Vikram Madan is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Bobo & Pup-Pup, his #GraphicNovel seris for young readers. Vikram tells us the books' simple dialogue, stealthy repetition, and amusing sound effects emphasize phonics help kids develop a love of reading. Click here to visit Vikram's website - https://www.vikrammadan.com/bobopuppup.html Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Jan 08, 2022•27 min
Dr Dawn Menge returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast with her friend and co-author Kent Duryee to celebrate the upcoming release of Queen Vernita Visits The Land Of Little Rain. We love that the Queen Vernita series celebrates kids of all races, ethnicities and abilities. We also love the passion Kent has for the desert. Click here to visit Dr Dawn's website - https://www.drdawnmenge.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Jan 07, 2022•24 min
One of our favorite guests, Dr Regine Muradian, returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Francine and Her Special Talents. Dr Regine tells us this book includes several activities to help empower kids write down their own unique talents. The positive affirmations included are also very powerful as they aide children in recognizing their negative feelings and turn them into positives. Click here to visit Dr Regine's website - https://www.reginemuradian.com/ Click here to visit ou...
Jan 06, 2022•29 min
Ryan Dalton is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his #MiddleGrade #Novel This Last Adventure. Ryan tells us that when his mother suggested that he write a story about Alzheimer’s, his first response was an immediate and emphatic no, thank you. How would that even work? There was no enemy to confront, no mystery to solve, no shocking twist ending. And how would a book like that be anything but depressing? After much thought and soul searching Ryan realized he had to write this boo...
Jan 05, 2022•29 min
We have a great time speaking with Diana Murray and Cori Doerfeld, author & illustrator of Help Mommy Work From Home. The team tells our #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast audience that this book is perfect for fans of Boss Baby and How to Babysit a Grandma. It is an entertaining read aloud for parents working from home with their little ones. Click here to visit Diana's website - https://www.dianamurray.com/ Click here to visit Cori's website - https://www.coridoerrfeld.com/ Click here to visit ...
Jan 04, 2022•26 min
#NewYorkTimes Editor Veronica Chambers is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Call And Response, The Story Of Black Lives Matter. Veronica tells us that Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter is a broad and powerful exploration of the history of Black Lives Matter told through photographs, quotes, and informative text Click here to visit Veronica's website - http://www.veronicachambers.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Jan 03, 2022•30 min
Christopher Keene is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate The Royal Secret, the latest in the Super Dungeon Series. This #fantasy #novel takes us to the land of Crystalia, where a great battle has been won against the creatures of evil. The heroic Paladins have protected the kingdom, but their beloved captain did not survive. As the Paladins look for a new leader, the forces of darkness slip into their midst. Click here to visit Christopher's amazon page - https://amzn.to/32GTU1N Cl...
Jan 02, 2022•27 min
We all hope to make 2022 a better year for ourselves and our kids. Dr Ran Anbar is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to tell us how hypnosis can help change our kids' lives for the better. He dis-spells many of the myths surrounding hypnosis and tells us how the practice can help kids' anxieties, school performance, it can help help with allergies! Click here to find Dr Ran's book on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3pFnbCI Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Jan 01, 2022•34 min
Ruth Maille returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate the latest in her "Power Of" series. This new book, The Power Of Gratitude, Unlocking Hidden Treasures, is a certified great read, and reminds us that when we live gratefully we can be healthier and happier Click here to visit Ruth's website - https://www.ruthmaille-author.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Dec 31, 2021•29 min
Daniella Rushton is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #YoungAdult #novel The Panther Tales. In this fun conversation Jedlie and Daniella talk about the book, faith, family and how we can help our kids discover the extraordinary gifts that lives inside them. Click here to visit Daniella's website - https://thepanthertales.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Dec 30, 2021•29 min
Zetta Elliott is on the #ReadingWithYourKIds #Podcast to celebrate The Witch's Apprentice, the latest in her Dragons In A Bag Series of #MiddleGrade #Novels. Zetta tells us how she set her fantasy story in Chicago, the struggle to get this book published and hopes for the future of the series. Click here to visit Zetta's website - https://www.zettaelliott.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Dec 29, 2021•30 min
Ally Malinenko is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #MiddleGrade #Novel Ghost Girl. Ally tells us this book is about three friends who team up to save their town from a creepy new principal. It is a great book for families to read aloud. Click here to visit Ally's website - https://allymalinenko.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Dec 28, 2021•30 min
Cheryl Taragin is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her debut #PictureBook That's Ridiculous Said Nicholas! Cheryl tells us that this incredibly fun to read book encourages kids to be curious and to ask questions about the World, something we should encourage all kids to do. Click here to visit Cheryl's website - http://www.pagepublishing.com/books/?book=thats-ridiculous-said-nicholas Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Dec 27, 2021•26 min
Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovish is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #MiddleGrade #Novel Operation Ssiterhood. She tells us that this is a beautiful, rich, and deeply comforting story about family and the powerful choice to live with joy. Click here to visit Olugbemisola's website - https://www.olugbemisolabooks.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Dec 26, 2021•31 min
Carolyn Astfalk, AJ Capitan, Antony Kolenc, Stephanie Engleman, Leslea Wahl, Marie Kieser, Andrea Jo Rodgers & Corinna Turner from CatholicTeenBooks.com join us to recite A Fowl Christmas. This is an original short story created especially for the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast. Click here to visit www.CatholicTeenBooks.com Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Dec 25, 2021•49 min
#NYTimes #BestSelling Author Raymond Arroyo is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate The Spider Who Saved Christmas. Raymond tells us while traveling through Eastern Europe he discovered Christmas trees decorated with spider ornaments and the legend that inspired those ornaments. This is a wonderful Christmas story that reminds us that everyone belongs and can make a difference in the World. Click here to visit Raymond's website - https://www.raymondarroyo.com/ Click here to visit ou...
Dec 24, 2021•29 min
Antonio Sacre, the most successful story teller you've never heard of, returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to talk about the amazing benefits families experience from sharing stories. We then meet Mauro & Matteo Moro, the father-son team who turned their stories in a comic book. Click here to visit Antonio's website - https://www.antoniosacre.com/ Click here to visit Mauro & Mateo's website - https://www.fingermancomics.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourk...
Dec 23, 2021•42 min
Reading together is a great way to share our faith and values with our kids, especially our teens and tweens. We listen back to moments with four powerful, faithfilled authors, Fr Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention program in the World, recording artist Phil Joel formerly of the Newsboys, Fr James Martin, author of When We Pray and Matthew Paul Turner, co-author of What Is God Like? Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Dec 22, 2021•35 min
Janet Fox is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #MiddleGrade #Novel Carry Me Home. Janet tells us this novel could be a great way for families to talk about issues of homelessness, and that family is all around us. Click here to visit Janet's website - https://janetsfox.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Dec 21, 2021•29 min
Oh what a treat! Donna Washington is a multiple award winning master storyteller and published author who has been performing for over thirty years. She uses vivid facial expressions, non-pedestrian movement and vocal pyrotechnics to bring her stories to life. She has been called “a walking Disney movie” and told she was “better than television!” She is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to help us understand & celebrate the wonderful Kwanzaa Holiday Click here to visit Donna's Website - h...
Dec 20, 2021•29 min
Being a teen has always been difficult. Being a teen at this time in history is especially challenging. Claude B Larson is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to let us know how her new book The Power Of Choice can help teens find personal success and happiness. Click here to visit Claude's website - https://claudeblarsonllc.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Dec 19, 2021•31 min
Christmas is right around the corner. Today we celebrate great books that will help you get into the true Spirit of Christmas. Anthony Stefano joins us to celebrate two new #PictureBooks Joseph's Donkey & The Beggar and The Bluebird. Leslea Wahl also joins us to share some great Christmas themed books we can read with our family. Click here to visit Anthony's website - https://www.anthonydestefano.com/index.htm Click here to visit Leslea's website - https://lesleawahl.com/ Click here to visi...
Dec 18, 2021•33 min
Janet Halfmann is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #PictureBook Caterpillar's Surprise. Janet tells us she was inspired to write this story about caterpillars, butterflies and metamorphosis after watching monarchs and tiger swallowtails and more flutter around our backyard. Click here to visit Janet's website - https://www.janethalfmannauthor.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.ReadingWithYourKids.com...
Dec 17, 2021•25 min
Joana Pastro returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Carnaval! Joana's new #PictureBook Bisa's Carnaval transports us to her beautiful nation of Brazil to experience the sights and sounds of Carnaval. Click here to visit Joana's website - http://www.joanapastro.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Dec 16, 2021•24 min
Today we take a listen back to some great moments shared on our series of special Protecting The Planet With Your Kids episodes of the podcast. Alan Hesse tells us about his graphic novel Captain Polo, Evelyn Bookless talks to us about the wonder of trees, Meeg Pincus stirs up an Ocean Soup, and Christa Avampato talks to us about little things we can do that can make a big difference for our World. Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Dec 15, 2021•27 min
Dr Terance Shipman returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate the latest addition to his Kindergarten Chronicles series Field Trip To The Farm. Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles takes us with them on a Field Trip to the Farm. The class explores the wonders of Ramsey farm on their field trip. An entertaining story of the wonder and excitement of kindergarten. Click here to visit Dr Terance's website - https://www.teranceshipman.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.reading...
Dec 14, 2021•27 min
Will Rainey is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Grandpa's Fortune Fables. Will tells us his teaches kids the lessons about money most adults wished they had been taught when they were growing up ... in a fun way! Will encourages kids to think of money as seeds, and talks to them about concepts like rich vs wealthy, the dangers of debt and the importance of savings. Click here to visit Will's website - https://www.bluetreesavings.com/grandpas-fortune-fables Click here to visit ou...
Dec 13, 2021•30 min
Antoinette Truglio Martin is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her Becoming America's Stories series of Middle Grade Historical Novels. Antoinette is a speech therapist and special education teacher by training but really wants to be a writer when she grows up. Her Becoming America's Stories series were inspired by the stories she heard her family share around the dinner table. Click here to visit Antoinette's website - https://antoinettetrugliomartin.com/ Click here to visit our...
Dec 12, 2021•28 min
On this episode of the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast we welcome the Creator of The Melanoid Chronicles Encyclopedia Series Zarinah Hameen. Zarinah discusses the importance of acknowledging Black History, the Civil Rights Movement, racism, and much more. Click here to visit Zarinah's website - https://www.amgroupllc.biz/melanoidchronicles Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Dec 11, 2021•30 min
Two great guests on this episode of the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast. Trinity Bursey celebrates "The Day The Instruments Split", the second book in her Little Instrumentals series. And Yesenia Rodriguez also joins us to celebrate her debut #PictureBook "Lani Rae's Marvelous Hair". Click here to visit Trinity's website - http://trinitybursey.com/ Click here to visit Yesenia's website - https://www.yeseniarodriguezauthor.com/#/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com...
Dec 10, 2021•29 min