Bellport Children's Festival 2019 recap
My quirky storytelling festival, in collaboration with actress, model and activist, Isabella Rossellini, held all the hallmarks of a cult...
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elizabethvstarkey
- May 24, 2019
- 1 min
Stuffed animal stories
A little taste of my stuffed animal stories published on @bellportkidfest
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elizabethvstarkey
- Apr 1, 2019
- 1 min
Isabella Rossellini and Elizabeth are back plotting and planning this summer's Bellport Kid Fest
Working with Isabella Rossellini is a joy and rare treat. As we plot the festival's program and shape, our collaboration feeds off our...
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elizabethvstarkey
- Mar 9, 2019
- 1 min
Save The Date!
We're back at Isabella's Farm for our 4th whimsical kidlit festival! Save the date: Saturday, 20th July, 2019. Our festival is tiny....
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elizabethvstarkey
- May 30, 2018
- 2 min
Rain names
England's climate is complex but we can always count on rain. No wonder we have so many wet words. Here are a few I use myself :) 1. Rain...
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elizabethvstarkey
- Feb 6, 2018
- 1 min
Ode To Nigel No Mates
On the coast of Mana Island, Where the surfers fear to go, In a cliff above the sea, Lived a bird who had a beau...
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How We Got Our Summer Scars
- Jan 5, 2018
- 6 min
Shetland Isles: my 5 yr old's fight
After Sumburgh, we drifted north to our campsite near Hillswick. The empty road took us through rolling grassy hills and past white cottages
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How We Got Our Summer Scars
- Nov 27, 2017
- 5 min
Shetland Isles: Puffins
Our Puffin Express left the spires of Edinburgh and set off for Aberdeen to catch the overnight ferry to the Shetland Isles. Our mission? To
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elizabethvstarkey
- Oct 9, 2017
- 3 min
Adventure In A Family Van or How We Got Our Summer Scars
Over the summer, I took my three children on a seven week road trip around Britain's wild spots, exploring the island north to south, we
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elizabethvstarkey
- Jan 30, 2017
- 2 min
Wish me luck!
Announcing a family road trip around Britain. Are we noble or nutty? To combat 'city-living syndrome' and nature deficit disorder, t
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elizabethvstarkey
- Nov 18, 2016
- 1 min
Bellport & Brookhaven Children's Book Festival 2016
Bellport residents flocked to hear celebrated illustrator, Jessie Hartland, upcycle author, Brian Yanish and Brookhaven Free Library's t
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elizabethvstarkey
- Mar 14, 2016
- 1 min
Forgotten art of having fun
Port Eliot, Southern England What I would do to bring back this kind of reckless frivolity. Whoa! A cafe run by children for children: no...
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elizabethvstarkey
- Mar 8, 2016
- 1 min
Old favorites
Favorite children's book of all time - My definitely, permanently, favorite is Edward Lear's A Book of Nonsense. On my first date with my...
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elizabethvstarkey
- Feb 12, 2016
- 1 min
Bellport & Brookhaven Children's Book Festival 2015
UK's recent flurry of creative and literary festivals - think Hay, Womad, Green Man, or Port Eliot - makes me twitch with envy. Who...
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elizabethvstarkey
- Feb 12, 2016
- 3 min
Right book, right nook
Tricky books beg to be read in bed. Light, thin books are superior on the subway. Romantic sequels beg to be read in bed. Books with shiny &
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elizabethvstarkey
- Feb 1, 2016
- 2 min
Snapshot of my nightstand
This is not staged. Ok, I did take away my earplugs. The rest is real. Including the dusty silk flowers my mother sent me years and years...
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