Latest Podcast Episodes & Posts
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Ainissa Ramirez about her new picture book: SPARK: Jim West’s Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone. This picture book is the first release in the new Black Innovators Series and showcases the...
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m guiding you through my first-ever guided restorative reading and writing session for when life feels hard and you need some care. Come listen as I explain how this episode came to be, walk you through a 15-minute restorative reading and...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Michelle Lee about her newest middle grade novel: THE MAGIC OF SOMEDAY SOON. This is a hopeful middle grade novel overflowing with light, love and adventure as two girls find the extraordinary joys of every day. Can the two of...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Stacey Lee about her newest young adult novel: HEIRESS OF NOWHERE. In this gripping historical gothic mystery, an orphan races to uncover a killer – who may have come from the sea – when she and her beloved orcas fall...
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m revealing the newest addition to my restorative writing framework and inviting you to create a personal correspondence kit. Come listen as I quickly review what restorative writing is and the seven different kinds of writing you might explore. Then, we’ll...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Jamie Sumner about her newest middle grade novel-in-verse: GLORY BE. In this book, a girl searches for her lost dog and truths about her family and finds out a great deal about herself in the process. It’s heartfelt and heartwarming...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Dr. Lynette Fraga, the CEO of Reach Out & Read, a nonprofit organization that promotes reading by working directly with pediatric care providers to share the lifelong benefits that result from families reading aloud to their children every day. Come...
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m chatting with Nikki Russell, the illustrator behind the NY Times Best-selling series DORK DIARIES, about her innovative journaling notebook: the planary. Come listen as we explore exactly what a planary is, the way that Nikki approaches her own planary stack,...
