Reading With Your Kids Podcast

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...

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 amazo...

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 parent...

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.re...

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.c...

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...

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 - w...

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 websi...

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.readingwithyour...

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/...

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 he...

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

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

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.readingwith...

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...

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 o...

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 her...

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 f...

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

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 ev...

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/...

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...

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 ne...

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 yo...

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://letslearnabout...