Paolo Mazzucato returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his latest #ChildrensBook The Absolutely True Story Of La Befana. Part rumor, part folklore, and part magical invention— myth meets reality in this classic tale of the Italian Befana, an old woman who visits all children, naughty and nice, on the evening before the Christmas Epiphany Click here to visit Paolo's website - http://www.writer.mazzucato.org/index.html Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.co...
Oct 10, 2021•27 min
We had a fascinating conversation with Sivan Hong, the author of the Super Fun Day Book Series. This is a collection of social stories about neurodiverse (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, etc.) kids. They can be used as teaching tools to learn empathy and kindness for all different kinds of kids. Click here to visit Sivan's website - https://sivanhong.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Oct 09, 2021•28 min
Award winning chef and owner of Milk Bar, Christina Tosi, is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her debut #ChildrensBook Every Cake Has A Story. Christina combined her passion for baking and creating a more loving and inclusive World to create this deliciously delightful story. Click here to visit Christina's website - https://www.christinatosi.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Oct 08, 2021•29 min
Dawn Goldworm is a professional nose & olfactive expert, She is dedicated to learn the craft of perfumery, the insights behind consumer behavior and the neuroscience responsible for our sense of smell. She is on the #Podcast to celebrate The Smell Of A Rainbow, the first scented children's book. Dawn created this book to help kids learn about the power of scent. Click here to visit Dawn's website - https://www.scentforgood.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Oct 07, 2021•33 min
Today we launch a new series of episodes we are calling Encore! Moments Worth Resharing From The Reading With Your Kids Podcast. October is bullying prevention month, so we are taking a back at four conversations about bullying with Peggy Sapp, Founder of Red Ribbon Week, Eleni Theodoro, author of Noko the Knight, Jessica Speer, author of BFF or NRF & Victoria Gracie, author of Kalyn Finds Her Power Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Oct 06, 2021•28 min
Stefanie Lucianovic is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her stunningly beautiful #PictureBook Hello Star. The book, which is illustrated by Vashti Harrison, tells the story of a curious girl who learns that a bright light in the sky is coming from a dying star. She promises to keep it company until the light goes out. Every night the girl reassures her friend that she is still there. This touching tribute to stars, space, and science celebrates how a small act of compassion can ...
Oct 05, 2021•29 min
Nicole Magistro is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her wonderful #PitureBook Read Island. Nicole invites us to join a very brave girl and her furry friends on an adventure to Read Island! Through the power of imagination and the pleasure of reading, this curious trio set sail for a magical island made of books. Click here to visit Nicole's website - https://www.myreadisland.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Oct 04, 2021•28 min
Acclaimed artist Fabio Napoleoni is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his beautiful #PictureBook Dragonboy. Fabio tells us the book was inspired by his son. Like his son Dragonboy is curious. He is playful, pensive, and kind. More than anything, he is himself: an imaginative little boy who loves to be a dragon Click here to visit Fabio's website - https://fabionapoleoni.com/?p=1851 Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Oct 03, 2021•30 min
Growing Up Is Hard To Do. Anita Tosh celebrates her #YA #Novel The Book Of Jeremy. In this novel we watch a young 12 year old who experiences prophetic dreams grow into a young 17 year old leader. And Gramps Jeffrey tells us how his grandkids inspired him to write his #PictureBook I Don't Want To Turn Three. Click here to visit Anita's website - https://www.booksbyanita.com/ Click here to visit Gramps website - https://grampsjeffrey.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids....
Oct 02, 2021•28 min
Scarlett Lewis is an incredible woman. On December 14, 2012 her son Jesse was one of 26 people murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary school. Jesse was in first grade and helped save the lives of some classmates before his life was ended. Somehow Scarlett was able to turn that tragedy into the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement that is inspiring kids all over the World to choose compassion, courage and love. Click here to visit Scarlett's Choose Love website - https://chooselovemovement.org/ Click here...
Oct 01, 2021•41 min
Joy VanDertuin is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her debut #PictureBook Gizelle's Silly, Soggy Day. This fun book is based on a true story and helps kids celebrate the joys of diversity and friendship. Joy also tells us of the joy she experienced as the mom of 13 kids, 10 of them adopted. Click here to find Joy's book on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3m3LQhj Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Sep 30, 2021•25 min
Linda Elovitz Marshall & Brenda Rosenbaum are on the podcast to celebrate Linda's beautiful #PictureBook Rainbow Weaver. This book introduces us to Ixchel, a young Mayan girl living in Guatemala. Ixchel collects and washes colorful single use plastic bags, cuts each bag into thin strips, then weaves the plastic strips into a colorful fabric that looks like a beautiful rainbow just like the weavings of Mayan women before her. Click here to visit Linda's website - http://www.lindamarshall.com/...
Sep 29, 2021•29 min
One of the most today's popular #ChildrensAuthors Kate DiCamillo, a #NYTimes #BestSellingAuthor, returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #MiddleGRade #Novel The Beatryce Prophecy. In addition to celebrating the book Kate reveals that "Once I could read I felt anything was possible." Click here to visit Kate's website - https://www.katedicamillostoriesconnectus.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Sep 28, 2021•29 min
Dr Michael Waters returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his powerful new #PictureBook Liberty's Civil Rights Road Trip. Dr Michael tells us that this book is based on a real life, multi-racial, multi-generational bus trip through the South to Selma, Alabama for a march across the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge Click here to visit Dr Michael's website - https://michaelwwaters.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Sep 27, 2021•34 min
Antonia Lumley is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Brook & Brax, Undercover Ninjas. As the father of two school-aged and spunky boys, Antonio was constantly looking for entertaining and age appropriate educational products and outlets to keep them engaged and on their toes. That’s when he decided to take things into his own hands and create Xtatic Books. Click here to visit Antonio's website - http://www.xtaticbooks.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourk...
Sep 26, 2021•26 min
Two wonderful guests are on today's #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast. Karl Rowlands joins us from the UK to celebrate his #PicutreBook The Dreamy Wish Of A Jelly Fish. And Patty DeDurr helps us develop a better understanding of #ADHD with her #ChildrensBook This Kid Can Hyper Focus. Click here to visit Karl's website - http://www.karlrowlands.co.uk/ Click here to visit Patty's website - https://www.sensinggreatness.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Sep 25, 2021•28 min
YA author Marisa Reichardt is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her YA Novel A Shot At Normal. Marisa tells us this is a story of a Home Schooled Teen being raised by ex-hippie parents who do not believe in vaccines. An incredibly timely story. Click here to visit Marissa's website - http://www.marisareichardt.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Sep 24, 2021•26 min
Jessie Miller is an amazing woman. She is the founder and driving force behind Epic Outreach, an animal sanctuary that exists not only to rescue animals but also to teach compassion. Jessie tells us about the program and about her children's book Brave Cat, Barn Cat Click here to visit the Epic Outreach website - https://epicoutreach.org/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Sep 23, 2021•26 min
Salvador Gomex Colon is an incredible young man. He is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate the release of his middle grade non-fiction title Hurricane, My Story Of Resilience. Salvado recalls living through Hurricane Maria and grappling with the destruction it left behind. Hurricane brings forward a captivating first-person account of strength, resilience, and determination Click here to visit Salvador's website - https://salvadorgomezcolon.com/ Click here to visit our website - ww...
Sep 22, 2021•31 min
Traci Todd is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her beautiful new #PictureBook Nina, A Story Of Nina Simone. Traci tells us about the life of legendary Jazz singer Nina Simone and how her voice soon became a thunderous roar as she raised her voice in powerful protest in the fight against racial inequality and discrimination Click here to find Nina on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3lF9VLn Click here to visit our website - www.ReadingWithYourKids.com...
Sep 21, 2021•34 min
Dr Mel Rosenberg is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Ourboox. Ourboox is the world’s simplest free platform for creating and sharing flipbooks of any genre, in any language. Our page-flipping e-books are easy to create, easier to share. Dr Mel tells us some of the fun we can have creating books, and life long memories with your kids. Click here to check out Ourboox - www.Ourboox.com Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Sep 20, 2021•28 min
Bob McKinnon is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Three Little Engines. This is a modern retelling of the beloved classic, Little Engine that Could, that asks young readers, “How does your journey differ from others?” It also serves as a thank you letter to all the parents, teachers, role models, and even strangers, who help to clear the storm or pull the tree trunk from their track. Click here to visit Bob's website - https://movingupusa.com/ Click here to visit our website - ww...
Sep 19, 2021•28 min
Two fantastic authors join us. Kelly Leigh Miller kicks the show off with a celebration of Time To Recharge Harper, a whimsically futuristic spin to the age-old dilemma convincing nap-resistant kiddos that everyone needs to take time to rest. And Christina Pelligrino, author of Buster & the Brain Bullies, tells us how helping others helped her battle anxiety. Click here to visit Kelly's website - https://www.kellyleighmiller.com/ Click here to visit Christina's Amazon Page - https://amzn.to/...
Sep 18, 2021•30 min
Author & clown Cindi Goodeaux is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate The Art of Friendship, the fourth book in her Jellibean Adventure #PictureBook Series. We also talk about Bunky & Lulu Find Their Place, one of Cindi's first books. That leads Cindi and Jedlie to talk about the joy they experience through their work as clowns. Click here to visit Cindi's website - https://ch.goodeaux.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Sep 17, 2021•27 min
One of our favorite guests is back! Sheri Fink returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her latest #PictureBook The Little Monster. Sheri tells us this is a fun book about a monster who is afraid of the dark, something so many of our kids can relate too. Sheri also tells us how, and why, she decided to make The Little Monster a glow in the dark book. Click here to visit Sheri's Whimsical World website - https://whimsicalworldbooks.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readi...
Sep 16, 2021•25 min
Karla Arenas Valenti is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to help us celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Her new #MiddleGrade #Novel Loteria is set in Mexico and tells a fascinating story of the day Life & Death walk into town to begin a new game that will determine the fate of a child. Click here to visit Karla's website - https://karlavalenti.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.ReadingWithYourKids.com...
Sep 15, 2021•28 min
Author and storyteller extraordinaire Noa Baum is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her beautiful #PictureBook How The Birds Became Friends. This is a wonderful story of friendship that the whole family will love. Noa also talks to us about the art of storytelling and demonstrates her exceptional skills Click here to visit Noa's website - https://noabaum.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Sep 14, 2021•28 min
Author & Educator Mark Gunning returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Back 4 More, the latest release in his super fun "I Told You So Series. Best friends William and Thomas are back at it again with even more action and adventure. The poor community of Itchygooney isn't safe when William has a plan. This time there's an attack drone, a ghostly rocking chair, a slam-dunking wizard, and a UFO. Click here to visit Mark's website - https://www.itchygooneybooks.com/ Click here...
Sep 13, 2021•29 min
Adama Bah is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #MiddleGrade Nonfiction title "Accused, My Story Of Injustice". Adama grew up in East Harlem after immigrating from Conakry, Guinea. As a young teen she began experiencing discrimination and dehumanization as prejudice toward Muslim people grew. At age 16 FBI agents arrested her and falsely accused of being a potential suicide bomber. Adama also talks about the need to reform our current immigration system Click here to find Adam...
Sep 12, 2021•26 min
Two real life heroes are on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast. Ex New York City Police Officer Christine Maier celebrates her debut #PictureBook The Too Tall Giraffe. We then welcome Jacob Monroe, an active member of the US Marine Corps to celebrate his #PictureBook Fly, Fly, Fly Little Birdie. Click here to visit Christine's website - https://www.thechristinemaier.com/ Click here to visit Jacob's website - https://vhisreal.us2.authorhomepage.com/home Click here to visit our website - www.readin...
Sep 11, 2021•28 min
