Hello friends from the Philippines! Here are all the links to the stuff our family is up to! Marla: @WhiteGirlLearning on Instagram @MarlaTaviano on Instagram ebooks WhiteGirlLearning.com (coming in October!) Gabe: Gabe Taviano Photography Dark Sunsets photobook Olivia: Olivia Joy…
somebody saved me too
About a month ago, a young friend told me that her dad had been really sick. Headache, stomachache, a cold that wouldn’t go away. He wasn’t able to work or even to get out of bed. He went to a…
the iceberg that is instagram
Take a peek at a chapter from my new ebook, Unschooling: The Honest Truth. *** We interrupt this Broadcast of Angst to answer a Very Pressing Question: Marla, I follow you on social media. There is so much fun and…
left to their own devices
Here’s a deleted scene (a chapter I cut at the last minute) from my new ebook, Unschooling: The Honest Truth. Besides the socialization question—and the math and college and what about doctors questions—the one I get the most is probably:…
unschooling: the honest truth
I JUST PUBLISHED A NEW EBOOK. EEEEEEEEEEK!!! I started writing Unschooling: The Honest Truth from kind of a low place. I felt like much of what I’d set out to do as an unschooler had flopped, failed. I realized I had…
unschooling & privilege
Our family unschools. I wrote an ebook about it four years ago, and the sequel comes out next week. And yet. I have a heart for supporting struggling public schools and the kiddos who attend them. Like a really really…
10 historical fiction books for kids 8-12
“History is boring!” they say. Yeah, it definitely can be. But it’s way more interesting when it’s told as a story set in a certain period of history. In historical fiction, the main characters may exist only in the author’s…
8 diverse books under $8 for kids 8-12
For the past year or so, I’ve been on a journey to learn from authors of color. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I post about books I’ve read on Instagram at: White Girl Learning. I’ve been slowly, but surely, compiling a…
What Makes You FART?
Hi, friends! My newest ebook, What Makes You FART?, officially “releases” today! Don’t worry—the book isn’t about farts, not really. It’s about finding out what you love to do—and then doing it! If you know what you love, this book…
31 days of diverse books: PLAN B
Know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em. Is that how that country song about a poker game goes? I tried. I really did. I made it 14 glorious (not-even-close-to-consecutive) days before I fell all the way off…