Latest Podcast Episodes & Posts
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Julia DeVillers about her newest upper middle grade rom-com: MEET ME AT WONDERLAND. This is the perfect rom-com for readers who have grown out of the friendship-driven middle grade reads and are...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Gordon Korman about his newest middle grade novel: SNOOP. SNOOP is the story of a screen-obsessed boy who finds himself stuck at home with two broken legs and discovers that life gets harder when screens are all you have. Come...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m answering the most asked question that I receive: How and where do I find books for my own bibliotherapy? Today, we are tackling that question and more. I’ll share a simple framework for choosing a book genre and title that is perfect...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Alyssa Colman about her newest middle grade historical fiction novel: WHERE ONLY STORMS GROW. This gripping middle grade historical fiction novel is set during one of the most dangerous storms in American history and has some of the most heartfelt...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Pablo Cartaya about his newest middle grade novel: A HERO’S GUIDE TO SUMMER VACATION. This middle grade novel is about a reluctant young hero, his best-selling fantasy author grandfather and a family road trip that spans multiple states and three...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m talking about the six kinds of restorative writing that have the potential to make us feel better based on the season of life we are in and the kind of support we wish for in the moment. Here they are in a...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Barbara McClintock about her newest picture book collaboration with the late Tomie DePaola: WHERE ARE YOU BRONTE? In this moving tribute to Tomie, readers see firsthand his emotional and deeply personal story about overcoming his grief at the loss of...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Erin Entrada Kelly about her non-fiction middle grade debut: AT LAST SHE STOOD: HOW JOEY GUERRERO SPIED, SURVIVED, AND FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM. This middle grade nonfiction text explores the intertwined narratives of war, spy stories, immigration, disease, religious devotion and...
