Lillie Marshall

A Key Strategy in Education and Parenting: As an educator and mother, one of the most important — and first — skills I teach kids is metacognition: examples of which …

Once there was a cartoon pumpkin drawing named Pumpie who was SUCH a pumpkin. She was the pumpkin-est pumpkin who ever pumped. When people walked down the street and saw …

Let’s read a fun short, illustrated tale! Wumi was a small girl with large orange hair like an octopus made of fireworks. She loved cuddling, veggies (but not cuddling veggies), …

Once there was a teacher who was preparing to welcome a set of wonderful students just like you. She knew this year would be different than any year before in …

Given my four year old daughter’s current adoration of both queens AND heart shapes, I went down a wild rabbit-hole of art inspiration last night, pumping out not one but …

Wishes of Land Life Wanda the purple whale wanted to be an elephant. She longed to feel the firm ground beneath her massive feet. She longed to have feet at …

A Preface to This Story When I receive your requests for drawings, I strive to fulfill each one, but the latest was a wallop of a challenge: “Draw a horseshoe …

One of the first words I teach in my 7th grade English class is CONTEXT. Why? Because it’s pivotal to understanding what gives everything meaning — from literature to life. …

Welcome to an imaginative short story accompanied by joyful art to make you smile! The tale was inspired by my young daughter asking me to make a flower crown drawing, …

Time to Define “Liminal Space” If there is any vocabulary definition you need to understand right NOW, it is liminal space. Why? Liminality is defined as the in-between area between …