Young Adult Authors Unplugged From Arroe Collins

Sharing holiday cheer with the first graders at Movement School in Charlotte, NC. The goal was to showcase fun and laughter on the screen. It doesn't always have to be about classrooms and homework. Merry Christmas!!!!

Mysteries, mishaps and mayhem — Atom Middle School is a mess. As if starting sixth grade isn’t tough enough, an overcrowded school and an overloaded schedule are enough to make Izzy dizzy. But with best friends Allie Einstein and Charlie Darwin by her side, Izzy’s ready to try her hardest. Then first-day jitters take an icy turn when their old pal Marie Curie gives them the cold shoulder in favor...

Action-packed and full of laughs, LIGHTS, CAMERA, DANGER! (ALIEN SUPERSTAR #2) (Amulet Books; on-sale October 6, 2020) is the second book in the New York Times bestselling, highly illustrated middle grade series from beloved writing team Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver. After escaping his oppressive red dwarf planet and landing a role on a popular Hollywood sitcom, Buddy Burger seems destined for hig...

Jill Twiss has won multiple Emmys, WGA Awards and Peabody Awards for her work as a writer on HBO’s acclaimed hit series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. In addition, Jill is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo and The Someone New – two picture books that teach children about tolerance for those that are diff...

The newest season of WEIRD BUT TRUE! on Disney+ gets even weirder! Set both in studio and in the field, the award-winning WEIRD BUT TRUE! integrates a mix of arts and crafts, unbelievable facts and real-life exploration. Whether hunting for dinosaur fossils, hiking volcanoes or flying planes, the science-loving duo of Carly and Charlie inspires kids to get excited about the world around them. This...

Hey it’s Arroe. This is Play It Forward. A look at the unexpected changes endured by entertainers, writers, camera people and all others affected but not infected by the global invasion of the Coronavirus. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 122: During an unprecedented time when the world truly must come together as one, Sonia Manzano, “Sesame Street’s” beloved cha...

Hey it’s Arroe. This is Play It Forward. A look at the unexpected changes endured by entertainers, writers, camera people and all others affected but not infected by the global invasion of the Coronavirus. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 118: Sesame Street for Military Families Helps Parents Navigate Military Children’s Health Care Changes During Relocation. as...

Hey it’s Arroe. This is Play It Forward. A look at the unexpected changes endured by entertainers, writers, camera people and all others affected but not infected by the global invasion of the Coronavirus. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 113: In 1989, Dr. Yusef Salaam was just fifteen years old when he was tried and convicted in the “Central Park Jogger Case” al...

Author Mark Shulman knows a lot about writing for kids. As the author of over 150 children’s books, he brings his trademark sense of humor to two of the latest installments in the SHOW ME HISTORY! GRAPHIC NOVELS series: Walt Disney: The Magical Innovator, and Susan B. Anthony: Champion for Voting Rights!. A dedicated researcher, Shulman digs deep to find interesting and often funny facts about his...

After SEVEN Years, FIVE books, TWO million copies sold, THIRTY-FIVE weeks on the NYTimes Bestseller list, ONE-HUNDRED AND EIGHTY characters, TWENTY-NINE language translations throughout ONE-HUNDRED AND TEN different countries and across SIX continents, the EPIC tale between good and evil comes to a final showdown in the SIXTH and FINAL book of THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD & EVIL series by Soman Chainani. S...

Since 2016, the students have been collectively translating Don Quixote into English. With the help of dozens of dictionaries and the approval of acclaimed Don Quixote translator Edith Grossman, they are adapting the 400-year-old Spanish tale—a story about a traveling dreamer who never gives up—into a bilingual musical based also on their own lives. Six-year old Sarah tells of her mother’s journey...

Bestselling Origami Yoda series creator Tom Angleberger was the perfect person to adapt the series—he’s a huge Geronimo fan! The series and character is a fan favorite for his family, and he read the books both to his kids and at his kids’ schools. On adapting this story to graphic novel format, Tom said, “I’ve wanted to draw comics since forever, but who would have believed I’d get to draw a famo...

Nickelodeon's hit preschool series Blue's Clues & You!, a remake of the groundbreaking and wildly popular series Blue's Clues, has a whole new generation of preschoolers searching for clues with beloved puppy Blue and new live-action host Josh (Josh Dela Cruz). In a brand-new special episode, "Blue's Sing-Along Spectacular," airing July 14th at 9 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon, it's Bluestock -- the...

Did you know that a dog can make about 100 different facial expressions or that astronauts can grow two inches taller while in space? The 2021 edition of the New York Times bestselling National Geographic Kids Almanac 2021, U.S. Edition features all-new animal tales, explorer profiles, awesome inventions and fresh challenges for curious kids who want to learn all about the world and everything in...

Super Soccer Stars Proves It Can Be Done! Keeping your Children Active and Engaged During "Safe at Home" with Online Video Classes and Coaching for your Youth Soccer Player You have been spending more time at home with your children and your family, working from home, home schooling and staying safe in our time of COVID-19 crisis. It's tough to keep young children happy, safe, active and engaged -...

With Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe, best-selling author Rick Riordan (as editor/publisher, not author) presents the sequel to the critically acclaimed Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, a brilliant sci-fi romp with Cuban influence. Among many other challenges, Sal and Gabi have to try to make everything right with our world when there is a rogue Gabi from another universe running loose. Author CARLO...

You may have already seen Dr. Ibram Kendi and Jason Reynolds on TV talking about STAMPED: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning and if so , then you know this is NOT a history book. This is a YA book about the here and now to help us understand why we are where we are. Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beg...

The Hot Chocolate Talk is a bold public awareness campaign created by Committee for Children, designed to help families start the conversation about preventing child sexual abuse; to offer warmth and comfort to understandably uncomfortable conversations when discussing unwanted touching and private body parts. While it’s natural to feel awkward at the thought of broaching the subject with your chi...

FUTUREPOP. The group is comprised of 2boys and 2girls ages 11-13. They are being produced by Grammy Award winning production team - The Stereotypes. They have released two cover songs/videos in the past 3 weeks and will be releasing original material later this year. They are a lot of F U N! :) Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa: https://youtu.be/QkDHcRAJH1M Circles - Post Malone: https://youtu.be/uYUfIrC...

Curious kids can investigate their way through entertaining, imaginary and family-friendly mysteries in Solve This! Forensics, by Kate Messner and Anne Ruppert, the latest book in National Geographic’s hands-on STEM-focused series. Because this book is designed to introduce kids to the incredible world of forensic science, little adventurers can step into the role of “daring detective.” Fascinatin...

The Star Dunes is the fourth installment of Explorer Academy, the fact-based fiction series deemed “captivating” by the editors at Parenting.com. This series features even more thrilling adventures, complete with science, technology, culture and code breaking, and will have kids on the edge of their seats as the action-packed plot intensifies. Follow 12-year-old Cruz Coronado during his time at th...

Following the successful debut of its first-ever kids’ fact-based fiction series, Explorer Academy, National Geographic’s new Under the Stars imprint introduces its second action-packed fiction series, Zeus the Mighty, by Crispin Boyer. Humorous and heartwarming, readers embark on a thrilling adventure in this entertaining new middle-grade fiction series inspired by Greek mythology and ancient Gre...

Captain Compassion is the bullying prevention superhero parents and educators can use to help communicate approachable, research-based bullying prevention information to kids. Research finds that preventing bullying at school must start at home. The superhero comic concept really resonates with kids, and it’s a great way to engage parents in how they can talk about bullying with their children. Th...

In 1996, Nickelodeon premiered the groundbreaking preschool series Blue’s Clues. The show’s unique interactivity—in which viewers help energetic girl puppy Blue identify clues to solve a puzzle—helped change the way kids watch television and has remained one of the most popular preschool shows of all time. Now, Blue and her crew are back in Nickelodeon’s remake, Blue’s Clues & You!, which features...

Nikki and her bandmates are looking forward to an AWESOME summer on tour as the opening act for the world famous Bad Boyz! Nikki is a little worried when her frenemy, MacKenzie Hollister, weasels her way into a social media intern position with the tour. But she has a total MELTDOWN when she learns that MacKenzie is her new roommate! Will Nikki survive her dream tour as it quickly goes from AWESOM...