Nancy Bo Flood

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

Throughout her life Bo Flood has enjoyed reading, writing, and the sharing of stories. Her work has focused primarily on children and young adults, as counselor, teacher, or parent. She has conducted workshops of child abuse, learning disabilities, play therapy, as well as creative writing. Through either work or research, Bo has lived in Malawi, Africa, Hawaii, Japan, the western Pacific, and, most recently, the Navajo Nation Reservation. Legends and folklore are of particular interest to Bo, for they hold the magic and mystery of other people’s–or generation’s–beliefs. When we read, we learn–about ourselves and about someone, somewhere–or sometime–else.

No-Name Baby

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Now Available. A New Book by Nancy Bo Flood: No-Name Baby

Sophie remembered last night’s dream and the gray stones-a whole row of them like the ones under the trees. Each stone was etched with letters that she couldn’t quite read.

No-Name Baby is an intimate portrait of a young girl as she discovers the truth about herself and her family.

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Warriors in the Crossfire

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Warriors in the Crossfire looks at one boy’s experience of impending war – war fought by two nations, Japan and the U.S. – on the Pacific island of Saipan

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Wanted: Books written by or about contemporary Native Americans

Every child needs to see their own people and their own experiences in the books they read: yet in the United States less that 5% of children’s books published are written by or about Native Americans.
All young people need books that describe contemporary children who are Native American, not just historical accounts as though Indian [...]

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The Hogan that Great-Grandfather Built

The Hogan That My Grandfather Built by Nancy Bo Flood

This children’s picture book tells the story of one multigenerational Navajo family that works, plays, eats, sleeps and shares their lives together in around their family hogan.

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