Veronica Mang is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her Secret Spy Society early #ChapterBook series. Veronica has created a playful pastiche full of masters of disguise, martial artists, codebreakers, and double agents in tthis illustrated chapter book series. The first book in the series, Secret Spy Society: The Case of the Missing Cheetah introduces young readers to three delightfully mischievous girls and some of the most enigmatic and unforgettable women in history. Click here to visit Veronica's website - https://www.veronicamang.com/case-of-the-missing-cheetah  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

Secret Spy Society

Gabriela Burin is a wonderful writer who is passionate about her work. She is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast en Espanol to speak with Stefani Davila about her two recent books, "Cenicienta a la pimienta" and "La gran bola." Their conversation covered everything from the unique and interesting details of Gabriela's "Cenicienta" to how, as women, we can also be artists, writers, mothers, daughters, and more. Overall, we invite you to take some time to listen to our first episode of the "Reading With Your Kids" podcast en Español. We hope you enjoy it! Gabriela Burin es una maravillosa escritora apasionada por su trabajo. Disfruté conversar con Gabriela sobre sus dos recientes libros, "Cenicienta a la pimienta" y "La gran bola". Nuestra conversación cubrió todo, desde los detalles únicos e interesantes de "Cenicienta" hasta como  mujeres, también podemos ser artistas, escritoras, madres, hijas y más. En general, lo invitamos a tomarse un tiempo para escuchar nuestro primer episodio del podcast "Reading With Your Kids" en Español. ¡Esperamos que lo disfrutes! Click here to visit Gabriela's website - https://gabrielaburin.com/  Click here to read the English transcript of this interview - Coming Soon! Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

La Gran Bola! - RWYK En Español

Nina Varela is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate the release of her new book “Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom”. Nina tells Jordan Sahley that t his book follows Juniper Harvey as she navigates her way through a new magical world and also navigates her way through her queer identity. In today’s episode, Nina talks about the importance of queer representation in middle grade books, the trials and tribulations of being a middle schooler, and her experience in fan fiction! Click here to visit Nina’s website - https://www.ninavarela.com/   Click here to visit our website – www.readingwithyourkids.com 

Navigating A Magical World

Lori Orlinsky returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast ti cekebrate her new #Childrens #PictureBook The Adventures of Lefty and Righty: The Windy City. Lori asks us if we ever wonder what happens to socks that get lost in the dryer? She invites us to join Lefty and Righty for the adventure of a lifetime as they sneak out of the laundry room with a destination in mind: a White Sox game! But with so much to do in The Windy City, will they make it to the game in time? Through their fun-filled day, they’ll discover the sights, sounds—and even the tastes–of Chicago, all while encountering a few surprises along the way! Click here to visit Lori's website - https://www.loriorlinskyauthor.com/lefty-and-righty  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

An Adventure Through The Windy City

Author / photographer Sally Fetough is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness Day and her wonderful #ChildrensBook Jana's Brightly Coloured Socks. Sally tells us the book is inspired by her daughter who loves  to put her socks on all by herself and also happens to have Down syndrome. In Sally's book Jana  celebrates by collecting loads of brightly coloured socks as a gift from mum and dad. But what happens when Jana shows her favourite pair to everyone at school? This beautifully illustrated picture book celebrates diversity and inclusion and is sure to tickle your heart with joy as you join Jana on a full-filled adventure, learning about friendship and kindness. Click here to visit Sally's website - https://www.sallyfetouh.com/books  Click here to watch MELTDOWN! The Walls That Separate! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLwb5lW4YXY&t=236s  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

Let's Celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness Day!

Malia Maunakea is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #debut #MiddleGrade #Novel Lei and the Fire Goddess. Malia tells us this story takes place in the wonderful islands of Hawaii and introduces us to Lei, a 12 year old who is sure that the curses she hears about in her grandmother's retelling of Hawaiian folktales. Click here to visit Malia's website - https://www.maliamaunakea.com/  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

Curses Aren't Real, Or Are They?

David Haynes is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate the re-release of his #YA #Novel Right By My Side. David tells Jedlie and co-host Cassandra Maisonet he is honored that this book has been named a Penquin Classic. In the novel we meet a different kind of Holden Caulfield in fifteen-year-old Marshall Field Finney, an ordinary, sullen teenager who discovers storytelling as a way to ease his adolescent anger and family tensions. Living with his parents in “Washington Park,” a housing development outside St. Louis, Missouri in the 1980s, his high-strung mother walks out on him and his father, a flawed yet strong man who manages the local landfill. Marshall’s two best friends, one Black and one white, are his only allies, as they navigate school and family life together. Click here to visit David's website - https://hayneswrites.com/  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

A Different Kind Of Holden Caulfield

Brianna Clement is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #PictureBook A Dream Can Be Achieved, Luxton, A Swimming Champion. Brianna tells us that this book reminds us that swimming can be a fun, safe and aspirational activity for babies and kids. Luxton began as an infant, learning to swim safely with Mom, Dad and friends at his swim school. His dream is to one day become such a great swimmer, he will compete in the Olympics. It's never too early to set goals and reach for your dreams! Click here to visit Brianna's website -  https://www.adreamcanbeachieved.com/product-page/a-dream-can-be-achieved-children-s-hardcover-book  Click here to visit ur websiste - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

A Dream Can Be Achieved

Author Dorina Lazo Gilmore Young is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her latest #ChildrensBook Chasing God's Glory. Dorina tells us this is a unique and delightful children’s book about how God’s glory can be found all around us every day. When Zayla asks her mom to describe God’s glory, Mama knows it’s time for an adventure! Together, Mama and Zayla discover how sunrises and dancing, daffodils and green peppers, kind words and loving hugs—and more!—are all reminders of God’s glory. Click here to visit Dorina's website - https://dorinagilmore.com/about-dorina/  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com   

Chasing God's Glory

New York Times bestselling creator Peter H. Reynolds and talented debut author Marc Colagiovanni are on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate an inspirational story about optimism, overcoming adversity, and forging your own path. "One day for no particular reason, nothing was going right. Absolutely positively, nothing was going right. So, I decided to go left..." This author & illustrator team join Jordan Sahley for a wonderful chat about their book that will inspire, affirm, and reassure readers at key milestone moments in every young reader's life.  Click here to visit our website – www.readingwithyourkids.com 

Go Left

  Marie Weller and Paula Vertikoff are on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate their debut #Childrens #PictureBook Cranium Critters. Our guests tell us that in Cranium Critters: Paws at the Pause Place, children will meet Scout and Einstein, two lovable characters who represent different parts of the brain. Scout is the brain's safety pup, who is always on the lookout for potential danger and sends out alerts to the rest of the brain when she detects a threat. Einstein is the brain's head thinker and problem solver, responsible for thinking and decision-making. Through the adventures of Scout and Einstein, children will learn about the importance of the amygdala and prefrontal cortex in keeping us safe and helping us think and make decisions. They will also learn about the brain's fight, flight, and freeze response and how to manage their own "safety pups" when they misinterpret new information and become anxious. The book includes helpful suggestions for calming techniques, making it a valuable resource for parents and educators.   Click here to visit Marie and Paula’s website – www.craniumkidsmedia.com  Click here to visit our website – www.readingwithyourkids.com

Cranium Critters

Katherine Marsh is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her powerful #MiddleGrade #Novel The Lost Year. Katherine tells us in the Lost Year we meet thirteen-year-old Matthew who is miserable. His journalist dad is stuck overseas indefinitely, and his mom has moved in his one-hundred-year-old great-grandmother to ride out the Covid pandemic, adding to his stress and isolation. But when Matthew finds a tattered black-and-white photo in his great-grandmother’s belongings, he discovers a clue to a hidden chapter of her past—one that will lead to a life-shattering family secret. Set in alternating timelines that connect the present day to the 1930s and the US to the USSR, Katherine Marsh’s latest novel sheds fresh light on the Holodomor—the horrific famine that killed millions of Ukrainians, which the Soviet government covered up for decades. Click here to visit Katherine's website - https://katherinemarsh.com/books/the-lost-year/  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

The Lost Year

Borthers Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey are on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate their new #GraphicNovel Link and Hud, Heroes By A Hair. The brothers tell us that Lincoln and Hudson Dupré are brothers with what grown-ups call “active imaginations.” Link and Hud hunt for yetis in the Himalayas and battle orcs on epic quests. Unfortunately, their imaginary adventures wreak havoc in their real world. Dr. and Mrs. Dupré have tried every babysitter in the neighborhood and are at their wits’ end. Enter Ms. Joyce. Strict and old-fashioned, she proves to be a formidable adversary. The boys don’t like her or her rules and decide she’s got to go. Through a series of escalating events―told as high-action comic panel sequences―the brothers conspire to undermine Ms. Joyce and get her fired. When they go so big that even Ms. Joyce can’t fix it, suddenly she’s out. Finally, success! Or is it? Click here to visit the Pumphrey Brother's website - https://thepumphreybrothers.com/about  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

Heroes By A Hair

Dr Calire Rubman is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new book This May Be Difficult To Read. Dr Claire tells us this book is for all parents and will give them the information they need to help their kids develop a love of reading. Dr Claire knows we are living crazy, frenetic lives today. We work 40+ hours per week, shop, cook, clean, do laundry, eat dinner… And somewhere in the middle of all this chaos, we are our child’s first teacher.  Click here to visit Dr Claire's website - https://difficulttoread.com/  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

This May Be Difficult To Read

Cassandra Clare is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate the release of the newest edition of the "The Last Hours" series, "Chain of Thornes". This book shows Cornelia Carstairs attempting to save the city of London and her personal life. In today's episode, Cassandra talks about how she started writing novels, what having a strong female protagonist means to her, and why books help kids to see the world from other points of view. Click here to visit Cassandra's website - https://cassandraclare.com/  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

The Last Hours

Nancy Bodine is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #ChildrensBook What Do You See? Nancy, who is known as the Quilt Lady,  tells us  What Do You See? Developing New Perspectives with Quilt Patterns is a colorful picture book featuring a diverse group of children interacting with inspirations for traditional quilt patterns. The children represent a wide range of heritages and abilities so that a young reader will see themselves in the characteristics of one or more child in the book. The book includes adult-led learning activities that give children concrete concepts for developing empathy, diversity appreciation, critical-thinking skills, creativity, and inclusion strategies. It also includes fun biographies and colorful finger puppets of each character in the book. The book contains scannable digital links to more learning activities related to learning fractions. Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

The Quilt Lady

Leslea Wahl returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Ashes, Visible and Invisible, the latest anthology from the authors at CatholicTeenBooks.com This is a collecton of ten Lent themed short stories that can help teens grow closer to God this season. The book is dedicated to St John Bosco, the Patron Saint of all youth. Click here to visit the Catholic Teen Book website - www.CatholicTeenBooks.com  Click here to visit our website - www.ReadingWithYourKids.com 

Ashes Visible and Invisible

Lauren Ranalli returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to help aspiring #ChildrensAuthors turn their dreams into a reality. Lauren knows she can help you because she been through the journey herself and is the proud, award winning author of four children's books. In this interview she shares four essential tips all authors should follow. Click here to visit Lauren's website - https://www.laurenranalli.com/  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

So You Want To Write A Children's Book?

Author / Educator Lynne Podrat is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her delightful #PictureBook My Sister Wants An Elephant. Lynne is passionate about helping kids and families. Lynne tells us that My Sister Wants an Elephant is the true story of two siblings who team up together to convince their mother to let them own a couple of wild animals as pets, and a mother who just might be persuaded. Full of humor and fun, this book is a good lesson in not giving up on your dreams, no matter how truly wild they may be! Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

My Sister Wants An Elephant

Glenda Armand and Kim Freeman sit down with co-host Cassandra Maisonet to celebrate their inspiring #PictureBook Ice Cream Man. The authors tell Cassandra that the book tells the inspiring story of Augustus Jackson, an African American entrepreneur who is known as "the father of ice cream." Augustus Jackson was born in 1808 in Philadelphia. While most African Americans were enslaved at that time, in Pennsylvania, slavery was against the law. But while Augustus and his family were free, they were poor. Augustus enjoyed helping his mom prepare meals for their family. He dreamed of becoming a professional cook, and when his mom suggested he may be able to make meals for the president one day, Augustus didn’t waste any time in making that dream a reality. In 1820, when he was only twelve years old, he set off for Washington, DC. He applied to work in the White House, where the head cook offered him a job as a kitchen helper. After five years of working hard, Augustus, or Gus, was promoted to cook. He went on to serve presidents James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson. During his time at the White House, Augustus became an expert at making a popular egg-based dessert. He soon made an eggless version—known to us today as ice cream—and left the White House determined to make and sell the frozen treat to everyone, not just the wealthy. Gus headed back home to Philadelphia, and in 1830, he opened his very own ice cream parlor. Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

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