Latest Podcast Episodes & Posts
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m flipping the script on mood reading and inviting you to read into seasonal reading energy instead: both the season of the calendar and the season of life you are in. Come listen as I...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Korena DiRoma Howley about her debut picture book: Sarang Saves the School. This book was inspired by true events in South Korea and shows readers it’s never too late to fulfil a dream. Come listen as we talk about Korena’s...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Ann Braden about her newest middle grade novel: Into the Rapids. Ann writes beautiful books about kids learning to stand up for themselves when things are hard and in this book, readers also learn that even the most self-reliant of...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). Podcast, I’m exploring the science behind why reading and writing can help us feel better and change our life. From the impact reading and writing has on our physical body to the ways it can boost our mental health, reading and writing just might...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Kyle Lukoff about his newest middle grade and picture book releases: A World Worth Saving & Are You a Friend of Dorothy. A World Worth Saving Is a middle grade novel that intertwines elements of Jewish mythology with an unflinching...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Megan E. Freeman about her companion novels-in-verse: Alone & Away. The first book, ALONE, tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. The companion novel, AWAY,...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). Podcast, I’m talking about one of my favorite topics: using children’s picture books as adult life coaching tools to spark transformation and growth. It’s the most enjoyable form of therapy I know of! Come listen as I explore why picture books are the perfect...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Shifa Saltagi Safadi about the first two books in her new Amina Banana Series: Amina Banana and the Formula for Friendship and Amina Banana and the Formula for Winning. This new series is about a determined and clever third grader...






