Reading With Your Kids Podcast
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Reading With Your Kids - Protecting The Planet With Indoor Farms!?
Author Christa Avampato uses her business skills to create passion projects that build a better world. She has been called the happiest New Yorker, and tries hard to live up to that title every day. She returns to the podcast to share some great ideas on how we can Protect The Planet With Our Kids, including indoor farming! Click here to visit Christa's website - https://christaavampato.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Dead Wednesday
Newbery Medal winner Jerry Spinelli is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his 37th novel Dead Wednesday. Jerry tells us how this book was inspired by a letter from a teacher. And can you believe that going to work "fried chicken less" changed the way he wrote which resulted in getting his first novel published. Jerry also shares great wisdom all authors will want to hear. Click here to visit Jerry's website - http://www.jerryspinelliauthor.com/newbery_002.htm Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Finding Gratitude
Dennis Matthew returns to the #RWYK #Podcast to celebrate How Grizzly Found Gratitude. Dennis is a husband, father, elementary school speech pathologist, singer-songwriter and author. He began writing children's books in 2018 and since that time has visited hundreds of classrooms in person and virtually throughout the nation. He is passionate about helping kids be at peace with themselves and each other. Click here to visit Dennis' website - https://booksbydennis.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Recipe For Disaster
One of our favorite friends from New Zealand, Katie Pye, returns to celebrate Recipe For Disaster, the latest addition to her Fairy Tale Fraud series. Katie tells us she has a daft sense of humor and credits her ability to rhyme almost anything to being the daughter of a children's author. Click here to visit Katie's website - https://www.fairytalefraud.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Benefits Of Bilingualism
Erika Deery is on the podcast to celebrate her Millie Bilingual picture book series. Her books are a fun way for families to experience stories in both English and Spanish. Erika also talks to us about the benefits of bilingualism. Click here to visit Erika's website - http://www.milliebooks.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - The Haunted Cathedral
Two great authors are on this episode of the #RWYK #Podcast. Antony Kolenc returns to celebrate the haunted Cathedral, the latest book in his Harwood Mysteries Series. And Shelia Mac tells us how she rebounded after suffering devastating life challenges. Click here to visit Antony's website - http://www.antonykolenc.com/ Click here to visit Shelia's website - https://www.sheilamac.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Secret Science Of Sports
Our Dean of All Things STEM & STEAM Jennifer Swanson returns to the show to celebrate The Secret Science of Sports. This fun and informative book is a great way to help sports loving kids interested in the STEM fields, and to help STEM loving kids check out sports. Click here to visit Jennifer's website - https://jenniferswansonbooks.com/ Click here to visit the Solve It For Kids website - https://solveitforkids.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Am I Your Favorite?
Two great guests on this episode of the #RWYK #Podcast. Gretchen Kadillak kicks things off with a fun chat about her debut #PictureBook Am I Your Favorite? What is a parent to do when one of their little ones asks this question? Gretchen has a fun response. We then travel to the UK to talk with Russ Franken. Russ tells us how writing his debut children's book Fantastic Fun Facts About Cats is helping him recover from a devastating stroke. Click here to find Gretchen's book on Amazon – https://amzn.to/3xSdv9B Click here to find Russ' book on Amazon – https://amzn.to/3wNN43O Click here to visit our website – www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Helping Kids Cope With The Stress Of Reopening
Dr Regine Muradian is on the show to answer listener questions on the best ways we can help our kids deal with the stress they may feel as the nation reopens. Dr. Regine Muradian is a licensed clinical psychologist, author of the Franky and the Worry Bees Children's Book series, speaker, consultant and mental health advocate. In her clinical practice, Dr. Muradian works with children, adolescents, and adults who present with a wide range of emotional stressors. She specializes in Anxiety and is a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional Click here to visit Dr Regine's website - https://www.reginemuradian.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Extend Your Book's Shelf Life
Two great friends of the show, Lori Orlinsky & Alysson Bourque, return to share great wisdom for the many author listening. Lori & Aly founded the Foreword Publicity Book Marketing & Public relations company. Today they tell us how we can increase sales by extending our book's shelf life. Click here to visit the Foreword Publicity website - https://forewordpublicity.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Who Do You Want Your Kids To Be?
Colleen Brunetti returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #PictureBook Share A Little Kindness. She challenges us to ask who do we want our kids to grow up to be? She also encourages us to help our kids understand that they can choose how they react to stressors we encounter. Click here to visit Colleen's website - https://www.colleenbrunetti.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - 3 Out Of 4 Fourth Graders Can Not Read On Grade Level
Alva Sachs, author & president of RIFSoCal returns to the show to celebrate The Pirate Princess. She also shares some disturbing news about the state of literacy in the US. Did you know that 3 out of 4 fourth graders can not read on grade level? Alva tells us how we can help. We are also joined by Karen Cushman, the author of War and Millie McGonigle. Click here to visit Alva's website - https://www.alvasachs.com/index.html Click here to visit Karen's website - https://www.karencushman.com/ Click here to visit RIFSoCal's website - https://www.rifsocal.org/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Raised On A Commune By Hippy Parents!
Annemarie Riley Guertin returns to the podcast to celebrate her wonderful new book A, B, C Rise Up And Be! We also meet Gabe Jensen. Gabe is the author of Neverwoof, a delightful book about a dog who never woofs. Gabe also tells us what is was like being raised by hippy parents on a commune. Click here to visit Gabe's website - https://gabejensenbooks.com/ Click here to visit Annemarie's website - https://www.annemarierileyguertin.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - The Black Unicorn Creative
Abriana Johnson calls herself The Black Unicorn Creative. She loves animals, representation and farm life. She tells us that writing and illustrating Cowgirl Camryn books went from passion project to a full blown movement. Representation of Black girls in ag-literature is so much more than seeing themselves in books, it's the first step to actualizing land ownership, self-sufficiency and sustainability. Click here to visit Abriana's Cowgirl Camryn website - https://cowgirlcamryn.com/ Click here to visit Abriana's Black Unicorn Creative website - https://blackunicorncreative.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Evertaster
Adam Sidwell is a storyteller, technologist, and entrepreneur with expertise in multiple mediums, He is Founder and Creative Director at the Future House family of companies. He is on the #RWYK #Podcast to celebrate his #MiddleGrade #Fantasy series Evertaster Click here to visit Adam's website - https://www.futurehousepublishing.com/ Click here to visit our webside - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Science As A Superpower
William A. Haseltine is an American scientist, businessman, author, and philanthropist. He is known for his groundbreaking work on HIV/AIDS and the human genome. Haseltine was a professor at Harvard Medical School where he founded two research departments on cancer and HIV/AIDS. He is on the #RWYK #Podcast to celebrate his new non fiction title Science As A Superpower Click here to visit Dr Bill's website - https://www.williamhaseltine.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - A Doll For Me!
Andrea Coke is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her beautiful #PictureBook Molly Morningstar, A Doll For Me. Molly Morningstar is a problem-solving, spunky little girl with a problem. She needs a doll for an important party, and she can't find one that looks like her! What does she do after searching EVERYWHERE, only to find that doll after doll, they ALL look the same?? Determined to not settle, Molly finds the solution to this big problem herself! Click here to visit Andrea's kickstarter page - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/abcbooknook/molly-morningstar Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Power Of Kindness
Ruth Maille has owned and operated her licensed family daycare/preschool for the past 30 years. Through her extensive hands-on experiences, she has learned how children think and how they react to different situations. She is on to celebrate her latest picture the Power Of Kindness Through The Eyes Of Children Click here to visit Ruth's website - https://www.ruthmaille-author.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Whose Your Favorite Stooge?
We have lots of fun speaking with John Cory Stringer & Claire Eckard. Claire is on to celebrate Bentley & The Magic Sticks, a Reading With Your Kids Certified Great Read. John Cory Stringer celebrates his hilarious Bloo & Roo series, and asks Jedlie who his favorite Stooge is. Click here to visit Cory's website - https://www.blooandroo.com/ Click here to visit Claire's Instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/claireeckardauthor/?hl=en Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Little Piggies In The City
Get ready to meet three fantastic creators. Lauretha Ward is on the show to celebrate Wipe The Slate Clean, a book that takes a look at the issue of bullying. We then meet advertising creatives turned picture book author/illustrators Tara LaWall and Rich Greco who are celebrating their debut picture book This Little Piggie Went To The Market In The City. Click here to find Lauretha's book on amazon - Click here to find Tara & Rich's book on amazon - Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - BFF Or NRF?
Jessica Speer is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate BFF Or NRF? A Girls Guide To Happy Friendship. This is the ultimate interactive guidebook to help your kids learn the ins and outs of friendship. The book explores topics of gossip, bullying, and feeling left out, along with ways to strengthen the friendships that mean the most to our kids. This is an essential listen to all parents of teenager, or soon to be teenager. Click here to visit Jessica's website - https://jessicaspeer.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Common Sense Solutions To Climate Crisis
Neil Kitching is on this special Protecting The Planet With Your Kids episode of the podcast to celebrate Carbon Choices, Common Sense Solutions To Our Climate and Nature Crisis. Neil tells us how we can come together to make simple choices that will make a dramatic difference for our planet. Click here to visit Neil's website - http://www.carbonchoices.uk/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - The Strength Of My Scars
Such a fun and informative talk with Dr Marie Baimis George. Dr Marie is a surgical resident. Through her first-hand experience with pediatric patients, she came to recognize the stress kids & families facing serious illness experience. She created the Strength of My Scars Picture Book series to help these kids and their families Click here to visit Dr Maria's website - https://strengthofmyscars.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Marvin Stands Up To Bullies
Two of our favorite guests are back to celebrate Marvin's Monster Diary #4, Neighborhood Bully. Developmental pediatrician, and author, Dr Raun Melmed & his co-author Caroline Bliss Larsen talk about the latest chapter in their Marvin series. Click here to visit Dr Raun's website - http://www.melmedcenter.com/ Click here to visit Caroline's website - https://carolineblisslarsen.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - What If Houdini...?
Oh what a fun time speaking with Dan Gutman, author of the middle grade novel Houdini and Me! Dan tells us the writing of many of his books starts by asking the question "what if?" In this case, Dan asked himself what if an eleven year old lived in Harry Houdini's house, and Houdini tried to contact him? Click here to visit Dan's website - https://dangutman.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Friendship, Robots & Yoga
Vicki Fang returns to the #RWYK #podcast to celebrate the latest in her Layal & The Bots picture book series. She also tells us about what it was like being the author & illustrator of FriendBots! And Susan Rose joins us to let us know how much fun families can have learning yoga together with her picture book Everyone Is Good At Something, a Certified Great Read. Click here to visit Vicki's website - https://vickyfang.com/ Click here to visit Susan's website - https://www.susanroseyoga.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Rainbows & Shenanigans
Two great authors join us to celebrate their debut picture books. Ed Pacheco joins us to celebrate Little Lamb Shenanigans which is a Certified Great Read. And Lindsey Leask celebrates I Am A Rainbow Baby Click here to find Little Lamb on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3hw0U54 Click here to find I Am A Rainbow Baby on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3jGSkDh Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - The Forgotten King
D W Vogel is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her middle grade novel The Forgotten King, part of the Super Dungeon series. D. W. Vogel is an author, veterinarian, board game developer, cancer survivor, SCUBA diver, and marathoner. She lives in the Midwest with her husband, cats, and board games (so many board games). Click here to visit D W's website - https://wendyvogelbooks.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - We Must save The Butterflies
The author of the Adventures Of Johnny Butterfly Seed Tarisa Parrish is in the #RWYK #Podcast to help us understand how important it is for us to protect butterflies. For a variety of reasons butterflies and other pollinators are becoming endangered. Without these helpful creatures our crops can not grow. Tarisa shares some great ways we can make our homes and World safer for butterflies. Click here to find Tarisa's book on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3h8iU6Q Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Raising Readers Post Pandemic
Carly Shuler is on the #RWYK #Podcast to explain how digital media, combined with thoughtful instruction design can lead to positive learning outcomes, whether you have a struggling reader or one that needs more of a challenge. Click here to visit Hoot Reading - https://www.hootreading.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Hand To Hold
Recording artist JJ Heller and her husband Dave are on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate their beautiful #PictureBook Hand To Hold. They tell us that the book is based on one of JJ's hit songs. Click here to visit JJ's website - https://www.jjheller.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.ReadingWithYourKids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Different Is A Beautiful Thing To Be!
Heather Avis is on the #RWYK #Podcast to remind us that Different Is A Great Thing To Be! She reminds us that people with Down Syndrome are beautiful people. Julie Dinges is also on to celebrate Search for the Scepter. Click here to visit Heather's website - https://www.heatheravis.com/ Click here to visit Julie's website - https://juliedinges.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Bee Amazing!
Fantastic episode! Ricardo Gattas Moras celebrates diversity and his debut picture book The Rainbow Bee. We also meet the 14 year old author known as Desmond Is Amazing. Desmond celebrates his debut illustrated book Be Amazing - A History Of Pride! Click here to visit Ricardo's website - https://www.therainbowbeebook.com/ Click here to visit Desmond Is Amazing's site - https://www.desmondisamazing.com/
Reading With Your Kids - Eddy Finds A Family
Sarah McGeough is on the #RWYK #Podcast to celebrate her debut #PictureBook Eddy Finds A Family. This is a beautiful story of love and adoption. Sarah tells us that she wrote the book as a tribute to her adoptive son and is thrilled that it has touched the hearts of so many children and their families. Click here to visit Sarah's website - https://www.theflamingofamily.co.uk/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Obsessed With Birds!
Ecologist & Illustrator Zev Labinger is on the #RWYK #Podcast to share his love for birds. Zev is the illustrator of How The Birds Became Friends. Zev became obsessed with nature and birds at age 11, and he has been studying and painting them ever since. He tells us how our interest in birds can help us protect the planet. Click here to find Zev's book on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3vSiPZ1 Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Why Can't I be Happy?
Dr Jamila Khan is on the podcast to celebrate her powerful book Dr Jamila tell us she wrote this book for people who desperately want to transform their lives.This book was written to bring awareness to everyday trauma and its devastating effects. Dr. Jamila brings awareness to trauma and its impact through her personal stories of growing up in an abusive home and abusive culture. Click here to find Dr Jamila's book on Amazon - https://amzn.to/2UsHnLf Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Write Now!
Veteran Educator & Author Holly Winter Huppert is on the #RWYK #Podcast to tell us to "Write Now!" She is passionate about helping kids tell their stories through the written word. She also tells us why it is so very important to read with our kids every day. Click here to visit Holly's website - https://www.hollywinter.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - El Lechon Choncho
Jennifer Segarra is on the #RWYK #Podcast to celebrate her wonderful #PictureBook El Lechon Choncho and to celebrate the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. Jennifer tells us this story was inspired by memories of visiting her abuela and playing with her adorable pig Choncho. As Jennifer tells us Choncho is as big as a truck and he is sweet, smart, brave, and practically the funniest pig you could ever meet! Click here to visit Jennifer's website - https://authorjennifersegarra.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Juneteenth, A Holiday For All Of Us!
Happy Juneteenth! Jedlie & Justina Thompson celebrate Juneteenth with Karyn Parsons, Dr Michael Waters, Malcolm Mitchell, Amanda Lynch & K Ibura. These amazing children's authors tell us what Juneteenth means to them, how they plan on celebrating this newly declared Federal holiday and why it is a holiday for all of us. Click here to visit Karyn Parson's website - https://www.sweetblackberry.org/ Click here to visit Dr Michael Waters website - https://michaelwwaters.com/ Click here to visit Malcolm Mitchell's website - https://www.readwithmalcolm.com/ Click here to visit Amanda Lynch's website - https://www.rethinkingresiliency.com/ Click here to visit k Ibura's website - https://www.facebook.com/kiburabooks/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Is It OK For Boys To Play With Dolls?
Tanisha J Ray is on the #RWYK #Podcast to celebrate Danny Dutterhuff Plays with Dolls. This heartwarming series follows Danny Dutterhuff, a 5-year-old African-American child, as he learns about cultural and societal norms through trial and error, mostly error. With the loving support of his family and neighborhood, Danny Dutterhuff solves real-world problems with real-world solutions which result in real-world consequences. Click here to visit Tanisha's website - https://tanishajray.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Ocean Soup
Meeg Pincus is on this special Protecting The Planet With Your Kids Episode of the #Podcast to celebrate Ocean Soup, A Recipe for You, Me & a Cleaner Sea. Meeg tells us that from the shore the sea looks like clear, sparkling blue. But if you take a closer look you will find that there are trillions of tiny particles of plastic. How did all that plastic get into our ocean, and what is the recipe needed to clean it up? Click here to visit Meeg's website - https://www.meegpincus.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - What Is God Like?
Matthew Paul Turner returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate "What Is God Like?" Matthew tells us that this touching #picturebook was started by his dear friend Rachel Held Evans. Matthew was asked to finish creating the project after Rachel passed away. What Is God Like? encourages young hearts to "think about what makes you feel safe, what makes you feel loved, and what makes you feel brave. That's what God is like." Click here to visit Matthew's website - https://matthewpaulturner.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Let's Learn About Chemistry
Dr Stephanie Ryan is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her wonderful #ChildrensBook Let's Learn About Chemistry. Dr Stephanie tells us this book is inspired by my son playing a comparison game and my love of chemistry. It's designed to introduce young scientists to key concepts and vocabulary using everyday objects. Click here to visit Dr Stephanie's website - http://letslearnaboutscience.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - I'm Getting A Shark
Author, illustrator & Hollywood actor Brady Smith is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his new #PictureBook "I'm Getting A Shark!" the fabulous, funny story of a shark-obsessed child who's convinced she's getting a pet shark for her birthday. Click here to visit Brady's website - https://bradysmith.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - I Want To Be A Song
Former teacher Danielle LaRosa is on the show to celebrate her debut children's book When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Song! Danielle has seen first hand the benefits kids derive from music. We also meet a group of very cool kids from the UK who decided to create an online magazine called Home Cool Kids during the pandemic. Click here to visit Danielle's website - https://daniellelarosawrites.com/ Click here to visit the Cool Home Kids Website - https://www.homecoolkids.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Glad To Be Dad
Tim Meyers is on the #RWYK #Podcast to celebrate Glad To Be Dad. Glad to Be Dad is about the actual lives of fathers, mothers, and families today, exploring the demands and great rewards of finding your deeper, truer self as a father, a husband, and a man. But, like family life itself, the book is also full of humor and wonderful surprises. Click here to visit Tim's website - Click here to visit our website - www.ReadingWithYourKids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Stonechild
Fascinating chat with a most fascinating human. Kevin Albin is our guest for this Protecting The Planet With Your Kids episode of the podcast. Kevin is a former hostage negotiator, conservation guide and author of the #YA #Novel Stonechild. Kevin feels passionately about inspiring kids to protect our planet. Click here to visit Kevin's website - Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - Rocks, Fossils & Shells
Our Dean of all things STEM & STEAM Jennifer Swanson returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Rocks, Fossils & Shells. Jennifer tells us this is a totally interactive guide meant to get kids and families exploring the World around them. Click here to visit Jennifer's website - https://jenniferswansonbooks.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - The Friendly Bookshelf
Caroline and Katherine Brickley are twin sisters as well as the Co-Founders of Blossom: An award-winning children's media company dedicated to growing readers and leaders through an enriching combination of original stories and story-based content. They are on the #RWYK #Podcast to tell us about their Kickstarter Campaign to make their Friendly Bookshelf Project a reality. They hope this book will encourage all kids to know they have an important story to tell. Click here to visit The Friendly Bookshelf website - https://www.thefriendlybookshelf.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
Reading With Your Kids - My Gandma Has Dementia
Alex Winstanley is on the #RWYK #Podcast to celebrate his Children's #PictureBook My Grandma Has Dementia. Alex aims to raise awareness of the impact that dementia can have on an individual and their family, in a child-friendly and supportive way. It is aimed at 4-11-year olds and has been inspired and informed by people with lived experience of dementia. Through rhyme and engaging illustrations, the book hopes to start a conversation about dementia Click here to visit Alex' Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/alexwinstanleyauthor/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com