Story is a powerful way to build compassion and bridge understanding between cultures. Story has the power to heal as well as teach.

Recent Books by Nancy Bo Flood

Beyond Boundaries · Essays and tidbits from Nancy Bo Flood

Nancy Bo Flood Cowboy Up

Kona Stories and Cowboy Up!

August 18, 2013

Nancy Bo Flood Cowboy UpI am in Kona, Hawaii (Big Island) at my mom’s and last week enjoyed a delightful morning of “kids and books” sponsored by the local bookstore: Kona Stories.…

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kona sunset by Nancy Bo Flood

Good Night Sea

August 18, 2013

kona sunset by Nancy Bo FloodHawaii, Big Island · 2013 August

Four swimmers (including me) in black-skinned, neck to toe suits slipped into the inky rolling water. Eight pm. Time to turn…

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Rodeo Girl photo: Jan Sonnenmair

Heart in Nonfiction Books

April 18, 2013

Guest Post by Nancy Bo Flood on Janet Fox’s Through the Wardrobe blog, April 18, 2013

Nancy Bo Flood, a good friend and talented fellow Vermont College of Fine Arts grad, has a new non-fiction picture book out, Cowboy Up!…

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Tuscon

March 18, 2013

Tucson CactusTucson was a warm, sunshine filled time of crazy Tucson Book Festival and then quiet being with Bill. We slept a lot, ate amazing foods spiced with a variety of chilies,…

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Writing Friends: Nancy Bo Flood

February 14, 2013

by Karen Williams in her blog, Williams Writes · January 24, 2013

The internet was new (to me anyway). It was 1993…or 4. We had just returned from Haiti. I was working on a quilt to auction off to raise…

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jim thorpe's bright path

American Indian Heritage Month & 20th Century’s Greatest Athlete

November 22, 2012

November is American Indian Heritage Month and at The Pirate Tree we begin our celebration with a look at one of the world’s most outstanding and versatile athletes – Jim Thorpe, Sac & Fox (Sauk). Thorpe’s native name is Wa-Tho-Huk,…

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Grandma & Archer

Seeing Eyes

October 9, 2012

Today my mom is having cataract surgery. “A simple procedure, out-patient, and takes only an hour or so. Afterwards a few days of patching, frequent drops, no lifting heavy objects. Done. She will be able to see nearly normal again.”

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kona sunset by Nancy Bo Flood

Sunrise and Sunset

June 8, 2012

Driving Mom home at sunset, we stopped the car by the beach. Near the water’s edge sat an old couple. As the red ball of sun began to slip behind the sea, the husband helped his wife stand up, then…

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