in story observing, and/or communication between reader and child. Making up your own narrative, and sound effects, as you read it is fun for both of you.) Two boys standing on grass, watching kid with helmet on, pass on billycart, Boy 1, in dinosaur … Continue reading Day 49: Billycart