Reading With Your Kids Podcast

Joining us today is Children's Author and Slam Poet Martinique Mims. Martinique is on the podcast to celebrate her children's book Through The Colors Of A Butterfly. This book is a story about a young girl named Unique who confronts her fears about being different in a new school. Martinique also talks about her role as a recruiter for the volunteer agency City year and one of her personal heroes...

Children's author Jennifer Gennari is on this episode of Reading With Your Kids Podcast to celebrate her newest book "Muffled". This children's book follows ten-year-old Amelia who has a hard time with noises as she learns how to be herself in the loud world around her. Jennifer discusses the importance of listening and empathizing with others who are different than you. In order to grow, like the...

Children's author Evette Davis is on this episode of Reading With Your Kids Podcast to celebrate "The Adventures of Sunny", a collaboration between mother and daughter.  This is a heart-warming conversation about the importance of family in the early development of children's reading abilities and sense of identity. This 5-part children's book series follows Sunny as he learns about himself, his f...

Fr James Martin is on the Reading With Your Kids Podcast to celebrate his new book Learning To Pray, In our conversation Fr Jim talks to us about how beautiful time spent praying with our kids can be. He also tells us each person can discover the best style for building an intimate relationship with God, regardless of religion or denomination. Prayer, he teaches us, is open and accessible to anyon...

Kennedy Reynolds believes the time to start talking to our kids about finances & saving is now. She is on the podcast to let parents know about Acorns Early, the easiest investment account for kids. She also tells us about Acorns' full financial wellness system. Click here to learn more about Acorns Early - https://www.acorns.com/early/ Click here to visit our website - https://readingwithyourkids...

Author Fernanada Lazzaro wants every child and adult to know that they are special and have a role to play in our World. Her wonderful Tillsonbugger Adventures #PictureBook series helps kids discover the important role that insects play in our eco system. You can support the podcast by using this link to purchase Fernanda's books on Amazon - https://amzn.to/39P5EQS Click here to visit Fernanda's w...

Evita Giron is on the podcast to celebrate her #PictureBook The Girl With The Magical Curls. This is a delightful story about what happens when a curious girl doesn't follow the rules and uses an entire bottle of magical hair growth oil on her curls. She hopes it will make her tresses lengthy and firm like Rapunzel's, little does she know her curly ringlets magically grow overnight! You can suppor...

Antony Kolenc is a busy guy. Tony is the author of The Harwood Mysteries--an award-winning medieval historical fiction series for youth published by Loyola Press. He is also a law professor, and a retired Lt Col of the US Air Force. In addition, he writes a legal column in Practical Homeschooling Magazine. In addition to celebrating his middle grade series Tony talks to us about using books as a w...

Ta'Shay Mason is on the Reading With Your Kids Podcast to celebrate her moving #ChildrensBook But I Don' Want To say Goodbye. This is a wonderful story that can help families talk through moments of grief and loss.

Sheetal Sheeth & Sailaja Joshi are on the podcast to celebrate the diversity and sweet stories of South Asia. Sheetal, the author of Always Anjali, tells us how she was urged to change her name if she wanted to work as an actress in Hollywood. Sailaja tells us why she founded an independent publishing house to celebrate South Asian culture.

Tonya Duncan Ellis celebrates her best selling Sophie Washington series of middle grade novels. Kids can learn a lot by reading how Sophie overcomes the challenges many tweens face every day. Tonya also celebrates the news that one of the books in this series will be republished by Scholastic.

Matt Eventoff & Thomas Ray Garcia are on the podcast to celebrate their new book Speechless. This is a delightful story about a shy girl who has to overcome her fear of public speaking to save her friends and family. Matt and Thomas talk about how empowering it can be for all kids to learn how to speak up and share their story with the World.

Former Super Bowl Champion turned Children's author & literacy advocate Malcolm Mitchell reminds us of the liberating power of reading. The founder of Share The Magic and the READ Bowl tells us how he taught himself how to be a proficient reader by reading children's books in College. Malcolm also helps us prepare for World Read Aloud Day.

Aaran Francis is on the #RWYK #Podcast to talk to us about the value of families listening to audio books together. For a number of reasons Aaran made the bold choice to publish his Wombat and Boles series exclusively as audio books. Aaran talks about those choices and the benefits kids, and families can experience listening to stories together.

We have a weird and wonderfully fun time speaking with the head zookeeper of the Ooh Odd Zoo Jeff Williams. Jeff's delightfully irreverent A, B, C Picture Book introduces us to 25 weird and wild creatures, and one ordinary larva. Don't miss Jeff's poem about a maggot!

Licensed clinical psychologist, author and mental health advocate Dr Regine Muradian is on the #Podcast to celebrate Franky and the Worry Bees. Dr Regine shares valuable techniques we can teach our kids that will help them better deal with stress.

Pam Allyn returns to the #RWYK #Podcast to celebrate World Read Aloud Day 2021! This international literacy event is happening on February 3, 2021. In this interview the senior literacy consultant for Scholastic Publishing and the founder of WRAD tells us who inspired her to create the celebration, the power of literacy to liberate and the need to continue to work to eliminate reading deserts in t...

Reading graphic novels is reading! Lincoln Peirce returns to the #RWYK #Podcast to celebrate the latest in the Max and the Midnights series - Battle of the Bodkins. We have a great conversation with Lincoln about comics, graphic novels and how reading illustrated stories can help reluctant readers develop a love of reading

Eliana Melmed is on the podcast to celebrate her debut picture book "Who Are Our Heroes". This book offers families a great place to begin a conversation about the real heroes in our lives, to help kids understand that we are surrounded by courageous people doing the jobs we need them to do so that we can live, learn and love.

We have a wonderful time chatting with illustrator Delia Ciccarelli. Delia is the illustrator of The Cuddle Book. Delia shares the feelings she experienced first reading The Cuddle Book. She also tells us how her parents encouraged her creativity by allowing her to draw on the walls of her bedroom.

Cat Michaels & Rosie Russell are on the podcast to celebrate their new middle grade novel Just Between Sam & Me. This is a powerful look at the challenges many kids experience in middle school.

C B Lee is on the podcast to celebrate The Shipwreck, the latest novel inspired by Minecraft. C B takes us on a journey to an extraordinary underwater world filled with mystery and adventure. C B also tells us how the Minecraft game inspires kids to explore their creativity.

Author & educator Gin Noon Spaulding is on the show to celebrate her "Adventures of Li Li" picture book series. She also shares her family's journey with sensory issues. Reading these children's books aloud with your kids is a great way to start important conversations about people with sensory issues

In honor of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Day we are republishing our interview with Nic Stone. Nic talks to use about her middle grade book "Dear Martin". This book is a powerful and much needed look at race relations.

Lucinda Robb celebrates The Suffragist Playbook - Your Guide To Changing The World. Written with Rebecca Roberts, this book introduces readers to the women's suffrage movement. This World changing movement was decades in the making and came with many harsh setbacks. But it resulted in a permanent victory: women's right to vote. How did the suffragists do it? One hundred years later, an eye-opening...