Reading With Your Kids Podcast

Carol Doeringer is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #CertifiedGreatRead If You Wake A Skunk. Carol tells us this story  is told from the point of view of a pair of campers. The tension increases as the campers intrude and take that risk, ignoring the skunk's warnings. Skunks, however, have a reputation for sending false warnings.. A perfect picture book for anyone who want...

Bienvenudos a el #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast En Espanol! Bienvenidos a Reading with your Kids Podcast en Español. Hoy tenemos como invitada a Virginia Mórtola y su maravillosa creación "Ema y las abejas". Durante nuestra conversación, Virginia nos habló sobre de dónde surge su inspiración, motivación y creatividad al momento de crear sus libros. El carisma y la calidez que tiene Virginia la conv...

Thomas Ray Garcia returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast ti celebrate The River Runs, his new collection of #ShortStories. Thomas tells us The River Runs, won the Américo Paredes Literary Arts Prize for fiction, sponsored by FlowerSong Press, McAllen, Texas, and sister press Prickly Pear Publishing, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Garcia's compelling stories present life along the Texas-Mexican border...

T I Frazier is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his debut #Childrens #PictureBook Lauren The Cow. After nearly ten years in the military, T.I. Frazier settled in the countryside of Michigan with his wife, son, dog, and cat. Tim writes inspirational books and children's stories. He aspires to teach, motivate, and serve others, empowering them to strive past the unknown and to explo...

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 delight...

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, daugh...

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...

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 wit...

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...

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....

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 e...

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 gr...

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 danc...

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 & illustrato...

  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 dange...

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...

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 r...

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...

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 ki...

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 abi...

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. Cat...

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.laur...

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...

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,...

Author / Illustrator Chad Otis is on the #ReadingWithYour Kids #Podcast to celebrate his new #PictureBook The Bright Side. Chad tells us this is a true story based on his growing up living in a school bus. What seems like an oh so cool existence from the outside is not so ideal. Chad talks about the lonliness he felt traveling from one big box store parking lot to another and the difficulty living...