Reading With Your Kids Podcast

Author Amy Schwartz is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate the reissue of her debut #PictureBook Bea and Mr Jones. Amy tells us why she thinks this lovely book is still relevant 40 years after its initial publication. Amy also reflects on some of the other wonderful #ChildrensBooks she has authored and illustrated, and tells us about a very personal project she would love to bring to the World. Click here to visit Amy’s website – http://amyschwartzillustration.com/books/ Click here to visit our website – www.readingwithyourkids.com

One of our favorite guests, Shannon Anderson, returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #MiddleGrade #Novel Not What I Signed Up For. Shannon tells us this is faith based story was written about a girl who suffered from irrational fears that held her back from enjoying normal childhood activities. It was through a tough love experience that she came to understand how fear can be conquered through a mighty faith. Click here to visit Shannon’s website – https://www.shannonisteaching.com/childrensbooks.html Click here to visit our website – www.readingwithyourkids.com

Alison McGregor is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate the latest release in her Grwoing Up Antoinette #PictureBook series Antoinette and the Story of the Invisible Giraffe. Alison tells us that every mischievous misstep told in the series is totally true and experienced by her mom, the real Antoinette Barbour. This is a delightful conversation about family, adventure and stepping out of your comfort zone. Click here to visit Alison’s website – https://www.growingupantoinette.com/ Click here to visit our website – www.readingwithyourkids.com

Victoria Hudson is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her book Dear Mousse, Horseplay and Homophones, Victoria hopes that this book  encourages kids to be creative in crafting their own stories. We also speak with Shevonica M Howell, author, educator, mom and military veteran at the Florida Home School Convention. Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Kimberly McLeod is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Cut & Color Crafts for Kids. Kimberly loves creating all sorts of crafting activities that she shares with families on her Best Ideas For Kids website. She wants parents and grandparents to know how much fun it is to craft with your kids, and her new books features easy ways to craft with kids, recycle materials and inspire imagination. Click here to visit Kimberly's website - https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/about-me/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Chloe Goodhart is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her two new beautiful Birding For Babies #BoardBooks. These books are a wonderful way to help our youngest kids learn their colors and numbers and fall in love with nature. Click here to learn more about Chloe's books - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2256772/chloe-goodhart/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Avigail Gimpel is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #ParentingBook Hyper Healing. Avigail tells us that HyperHealing is your complete ADHD coaching program and parenting guide in one book. She wants to support parents who want to find real solutions that will help their kids with ADHD thrive. Click here to visit Avigail's website - https://www.hyperhealing.org/adhd-parenting-books-hyperhealing Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Danica Davidson is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate "I Will Protect You, A True Story of Twins Who Survived Auschwitz" Danica wrote this book with Eva Mozes Kor, who, with her sister Miriam, was one of only 160 twins to have survived the unimaginable cruelty of the Nazi regime, while also eventually finding healing and the capacity to forgive. Click here to visit Danica's website - https://danicadavidson.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich & Donna Limerick are on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Mae Makes A Way. This new biographical #PictureBook tells the story of fashion icon, and Donna's mom, Mae Reeves. Mae had a dream to make one-of-a-kind hats. But the path for a Black female designer was unclear, so Mae made a way, leaving her home in the segregated South to study at the Chicago School of Millinery. Mae had the skills, but craved the independence to create her own styles. So Mae found a way. In Philadelphia, she became the first Black woman to own a business on South Street. Whether you were Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Marian Anderson or a lady from the neighborhood, Mae wanted you to look good and feel special in one of her original hats. Click here to visit 'Bemi's website - https://www.olugbemisolabooks.com/books Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Bob Shea and Brian Won are on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate their hilarious new #BoardBook series Adurable. This is an irresistible new board book series filled with cute pups, big construction trucks, and laugh-out-loud humor! Bob and Brian are tremdously talented, and this is a tremendously fun and funny conversation. Click here to visit Bob's website - https://www.bobshea.com/ Click here to visit Brian's website - http://www.brianwon.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Suchi Sairam is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #ChildrensBook Dancin Deepa. Suchi tells us this story is about a girl named Deepa who loves to dance. She studies a dance from India called Bharatanatyam that is like moving poetry! But since her dance is different from what her friends at school do, she isn’t sure if she should share it. Click here to visit Suchi's website - https://www.dancingdeepa.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Author J P Miller is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her biography of Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first African American Woman to become a physician in the United States. This biography is part of JP's Leaders Like Us Series. The biography of Dr Crumpler was of special interest to us as she practiced medicine here in our home neighborhood of Readville back in the time of the Civil War. She cared for the men of the Massachusetts 54th, the first all black army regimine. Click here to visit JP's website - https://www.authorjpmiller2020.com/books Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Acclaimed Singer-Songwriter Rhett Miller is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his delightfully fun #PictureBook The Baby Changing Station. We have a fun & funny conversation about the inspiration for the book, how unglamorous the life of a touring performer can be and the joy of connecting with an audience. Click here to visit Rhett's website - https://rhettmiller.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Margot Denemme is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to inspire us all to celebrate the beauty each one of us possess. Margot practices criminal law in Toronto. After publishing Mommy, am I pretty? and attending a number of schools to speak with students about its message, Margot recognized the need to develop a book that would reach both boys and girls. Awesome, Inside + Out! is designed to initiate a dialogue with all children about developing character and resilience, following their passion, and understanding that true beauty and strength come from within. These are the qualities that make you awesome from the inside, out! Click here to visit Margot's website - https://www.celebrateyouinsideout.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Award winning writer and former chief White House correspondent Ben Feller is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his debut #PictureBook Big Problems, Little Problems. Ben’s most important title – Sam Feller’s dad – is the one that drove him to write Big Problems, Little Problems, a father-son tale about conquering life’s frustrations together. The book is built on Ben’s love of parenting, his career in problem-solving and his pride in watching Sam grow up as a compassionate, joyful boy. Click here to visit Ben's website - https://www.bigproblemslittleproblems.com/about-ben/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Stephen Bench Capon is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his debut #PictureBook Oslo, Or The Whale Whose Tale Looks A Lot Like A Wellington Boot. Stephen tells us that Oslo is the only whale he knows whose tail looks a bit like a wellington  boot. Not that it matters, but then again, Oslo's tail seems to be at  the root of all kinds of unexpected events. Along the way, Oslo learns about a lot of things: goals, opposites,  sharing, fairness and panic. But will his big moment end in catastrophe?  Or might there be a joyous celebration? Click here to visit Stephen's website - https://stephenbenchcapon.eu/oslo Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Heather Lyn Davis returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her latest #PIctureBook Jake The Ape Makes Lots Of Mistakes. Heather wants to help families to teach their kids to have a growth mindset, to empower them to experiment, to know that a mistake can be the first step towards success. Click here to visit Heather's website - www.Heathershelpfulstories.com Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Barbara Tibbetts returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate the latest title in her LOOKBook Scavenger Hunt series called Nature Walk. Barbara wants us to all to slow down and LOOK at the ordinary things around you in a new way with The LOOK Book: a scavenger hunt in a book! Unlike her city specific hunts this scavenger hunt in a book can be completed anywhere. Click here to visit Barbara's website - https://thelookbookhunt.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

Evelyn Otulola Logan is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her beautiful #PictureBook On The Streets Of Ondo. Evelyn tells us this is a story about generational storytelling and relatioThree friends go out on an adventure to find the Deruba man, a scary man who lives in Ondo, Nigeria and makes people disappear if they go out at night. Will our three brave friends find him? Click here to visit Evelyn's website - https://evelynloganwrites.com/shop-books Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com

11 year old author Natasha Huemer is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her debut #PictureBook Puppy's Garden Adventure. Natasha talks about what is was like writing the book and how her friends are reacting to it. We are also joined by author & special needs teacher Anita Kay Newman celebrating her book Clark the Colorblind Chameleon. Anita hopes this book will inspire kids with learning challenges to know they can succeed. Click here to visit Natasha's website - https://thinkaheadkids.com/ Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com