Super Jane Smith is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her fun & funny #PictureBook Naked Butt Busts Out. Jane tells us that Cheeky bunny Naked Butt just wants to be himself, but when being yourself literally means baring it all, Naked Butt finds everyone wants him to cover up his tail again. Especially his momma! So Naked Butt tries his best to keep his true self tucked under shirts and shorts. But when Naked Butt’s clothes start feeling itchier and scratchier and tighter and...
Feb 02, 2023•25 min
Jedlie, the host of the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast celebrates #WorldReadAloudDay 2023 by reading aloud two of his #PictureBooks, The Great Maritini and REAL Magic. The Great Maritini tells the story of Sam, a talented and somewhat clumsy magician who is known as The Great Maritini. Despite his many, hilarious on stage mistakes he is able to perform tremendous transformations. And then one day Sam discovers what the greatest transformation really is. If you want your kids to be kind and caring...
Feb 01, 2023•21 min
Alicia Londos is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #ChildrensBook The Mermaid Who Found Her Home. In addition to celebrating her book, Alicia talks to us about the healing power of art. Alicia tells us that we might not realize is that art can tap into what’s going on inside, something that you love, something that is bothering you, or something you want to change. Art can take us back in time. It can take us to a place we need to address and can help us dig deeper into what ...
Jan 31, 2023•26 min
Sarah Beliza Tucker returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #ChildrensBook Help Ringo Control His Temper. Joining us from her Catamaran anchored off the coast of Crooked Island in the Bahamas Sarah tells us this is the latest in her Adventures of Harry and Friends #CharacterEducation series. She also tells us that she plans on creating a new series based on her Ringo character. The Adventures of Harry & Friends grew from Sarah’s award winning, ‘Harry & Friends B...
Jan 30, 2023•28 min
J D Peabody is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his debut #MiddleGrade #Fantasy #Novel The Inkwell Chronicles. J D tells us that is this novel we will siblings Everett and Bea. When their father goes missing after a mysterious train crash the siblings find a curious pen in their dad’s belongings, and its magical ink begins to rewrite their once ordinary lives. J D also talks about the years journey he experienced writing the first of this new series. Click here to visit J D’s we...
Jan 29, 2023•27 min
Ame Dyckman & Jenn Harney are on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate their super silly and hilarious #PictureBook How Dinosaurs Went Extinct, A Safety Guide. Based on this interview I wouldn't be surprised if the dinosaurs laughed themselves into extinction. This is one of the funniest interviews ever. Did you know that the Tyranesaurus Rex went extinct because he didn't change his underwear? Warning, be prepared to laugh a lot! Click here to visit Ame's website - http://www.amedy...
Jan 28, 2023•33 min
Author and World Record Endurance Swimmer Lynne Cox is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her beautiful new #Childrens #PictureBook Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius. Lynn tells us that this book will introduce us to Yoshi, a sea turtle, on her remarkable journey as she swims farther than any animal in recorded history--23,000 miles!--to return to the beach where she first hatched, to lay her own eggs. Inside every loggerhead turtle is genius: the ability to find their first home, no matte...
Jan 27, 2023•28 min
Melissa Ahonen is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate "It's Great To Be Me!" Her collection of daily affirmations for kids. Melissa tells us that self-love, confidence, and belief in oneself can be a challenge. That is why she wrote It’s Great to Be Me. She believes that everyone young and old needs to know it's the little things that make them special and that every day, it’s great to be them. We are also joined by Parvati Markus who is celebrating her #Children's book: Isabella C...
Jan 26, 2023•24 min
Carissa Turpin is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her debut #MiddleGrade #Novel Doomsday Danny, Carissa tells us this book takes us back to 1999, a time when so many of us thought a catastropic failure of technology will bring the World to an end. The story follows a 12 year old girl who is preparing to survive the disaster. Carissa is also a teacher who is passionate about helping her students become media literate. Click here to visit Carissa's website - https://carissaturpin...
Jan 25, 2023•26 min
Kristen Lee is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #YA title Sun Keep Rising. Kristen is the author of the critically acclaimed Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman. Kristen tells us Sun Keep Rising is about a young teenage mom struggling to survive in the face of rent increases that are putting her at risk of losing her home, she resorts to a dangerous game to keep her family afloat. But all games have consequences, and this isn’t one she can afford to lose. A gri...
Jan 24, 2023•23 min
Emma Carlson Berne is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her inspiring #ChildrensBook Books By Horseback. Emma tells us this is simple story about the lengths that people will go to in support of literacy. Books By Horseback is a breathtaking adventure of a heroic Pack Horse Librarian who braves the harsh terrain of rural Kentucky to bring books to children who need them. During the Great Depression, food, education, and opportunities were scarce. Kentucky had fallen behind its ne...
Jan 23, 2023•29 min
Julie Woik is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her Lilly The Lash series of #CharacterEducation #PictureBooks. Julie tells us that Lilly the Lash helps everyone SEE that practicing good character will help them build strong, healthy relationships with others. When we have good character, we’re making good choices; and in turn, those good choices make us a reliable family member, a trusted business owner, or a caring community member. Click here to visit Julie's webssite - http:/...
Jan 22, 2023•28 min
Author & Illustrator Tanya Bayrami is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her debut #BiLingual (English/Persian) #Childrens #PictureBook Golden Chick/Joojé Talãee. Tanya tells us that invites children on a journey of uncovering the lost magic of Persian culture. Through the eyes of a chick who wants to spread their wings, children experience overcoming obstacles and celebrating achievements. Golden Chick (Joojé Talãee) teaches children the universal power of finding your inner ...
Jan 21, 2023•27 min
Author / Aerospace Engineer Brett Hoffstadt is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his #pictureBook Good Night Moon Base. Brett tells us he hopes this is more than a delightful rhyming bedtime story. He wants the book to inspire kids, and their parents, to dream about what it will be like to live in #Space. This is a wonderful way to ignite kids' imagination and inspire them to explore the #STEM and #STEAM fields. Click here to visit Brett's website - https://www.goodnightmoonbase....
Jan 20, 2023•27 min
Dr Donna Housman is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her ECSELent Adventures of Hemmy and Shemmy series of #ChildrensBooks. Dr. Donna Housman, Ed.D has over thirty-five years’ experience as a psychologist in the field of child development and early childhood education. Understanding that it is far easier to prevent than repair, she founded Housman Institute, and its lab school/ early childhood development center, based on emotional foundations of learning and cognition. Her evid...
Jan 19, 2023•28 min
Britney Winn Lee is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Good Night Body, Finding Calm From Head To Toe. Britney writes to build bridges and make space, bringing a little Southern hospitality to complex kiddos, social justice movements, and the spiritually-homesick. Britney tells us that bedtime can be full of big emotions for kids! She hopes that this book will teach kids to calm anxious, busy thoughts with this body scan meditation. This mindfulness practice will help children let...
Jan 18, 2023•23 min
Dr Sarah Katherine Mundy is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her Parenting Through Stories series of #ChildrensBooks. Dr Sarah is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and mother to three young boys. She tells us that over the past two decades, she has discovered a great deal about what helps (and hinders) family life, as well as ways to promote positive child development. After having her first child, Sarah read a number of parenting books and found they often told a parent what t...
Jan 17, 2023•26 min
Alana Tyson is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to help us celebrate Martin Luther King Jrd Day and the release of her new book "My Red, White, and Blue". Alana tells our guest host Jordan Sahley that this book puts the reader in the shoes of a Black family navigating their feelings about the American flag. They wonder, should we feel pride or pain? This book teaches children to form their own opinions rather than letting outside factors decide for you. In today's episode, Alana discusses he...
Jan 16, 2023•26 min
Samantha Hawkins is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #ChildrensBook My Mommy Marches. Samantha tells us that somethings can be said with words, sometimes you have to say them with your feet. Her book seeks to address the topics of "activism" and "civil protest" in a manner that a parent can use to have that conversation about what exactly social justice means and why no one is too young to take a stand for what they believe in. Click here to fins Samantha's book on Amazon - ...
Jan 15, 2023•28 min
Christina Christian Cewe is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her debut #PictureBook I Believe In Me, Do You Believe In You? Christina is a mother of three and is truly a lover of life. Once she started her family with her college sweetheart, she dedicated her life to inspiring herself, family, and friends to design the life of their dreams and live it to the fullest. Christina has accomplished many of her life’s dreams, some at a very young age. Before starting her family, she w...
Jan 14, 2023•30 min
Diane Mizwicki is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her debut #PictureBook Brave Blondie. An author and #HockeyMom Diane tells us that as a tooth fairy, Blondie has an important responsibility to help keep Firefly Falls beautiful and magical by collecting as many teeth as possible. However, she keeps bungling her missions. Blondie and her partner travel all over the world, visiting wondrous places, but somehow, they always return with fewer teeth than they should. Blondie is conf...
Jan 13, 2023•25 min
Krisiti Shimada is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her Samuri’s Gift series. Kristi is an award-winning author who wrote and illustrated her first unpublished book, The Little Shoe Shop, when she was eight. The school librarian kept the book to share with others. Kristi is a registered hypnotherapist and a visionary artist. In addition to her books Kristi shares her thoughts on the healing properties of color. Click here to visit Kristi’s website – https://kristishimada.com/ Cl...
Jan 12, 2023•24 min
Stenetta Anthony returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #Childrens #PictureBook Ella Learns To Dance. Stenetta tells us that in this book we meet Ella who dreams about taking a ballet class. Unfortunately her friends tell her elephants don't dance ballet. causing Ella to wonder if she will ever learn how to perform her favorite ballet dances. Stenetta hopes Ella's story will twirl her way into your heart and inspire kids to not listen to the naysayers and dance outside...
Jan 11, 2023•26 min
Our Dean Of All Things STEM And STEAM Jennifer Swanson returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to share some valuable advice for all authors and aspiring authors. Jennifer began her writing career at the age of five when she wrote and illustrated books for her kindergarten class. A self-professed science geek, Jennifer has always been captivated by the world around her and is curious to understand how it works. As a young child she used to gather leaves and flowers and look at them under a ...
Jan 10, 2023•31 min
Author Sandra Neil Wallace & Illustrator Bryan Collier are on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate their new #ChildrensBook Love Is Loud. This book introduces us to Diane Nash, a civil rights leader who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis. Diane Nash is a hidden figure in Civil Rights History who believed that Love is a verb. Listen and discover when and how Diane Nash led the Civil Rights Movement and the change she created. Click here to visit the Love Is Loud ...
Jan 09, 2023•29 min
Kristina Lucia is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her lovable Bella Lucia #ChildrensBook series. Kristina Lucia is an artist, creator, and author who ignites the imaginations of children and their parents through her limited edition animals and touching storybooks. Her humble beginnings in a small farm town (there was only one traffic light!) sparked her creativity at a young age and her adopted home of New York City keeps her inspired daily. Curiously Curated Creations of Kris...
Jan 08, 2023•30 min
Enrique Moras is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Syncretic Press, the independent publishing company of Spanish Language #ChildrensBooks. Enrique tells Jedlie and our cohost Stefani Davila that his company partners with great authors and illustrators from all around the world, with special emphasis on works created by authors from Spanish speaking countries. Their mission is to publish works that celebrate creativity, diversity and curiosity about others and the world. They wor...
Jan 07, 2023•34 min
Author / educator Lauren Piland is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #ChildrensBook Blooming Rose Blasts Off. Lauren tells us this is the first in a Blooming Rose series. In this first book we meet Rose who is faced with a challenging rocket launcher assignment that she just doesn’t feel good enough or smart enough to tackle. But with some encouragement and perseverance, does she choose to give up, or reach for the stars?! In addition to the book Lauren has created a Beyo...
Jan 06, 2023•27 min
Lydia Lukidis returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #ChildrensBook Deep, Deep, Down, The Underwater Poetry Of The Mariana Trench. Lydia tells us that deep, deep down, at the very bottom of the ocean, lies a secret world. Through lyrical narration, this spare-text STEM picture book takes readers on a journey to a place very few humans have ever been--the Mariana Trench. The imagined voyage debunks scary myths about this mysterious place with surprising and beautiful tr...
Jan 05, 2023•26 min
We have two fantastic authors on this episode of the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast. Sara Chinakwe is on to celebrate her debut #PictureBook You Come From Greatness. In this book a young boy learns that he is walking in the footsteps of greatness through a vibrant, lyrical retelling of Black history—both a love letter to Black children and an anthem empowering them to know their God-given worth. Throughout the story, the boy discovers the rich heritage of those that have gone before him and learn...
Jan 04, 2023•27 min
