Reading With Your Kids Podcast

The Great Maritini is a fun picture book that teaches kids to be kind. Click here to get your copy at www.GreatMaritini.com Jessica Carnivale Forcier is an author & Lyricist. She joins us today to talk about her book The George Before Me that celebrates family. She tells us why she thinks it is so important for families to share stories of the family members who maybe gone but are still important to us. Click here to visit Jessica' web site

The real stars of Jedlie's nationally acclaimed school assembly are the kids in the audience. Click here to visit www.jedlie.com to bring this program to your community It seems today that DIY projects are all the rage. Why? Because we think doing things together as a family is so much more fun! Our friend Francie Healey is here to teach us how to make some amazingly delicious & healthy granola with our kids. Click here to visit www.FrancieHealey.com

The Great Maritini is a fun picture book that teaches kids to be kind and caring. Click here to get your copy for as low as 99 cents on Amazon Calling all dog lovers! Danny Blitz is our guest today. Danny and her daughter Sheridan, collaborated to write a fun book that informs families of the many things they need to consider and prepare before they make the decision to welcome a dog, or any pet, into their family. Click here to find Danny's book on Amazon

Jedlie's Totally Interactive School Assembly inspires students to live gratefully. Please click here to visit www.jedlie.com to learn how to bring this powerful program to your school. Happy Thanksgiving! We are celebrating by inviting one of our favorite guests, Carole Gordon Ekster, author of Before I Sleep I Say Thank You, back to the show. Carole is here to share with us the favorite books that teach kids to live gratefully. Click here to find Carol's books on Amazon

Jedlie inspires kids to be kind, caring & respectful. Please click here to visit www.jedlie.com to learn how to bring this exciting school assembly to your community Jen Malone is a fun guest! She writes flirty young adult travel romances with HarperCollins and fun and humorous "girl power" middle grade adventures with Simon & Schuster. Jen's published titles include Changes in Latitudes, Best Night Ever, The Sleepover, the You're Invited series (with Gail Nall), At Your Service, Map to the Stars, Wanderlost, and Follow Your Art (a collaboration with Dreamworks Animation and Penguin Random House on a companion story to the animated film Trolls). She once spent a year traveling the world solo, met her husband on the highway (literally), and went into labor with her identical twins while on a rock star's tour bus. Click here to visit Jen's web site

Jedlie's Totally Interactive Magic Circus inspires kids to make healthy choices. Please click here to visit our web site to find out how to bring this exciting school assembly to your community. In a slight diversion from our usual format this week we meet the author of a book for adults, Fiona Maria Simon. She is a former journalist, travel writer, editor, and communications director of the Boulder, Colorado, Chamber of Commerce. She is passionate about developing healthy food products and inspiring and empowering others with her story. Lured by the adventures of entrepreneurship, she launched her own organic granola company and led it to success despite having no business background and simultaneously juggling the demands of being a single mom. Her book is a story of challenges, hardships, and triumphs, both personal and professional. Click here to visit Fiona' web site

Jedlie's The Great Maritini takes kids back in time to meet a magician who learns the greatest magic comes from kindness. Click here to get your copy for only 99 cents! Steve Altier, author who brought you "We Can't Move at Christmas!" Now brings you the first book in the Gabby and Maddox adventure series "Adventures in Italy!" Travel back in time with the siblings to the days of ancient Rome. Enjoy the Roman Chariot races and visit the Coliseum . See the fine paintings of Michael Angelo at the Sistine Chapel. Their journey also includes stops in Pisa & Venice. Click here ti find Steve's book on Amazon

Jedlie's nationally acclaimed school assembly inspires kids to build safe, respect filled, bully free schools. Please click here to visit www.jedlie.com to learn how to bring this program to your community. Oh what a fun show this is. Our guest is G Brian Benson, author of the very fun picture book Steve The Alien. Bian is the founder of Reawaken Media, is an award-winning author, inspirational TEDX speaker, filmmaker, radio personality, consultant, and actor. His mission is to wake up the world with conscious, thought-provoking media that inspires. Click here to find Steve the Alien on Amazon

The Great Maritini discovers the greatest trick is turning feelings of caring into action to help others. Click here to get your copy of this wonderful picture book. Today we meet author Lindsay Barry. Born in Pennsylvania, Lindsay calls herself a MomTrepreneur, balancing her role as mom, author and business woman. Her brand new book Journey to Constellation Station. This wonderful book will whisk you and your children into a special part of space where you will gaze through a unique telescope of stars. Click here to visit Lindsay's web site

Jedlie's nationally acclaimed school assembly inspires kids to celebrate our differences and to make everyone feel welcome and included. Please click here to visit www.jedlie.com Helen Hipp is a positively wonderful author who is dedicated to helping kids celebrate the fact that they are positively different. She is here today to talk about her books A Different Kind of Safari & Rosie and Friends, Positively Different. This is an inspiring interview, filling with advice for all parents. Click here to find Helen's books on Amazon

Jedlie's School Assembly We Choice Respect inspires kids to have empathy and to be kind and respectful. Please visit www.jedlie.com to learn how to bring this program to your community. Today's guest, Kimberly Ballou, has created a powerful story of love, hope and empathy. Her debut middle grade novel When Daronte's Father Went To Prison tells a heart breaking story of how a 10 year old boy's life is turned upside down by his father's bad choices. In our interview Kimberly tells us she was inspired to write this book because so many of the inner city children she was teaching had to deal with this reality. This is an eye opening interview about an inspiring book. Please click here to find Kimberly's book on Amazon

Jedlie's Nationally Acclaimed School Assembly Boss Of My Body inspires kids to make healthy choices. Please visit www.jedlie.com to learn how to bring this powerful program to your community Today we are joined by multi talented artist, author and journalist Meaghan Meehan. Meaghan is passionate about expressing her visions and supporting other artists. This is a fascinating interview with an incredible artist. Please click here to connect with Meaghan on Twitter

Jedlie's Nationally Acclaimed School Assembly We Choose Respect inspires kids to build safe and caring school communities. Please visit www.jedlie.com to learn how to bring this program to your community One of our favorite guests, Devra Robaitelle, is back to tell us about her first YA title The Henge. "Away to the north of the Noble Village of the Arts there is, buried in a jade lake at the bottom of a quarry, a stone with magical properties—a stone that sings." Is it a surprise that a multi talented artist like Devra who toured singing with some of music's most legendary performers would create a world where a rock can sing? It also should come as no surprise that this is a wonderfully entertaining conversation. Click here to find your copy of The Henge on Amazon

Looking to inspire kids to build safe, caring, bully free schools? Be sure to visit www.jedlie.com to learn more about Jedlie's Totally Interactive & Inspirational School Assemblies We are big believers in reading with all of your kids, at every age. Our guest today is Kendare Blake, author of the dark and fun YA novel Three Dark Crowns. This is the second in Kendare's Dark Throne Series. You will love getting to know Kendare and the surprising event that inspired her dark tales. Please click here to visit Kendare's web site

Jedlie's We Choose Respect is a fun & funny, totally interactive school assembly that inspires kids to be respectful, caring and inclusive. To learn more please click here to visit www.jedlie.com Adam T Newman is here and boy did we have a blast! Adam T. Newman is an award winning, children's book author whose childhood consisted of sports, reading comic books and playing with action figures. He loves to laugh, and he loves to share hilarious, heart warming stories about his kids. He is here today telling us about he hilaroius books The Girl Who Lost Her Voice, How To Catch a Cold and How to Fight a Cold. Click here to visit Adam's website

Another great 5 star review for The Great Maritini "My 5 year old loved reading it with me and we both laughed out loud at some of the Great Maritini's exploits." Click here to get your copy for only 99 cents In an ideal world our kids would never have to deal with issues like homelessness. But we don't live in an ideal world, and issues like homelessness are real. Too many kids in our world find themselves without a home. Charlotte Cooper, a veteran social worker in Edmunton, Alberta, Canada, has created the Gerry Mouse series. This picture book series addresses the issue of homelessness is a non threatening, respectful way, helping us help our kids develop empathy for those less fortunate than us. Click here to find Gerry Mouse on Amazon

The Great Maritini by Jedlie is a fun & funny picture book that teaches kids to be kind. Click here to get your copy for as low as 99 cents! Oh what a fun episode this is. One of our favorite guests, Pembroke Sinclair, (also known as Jessica Robinson) author of the oh so scary Life After The Undead, joins us to tell us about her favorite scary stories for kids of all ages. Who would have thunk that be scared could be so much fun! Click here to find Pembroke's creepily fun books on Amazon

The Great Maritini by Jedlie is a fun & funny picture book that teaches kids to have the courage to help others. Click here to read the kindle version for free! Christa Avampato joins us today to introduce us to her YA novel Emerson Page and Where The Light Enters. This is a fascinating story deftly told, a tale of courage and a gritty investigation. 13 year old Emerson Page wants to find out what happened to her mother, a world renowned anthropologits who died on the steps of a museum. Her journey to discover the answers about her mother's mysterious death takes her deep below the streets of New York City on a dangerous adventure into a magical world of books. There, she learns the stunning truth about her mother and her own destiny to continue her mother's legacy. Click here to get your copy of Emerson Page & Where the Light Enters

Looking for a fun school assembly that promotes respect? Please check out Jedlie's We Choose Respect at www.jedlie.com One of our favorite guests Francie Healey returns with another super healthy, do it together recipe you and your kids will love - Quinoa Black Bean Salad. Francie not only shares the recipe but also helps us understand the benefits of the different ingredients and how to talk to our kids about making healthy choices. Please click here to visit Francie's Web Site

Another great 5 star review for The Great Maritini - "I LOVE THIS BOOK! I think it is a beautiful story. The artwork IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT." Click here to get your copy for only 99 cents! Our guest today is award winning author Jeff Zentner. Jeff is the author of the poignant YA title Goodbye Days. One day Carver Briggs had it all—three best friends, a supportive family, and a reputation as a talented writer at his high school. The next day he lost it all—when he sent a simple text to his friend Mars, right before he, Eli, and Blake were killed in a car crash. Now, Carver can't stop blaming himself for the accident and he's not the only one. This is a powerful book, and a thought provoking interview. Click here to visit Jeff's web site

The Great Maritini just received another great 5 star review on Amazon - "What a wonderful little book about the magic that happens when we take time to care about others." Click here to get your copy. Today's episode is a bit different. We will be talking to Michelle Vattula, a children's author who's first book will debut in the Spring of 2019. We will talk to Michelle about her soon to be released book Stalking Seagulls, the process of getting a children's book published, Finland and aggressive seagulls on the Revere Beach. Trust us, you will love getting to know Michelle. Click here to visit Michelle's web site

Jedlie has inspired millions of smiles with his nationally acclaimed school assembly program We Choose Respect. Find out how to bring this program to your kids' school by visiting www.jedlie.com In this episode we call from Boston, the Athens of American to the original Athens in Greece to speak with author Nicholas Rossis. Nicholas is a pprolific writer of many different genres. Today we are speaking about his wonderful kidlit. We begin by chatting about Runaway Smile - A little boy wakes up in the morning and realizes he has lost his smile. After spending the entire day trying to find it, he learns the truth behind smiles: the only real smiles are the shared ones. We also talk about Musiville, a fabulous story of a land where the musical instruments are animals, or are the animals musical instruments? Click here to visit Nicholas' web site

Jedlie uses magic, music, comedy & illusions to inspire kids to build bully free schools. Find out how you can bring this important assembly to your kids' school by visiting www.jedlie.com Talk about a fascinating guest. Theodore Jerome Cohen is an author, illustrator, scientist, explorer, private investigator, in fact he has had 4 island off of Antarctica named after him! He joins us today to talk about Pepe Builds A Nest. This is a wonderful story about making the right choices and dealing with bullies! Pepe, the penguin, needs to build a nest for Miss Amber and him. But Otto, the bully, keeps stealing his stones. See how Pepe and others solve the problem, finally bringing Pepe and Otto together as friends. Click here to find Pepe on Amazon - Available in English, French & Spanish

The Great Maritini is wonderful little book about the magic that happens when we take time to care about others. Click here to get your copy for only 99 cents! Today our guest is 18 year old Leela Ayyar. She is here to talk about her Kickstarter campaign to launch her children's book Elara STEM Girl. Leela is committed to help inspire girls to overcome any obstacle they may encounter and follow their dreams to get into the science, technology, engineering and math fields. Leela talks passionately about her project and how she feels it will make a difference. We encourage you to listen and be inspired to help make Elara STEM Girl a reality. Click here to visit the Elara Kickstarter page

Jedlie's nationally acclaimed school assembly We Choose Respect inspires kids to be caring, respectful and inclusive. To find out how to bring this show to your kids' school please visit www.jedlie.com So much wisdom is shared on today's episode. Our guest is Doreen Grace Kester, author of Paisley. Paisley is a wonderful book that empowers kids. Doreen talks to us about teaching kids to strengthen themselves with positive self talk and reminds us that no one can make us feel small without our permission. Please click here to visit Doreen's web site

The Great Maritini, he doesn't have a mustache, but he has a really fun story and great lesson for kids about kindness. Click here to get your copy for only 99 cents at Amazon Our guest today is author Kristi Wientge. Kristi is the author of the delightfully touching book Karma Khullar's Mustache. This book tackles the uncomfortable—but all too relatable—subject of female body hair and self-esteem with this sweet and charming novel in the tradition of Judy Blume. Click here to visit Kristi's web site

The Great Maritini is a fun & funny book that inspires kids to have the courage to come to the rescue of anyone in need. Click here and get your copy for only 99 cents! AMY WAESCHLE is an author, professional editor, and wilderness medicine instructor for the Wilderness Medicine Institute. She joins us to talk about her soon to be released Rescued series. This is a very exciting, and timely series that looks into the heros that are willing to run towards danger to save us from natural and manmade disasters. She also has some great advice that can help us stay safe. Click here to visit Amy's Amazon page

Jedlie uses music, magic, comedy & illusions to inspire kids to be respectful of themselves & community. To learn how to bring this exciting school assembly to your community please visit www.jedlie.com I love to remind kids that books have the power to take us back in time, and to inspire us to dream about what we can experience in the future. Our guest today is Dorothea Jensen,an expert at helping readers travel back in time to experience history. We talk today about her historical novel a Buss From Lafayette. Click here to find Dorothea's books on Amazon

The Great Maritini inspires kids to turn feelings of caring into action to help others. Click here to read for free via Amazon Unlimited One of our favorite guests, Carmela Dutra, is back to tell us about her delightful Lorenzo The Bear series. Carmela is an award winning author who has a passion for working with kids. Her Lorenzo The Bear series is a fun series of books that talk about friendship. Click here to find Carmela's books on Amazon

Jedlie inspires kids to be respectful with his unique blend of magic, music and comedy. To find out more please visit www.jedlie.com Fellow author and magician Rick Starkey joins us from his home in Tennessee to tell us about his book Blues Bones. Blues Bones tells us the story of 13 year old Rodney Becker and how he gets over his severe case of stage fright, with voodoo! All sorts of adventures and mayhem follow. A fun read and a fun interview. Click here to find Rick's book on Amazon

Jedlie uses incredible illusions to inspire kids to build caring, inclusive school families. Find out how to bring this wonderful assembly to your school by visiting www.jedlie.com We had such a fun and enlightening chat with Dr Paul Semendinger, an author and principal of an elementary school in New Jersey. He knows kids, how to inspire them and make them laugh. His Principal Sam series is a wonderfully fun series that inspires kids to be respectful and inclusive. Find all of Paul's books on amazon by clicking here

Jedlie's The Great Maritni is a fun picture book that inspires kids to be kind. Get your copy for only 99 cents at Amazon Author Nita Ganguly believes that kids can save the world. She has written two wonderful picture books, Hello Earth Here We Come & Poly Trap, that talk to kids about the ways they can make the world a better place. Nita believes that my making simple changes in our life styles we can save the Earth from a potential environmental crisis. Click here to find Nita's books on amazon

The Great Maritini just received the coveted Story Monsters Approval. Click here to read for free with kindle unlimited Today we talk with Jen Milius, storyteller and people whisperer. Not sure we did any whispering but we sure did laugh a lot during our chat about her wonderful kidlit picture book series Einstein and Moo, We also talk and laugh about spiders. It is a fun conversation we know you will enjoy. Click here to find Jen's books on amazon

Jedlie's Magic Circus is an exciting school assembly that inspires kids to be kind & respectful. To find out more please visit www.jedlie.com We had such a great time speaking with Kate Wiseman, author of the soon to be released middle grades series Gangster School. This is a hilarious series that is currently only available in German. An English e book edition will be available in the Spring of 2018. Click here to visit Kate's web site

The Great Maritini by Jedlie is a wonderful book that teaches kids to be kind. Read it for free by clicking here Jessica Etting & Alyssa Schwartz are here to tell us about their fabulous YA title The Lost Causes. The Lost Causes are five teens with serious problems and only one thing in common: people have written them off. Now they're thrown together in group therapy, with vague promises of healing. Their problems do go away when they drink the water their therapist gives them. But that's because it's not just water ... This is a thrilling sci fi book that you will love reading too. And it brings up lots of great topics to talk about with your teens. Unknowingly, the teens have ingested a serum that gives them psychic powers, part of an FBI plan to find out who was behind the grisly murder that has rocked their small town. Their new powers will help them uncover clues and follow leads that have eluded the authorities, and their outsider status gives them the perfect cover. Be sure to get your copy of the Lost Causes here on Amazon

Jedlie's Magic Circus inspires kids to use their imaginations to see all of the wonders of the World. To learn how to bring this nationally acclaimed school assembly to your community please visit www.jedlie.com. Kishmi Davis has created a hilarious look at a true modern day crisis, the wifi is down! With so many kids becoming glued to their screens they can experience a major meltdown when their access to the internet is down. In this hilarious conversation we learn that Kishmi's book was based on real life experiences, and we learn that thankfully kids can survive when all they are left with is their imaginations and our beautiful world. You can find Kishmi's wonderful book on Amazon by clicking here

The Great Maritini by Jedlie has just earned Story Monster Approval status. We hope it will earn your family's approval too. Read it for free here We have all heard of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, but you may not have Ronaldo and the Reindeer Flying Academy. Maxine Sylvester has created a wonderful tale kids and parents will love. In this adventure Ronaldo faces his toughest challenge ever, The Endurance Challenge. Will he be victorious or will his mean brothers Dasher, Comet and Prancer ruin his chances? Get your copy of Ronaldo here on Amazon

Jedlie inspires kids to be the boss of their own bodies and to make healthy choices. Please click here to learn more. Fayth Thomas is an educator who believes it is never too early to give our kids the information they need to make healthy choices, We agree. In her book Being The Best You she "deliberates diabetes in a way that children can understand. Years ago, it was rare to hear about a child with type 2 diabetes. Now, according to the CDC, more than 208,000 people younger than 20 have this disease. With real-life examples told by children, the book inspires readers to do their part to combat this disease." Please click here to find Being The Best You on Amazon

Jedlie's The Great Maritini has earned the coveted Story Monsters Approval Status. To get your copy of this great book that teaches kids kindness please click here. This is a super important episode for all families. One of our favorite guests, Debbie Roppolo, returns to tell us about her touching book "He's My Borther." The diagnosis of autism devastates every member of a family, sometimes impacting siblings the hardest. Based on her own family's experience with autism the book tells the story of twelve year-old Jonathan Roper. Forced to move away from everything that he's familiar so that his younger brother Cameron can get better services, Jonathan feels alone and forgotten. Can he overcome his feelings of resentment and sadness, or will Cameron's autism drive a wedge between the brothers that can't be overcome? This book also contains answers to frequently asked questions, a resource page, and more. Click here to find He's My Brother on Amazon

Jedlie inspires kids to be inclusive and embrace friendships with kids from every culture. Find out how to bring this exciting school assembly to your community by visiting www.jedlie.com Our guest today is Dr Soma Mandal. She is here to talk about her wonderful book Sonya Sahni and the First Grade. Soma was inspired to write this book by her daughter's experience in first grade. The book tells the story of Sonya, a first grader torn between her roots. She was born in the USA but her parents are Indian...she desperately wants to fit in and be American. Her parents want her to embrace who she is, but Sonya feels like a misfit. This is a wonderful story about a little girl who discovers her identity and learns to appreciate who she is. A must read for any child or adult who feels different from the rest of the world. Please visit Soma's page on Amazon

Jedlie inspires students to work together to build caring, inclusive schools. Please visit www.jedlie.com to find out more Today we welcome author Wendy McLeod MacKnight. Wendy is the author of a wonderful middle grade book It's A Mystery Pig Face. In this fun interview Wendy talks about her home provence of New Brunswick, Canada and some of the great discussion her book can inspire. Please click here to find It's A Mystery Pig Face on Amazon

Jedlie's Magic Circus Inspires kids To Build Bully Free Schools To Find Out How To Invite This Exciting School Assembly Program To Your Community Please Visit www.jedlie.com Two of our favorite authors, Sheri Fink & Derek Taylor Kent, return to the Reading With Your Kids Podcast to tell us about their new book Counting Sea Life With The Little SeaHorse. This is a fabulous, totally interactive book filled with all sorts of wild sea creatures that will spark your child's imagination. Click here to visit Sheri's web page Click here to visit Derek's web page

Another 5 star review for The Great Maritini "A wonderful and amusing story. Beautifully written with a nice message at the end." Click here to get your copy Carol P Roman is the award winning author of over 50 children's books. She is here today to talk about her two brilliant If You Were Me series. If You Were Me & Lived In... is a series that introducing kids to other cultures, great to help kids develop empathy and to be inclusive. Her second If You Were Me & Lived In series places children in different points in history, opening their minds to exploration and discovery. Click here to visit Carole's Amazon page

The Great Maritini is a wonderful book that inspires young readers to be kind. Click here to get your copy Elizabeth Arroyo spent most of her younger years as an avid reader with a wild imagination which led her to write her first manuscript at the age of fourteen. Her love of action & adventure led Elizabeth to write Tthe Second Sign and the Second Shadow, a dark YA paranormal romance series, and Darkness, a YA paranormal thriller. Click here to visit Elizabeth's Amazon page

Jedlie's nationally acclaimed school assembly program gives students information they need to make healthy choices for their lives. To find out more please visit www.jedlie.com Ellen Piano is here today to talk about her book The Sex Decision. As the title implies the book deals with a decision all teens face, whether or not to have sex. The book also many other issues facing teens today. While our conversation today is dealing with mature subject matter there is no graphic content. Find Ellen's book on Amazon here

Inspire students to work cooperatively to build a bully free school. Please visit our web site www.jedlie.com Our guest today is Sojourner McConnell. Sojourner McConnell is grandmother to thirteen grandchildren. With all those grandchildren, she has crafted her storytelling skills. Sojourner's new book is a children's chapter book, Who's That in the Cat Pajamas which is available on Amazon now. Please click here to find Sojourner on Amazon

Jedlie's fantastic picture book The Great Maritini is a fun & funny book that teaches kids kindness. Click here to get your copy today. We love authors who inspire kids to learn about STEM, especially authors looking to inspire girls to look into Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathmatics. Our guest today, Carmela Dutra, has created a wonderful book that inspires all kids to reach for the stars, and the moon. Little Katie Goes To The Moon is a book you will want in your child's library Click here to get your copy of Little Katie Goes To The Moon

The Great Maritini is a fun story that teaches kids to be kind. Get your copy here today. Today our guest is Rosie Russell, the author of the wonderful kids book Beasley's Journey and many others. Rosie studied Early Childhood Education and taught students in elementary and middle school for fifteen years in the Midwest. Rosie now writes and illustrates full time and is looking forward to sharing her books with students, encouraging them to write and illustrate their own stories. Click here to visit Rosie's Amazon page

Jedlie's We Choose Respect School Assembly program inspires kids to choose to be respectful to everybody, everyday, everywhere. To find out more please visit www.jedlie.com Lizette Lantigua is here to tell us about her thrilling Mission Libertad. This work of fiction is based on many true stories of people escaping persecution in Cuba. Lizette also talks to us about her Good News Book Fairs which are very popular among Catholic schools and churches Click here to visit Liz's Good News Book Fair page

The Great Maritini is a fun and well written morale story. A wonderful retelling of the parable of the Good Samaritan in a modern and inclusive non-religious way. Get your copy or read for free at Amazon Veteran educator Dr Terance Shipman is here to tell us about his fun time as a kindergarten teacher & about the value of having males teach younger kids. He is also here to invite us to be a part of his kickstarter campaign to make Mr Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles come to life. Click here to visit Dr Terance Shipman's web site