How we make stuff
My cat editors
A quick story about my cat editors with lots of pictures of them “helping” me in the office.
2022-07-15
Scott Stoll
My claim to fame is that I rode a bicycle around the world and wrote some books. More about me.
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Mental Health Tools
Three simple reasons why we need emotions
Some emotions show us what we love, others protect us from harm, and as you can see in the rainbow illustration from our book, all of them put together, like colors on an artist’s palette, paint a beautiful picture of life. I’ll explain these ideas below. And, I have a fun challenge for you that I call “the joy of fear.”
2022-04-01
Crafts & Activities
10 ideas to bring books to life for children
The first step is to making sure your children learn the moral to the story is when parents and teachers make reading as interactive and entertaining as possible.
2022-03-03
Books
Fear is your friend
We all know that emotions like love and gratitude are fun and beneficial oh, but what about emotions like fear, scared and worry? Believe it or not, all our feelings serve a purpose. Learn how.
2022-01-11
Games
Bridge the gap
A 3-part worksheet to help you get unstuck. This is an exercise to help you overcome obstacles and achieve your dream. Can you get from one side to the other using either logic or emotions?
2021-09-10
Games
Don’t Break the Chain
Don’t break the chain. A 1-month and 1-year challenge to help you take a step of action every day to make your dream a reality. Good for kids and adults.
2021-04-28
Crafts & Activities
Augmented reality for children’s books
Wondering how to bring a book to life for children? Try these fun and free augmented reality (AR) mini apps that we created.
2020-11-25
Backyard Adventures
Visit Mars from your Backyard
You can visit Mars right from your own home or backyard in more ways than one. Yes! Seriously.
2020-03-05
How we make stuff
How the book cover was illustrated
How the hand-drawn cover was conceived and illustrated, including descriptions of the thumbnails. And how this affected title of the book and website.
2019-08-04
Stories
Falling Uphill: The Secret of Life
This is the true story about a man who bicycles around the world questing for the secret of life. His journey is full of many wonders, but he eventually returns home discouraged—only then does he discover the secret in the last place left to look.
2019-02-27
How we make stuff
Learning how the education system works
If you’ve been reading our website, you’ve learned that we spent a great deal of effort learning educational theory, cognitive development and psychological theory, and combining it all with our own life experiences to form a comprehensive, evidence-based process for learning how to dream and turn those dreams into reality. However, one aspect of the book that is not apparent by reading it is all the work we’ve done learning how to work within the bureaucracy of the school system, connecting with community leaders and implementing educational programs.
2018-11-07
News
Interview with the authors
Learn how and why Sara and Scott do what they do. An interview with their publisher, Magination Press.
2018-06-15
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