Reading With Your Kids Podcast

Author - Illustrator Tim Kleyn is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate the release of his debut #PictureBook Set Sail For Pancakes. Tim tells us in Set Sail For Pancakes a grandpa and his intrepid granddaughter go on adventure searching far and wide for the perfect pancake ingredients! We love speaking to artists like Tim who are passionate about their creations. We also love speaking to parents, like Tim, who are equally passioante about being a dad. Click here to visit Tim's website - https://www.kleynillustration.com/ Click here to visit our swebsite - www.readingwithyourkids.com

#NYTimes #BestSelling Author Varsha Bajaj is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #MiddleGrade #Novel Thirst. Varsha tells us this is the riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. This is a powerful story that can inspire some very important conversations with your tweens and teens. Click here to visit Varsha's website - https://www.varshabajaj.com/books/thirst/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Sue Atkins, Parenting Expert for the BBC and Disney, is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to tell us how we can give our kids the gift of self confidence and self esteem. Sue believes, like we do, that parents are their kids first and most important teachers. She shares wonderful, practical tips that will help your kids grow happier and closer to you. Click here to visit Sue's website - https://sueatkinsparentingcoach.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Steph Winkeler is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her wonderful website SimplicityHappens.com. Steph is a mother, wife, and Speech-Language Pathologist, She strives to live simply while enjoying the important “things” in life. This includes creating experiences with her family, finding joy in each day, reading with her kids, exercise, creating digital artwork, and getting enough sleep (which can be a bit tricky with little ones around). She also tells us about the many free resources for parents that are available on her website Click here to visit Steph's website - https://simplicityhappens.com/about/ click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

#NYTimes #BestSelling Author Danica McKellar is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her delightfully fun #PictureBook Double Puppy Trouble. This book gives parents a really fun way to introduce their kids to the concept of doubling. The star of The Wonder Years and The West Wing is passionate about providing families with fun resources that enable them to do the right thing for their kids' math education.   Click here to visit Danica's website - https://mckellarmath.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Tom Tracy is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his #PictureBook Scoochie & Skiddles: Scoochie's Adoption Story. Tom tells us that this beautiful and heart warming book focuses on the adoption experience that brought the author's real life family together. Scoochie is based on Tom and his husband's experience adopting his oldest daughter. The spirit of the book is to honor all family types and structures. Click here to visit Tom's website - https://www.scoochieandskiddles.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Author Kari Allen and illustrator G Brian Karas are on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate their new #PictureBook The Boy Who Loved Maps. Our guests tell us this enchanting picture book is about a map-making boy who is stumped when a girl asks him for a map of the "perfect place" helps listenrs appreciate the charms of their own neighborhood—and even shows them how to make a map of it! Click here to visit Kari's website - https://www.kariallenwrites.com/books Click here to visit Brian's website - http://gbriankaras.com/booktitles.html Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Kathryn Holmes is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #ChapterBook Madison Morris Is Not A Mouse. Kathryn tells us this is the third book in her series set in Mrs. Norrell’s second grade classroom. This is a special class that has magic that allows kids to transform into animals to learn important life lessons. Each book follows a different kid and their animal transformation and includes fun natural science facts about the featured animal in the back matter. Click here to visit Kathryn's website - https://www.kathrynholmes.com/madison-morris-is-not-a-mouse Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Susan Combs is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate  Pancakes for Roger: A Mentorship Guide for Slaying Dragons. Susan tells us this is a series of quick, straightforward stories delivered with no fluff and a whole lot of heart, lessons learned  from her father, Roger, and others so that you can lean on them, too, as you set out to slay your own dragons. Click here to visit Susan's website - https://www.pancakesforroger.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Our Dean of All Things STEM & STEAM Jennifer Swanson returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her debut #PictureBook Footprints Across The Planet. Jennifer is excited that her new book will be inspiring a younger audience to be curious about the World around them and to be excited about the STEM fields. Jennifer also gives us an update on what is happening on her Solve It For Kids Podcast. Click here to visit Jennifer's website - www.jenniferswaansonbooks.com  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Sarah Immonem Ward is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her debut picture book Our NICU Journey. All three of Sarah's children spent the first days, and in some cases months, of their lives in a NICU (Neonatal intensive care unit). Sarah tells us she published this book encourage NICU families and promote reading to newborns. She tells us of the many  benefits of reading to newborns, and the importance of giving back. She wants kids who have spent time in a NICU to know they were born fighters. Click here to visit Sarah's website - https://www.littlewardbooks.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Nic Yulo is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her debut #PictureBook Patch Of Sky. Nic tells us this is a delightfully unique friendship story about a fiercely determined girl will do anything to help her best pig friend finally see the sky. Nic is a versitile storyteller and we have a fascinating conversation about the differences and similarities between telling stories through film, picture books and video games Click here to visit Nic's website - https://www.nicyulo.com/books.html Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Corey Wolff returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his latest #ChildrensBook Mikey McMonsterson Goes To School. Corey tells us Mikey  is friendly to children, likes taking bubble baths, and enjoys smelling flowers. But this sweet little monster does not fit in the land of Monsterville. All of the other monsters make fun of him. So Mikey decides to run away from home. When a boy discovers that Mikey has been living under his bed, they become friends. Children will learn that monsters don't have to be scary, even the ones that might be hiding in their room. Click here to visit Corey's website - https://www.coreywolff.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

We are resharing our conversation with Scarlett Lewis. Scarlett is the mother of Jesse Lewis who was killed in his first grade classroom during the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012 along with 19 classmates and 6 teachers and administrators in one of the worst school shootings in US history. She founded of The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Foundation in honor of Jesse and to spread a message he left on their kitchen chalkboard shortly before he died, Nurturing Healing Love, the formula for choosing love, and to promote social and emotional education in schools as well as a consistent message of compassion in our communities. Click here to visit the Choose Love website - https://chooselovemovement.org/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Mika Song is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate the upcoming release of her latest #GraphicNovel for Young Kids Pizza My Heart, Mika Song writes and illustrates children's books about sweetly funny outsiders. She grew up in the Philippines and Hawaii and lives in Queens, New York. Her squirrel characters, Norma and Belly, appear every week in a comic strip on Sundayhaha.com, a free kids comics newsletter. She loves making comics with kids in schools and drawing on paper. Click here to visit Mika's website - https://mikasongdraws.com/about Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

The #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast took over the green at the Buttonwood Park Zoo to celebrate episode 1500! We entertained guests with our totally interactive magic show and lovely read alouds by Ruth Maille, Jacob Monroe and Lyn Dillies. Today's episode features interviews with Ruth and Lyn conducted by one of our amazing interns Mirabella Cue Click here to visit Ruth's website - https://www.ruthmaille-author.com/ Click here to visit Lyn's website - http://www.magicoflyn.com/ Click here to visit the Buttonwood Park Zoo website - https://www.bpzoo.org/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Gisela Bengfort is an absolutely fascinating and adventurous woman. She is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcsst to celebrate her Adventures Of Wolfy #ChapterBook series. In our conversation she also tells us about her experience immigrating to the US, being able to speak five languages, being a mom and inventing and marketing her own salad dressing. Click here to visit Gisela's website - https://www.wolfysadventure.com/about Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Kathleen Davis returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #PictureBook Feathers From Above. While juggling her baby Kathleen tells us “Feathers From Above,” is a rhyming children’s book that discusses how feathers fall directly from the wings of our very own Guardian Angels. These Angels are sent from God to watch over us throughout our lives, and their feathers are reminders that we have nothing to fear. We are also joined by Childrens author Dr Hazam Nassar Click here to visit Kathleen's website - https://kathleendavisbooks.com/ Click here to visit Dr H's website - http://drhbooks.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourklids.com

Michelle Wagner returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Mickey On The Move, Farming. Michelle's #PictureBook series introduces kids to her son Mickey who is able to hear thanks to Cochlear implants. The latest book in the series celebrates the advances in the technology that allows Mickey to be in the rain with his implants. Kay Sullivan and her family are also on to celebrate her Pawple Power series of audio books. Click here to visit Michelle's website - https://michellewagnerauthor.com/ Click here to visit Kay's website - https://pawplepower.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Leticia Amaya is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to share her expertise on how we can help out kids fall in love with reading. Leticia is a Literacy Interventionist who specializes in teaching children with reading and spelling challenges, reading disabilities, including dyslexia. She gives parents resources they can use to help their kids succeed Click here to visit Leticia’s website - https://outsideofthesandbox.com/ Click here to visit our website – www.readingwithyourkids.com