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Reaching Readers’ Hearts: Kaya of the Ocean with Gloria Huang

April 28, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Gloria Huang about her newest middle grade novel: Kaya of the Ocean.  This is an exciting, fresh, beautiful middle grade fantasy about embracing who you really are and is for every reader,...
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Beautiful & Haunting Middle Grade: Snow by Meera Trehan

April 24, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Meera Trehan about her newest middle grade novel: Snow.  The book is both a beautiful and haunting fantasy where an imprisoned princess needs the help of a girl from the modern world to undo a wish gone wrong and save...
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A Year’s Worth of Writing Invitations

April 22, 2025 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
Let’s build a writing calendar to sustain you all year long! A few weeks ago, I shared how you could create a thematic year-long reading calendar to sustain joyful reading life all year long.  In this episode, I’m diving into the power of creating a year-long calendar for WRITING all year...
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Creative Problem-Solving: The Ava Lin Series by Vicky Fang

April 21, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Vicky Fang about her newest releases in her Ava Lin series: Ava Lin Best Friend and Ava Lin One of a Kind. The Av Lin series is a delightful collection of books about a first grader who is good at...
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Dog-Loving Kids on a Mission: The Unlikely Heroes Club with Kate Foster

April 17, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Kate Foster about her newest middle grade novel: The Unlikely Heroes Club. This heart-warming book is about five dog-loving kids who have a mission to accomplish and a mystery to solve and it will hold space in my heart forever. ...
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Three New Ways to Practice Bibliotherapy

April 15, 2025 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we’re exploring three new ways to practice bibliotherapy that have never been talked about on the podcast….or anywhere else that I can find.  Typically, bibliotherapy focuses on the book, specifically the text in the book, and how it can help you grow through...
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The Importance of Representation: Jollof Day with Bernard Mensah

April 14, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Bernard Mensah about his newest picture books: Esi the Brave and Jollof Day. Both of these books are filled with stunning beauty and capture the beauty and tradition of family culture.  Come listen as we talk about Bernard’s important mission...
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A Series of Funny Firsts: CANtaloupe and HoneyDO Bake a Cake with Mike Boldt

April 10, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Mike Boldt about his new picture book: CANtaloupe and HoneyDO Bake a Cake. This is his newest picture book in the Can Do series, a series filled with funny firsts that focus on a universal childhood experience and features two...
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On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing f 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 dive deeper into the newest addition to my framework: connective writing that keeps us tethered to other people, to new possibilities and to belonging. 

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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m ta 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 and the perfect middle novel for all of us. 

Come listen as we talk about the reasons why this story was destined to be written in verse, the layered themes found on the page in lyrical verse that pierces readers’ emotions and Jamie’s beautiful hope for readers and families. 

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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m ta 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 listen as we talk about the important mission behind Reach Out and Read’s work, the incredible impact it has on millions of children and their families, the layers of benefits and the ripple effect felt for years to come and the ways you can get involved and support this important organization.

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On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing f 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, the notebookish bling and tools that make a planary the perfect tool for wellness and much more. You’ll be smiling from ear to ear as you soak up Nikki’s infectious energy and enthusiasm. 

Click on the podcast link in my bio!

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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m ta On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Jeff Gottesfeld and Matt Tavares about their newest picture book: HONOR FLIGHT.

This stunning picture book honors military veterans and the program that keeps their contributions alive. It’s immersive and emotional and will likely spark you to get involved in the worthy cause.

Come listen as we talk about the inspiration behind HONOR FLIGHT and its previous companion book TWENTY-ONE STEPS: GUARDING THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. We’ll also talk about the very personal connections both Jeff and Matt have to the book and their meaningful hopes for the book that invite each of us to get involved. 

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Books make Mondays better! This week, I’m reading Books make Mondays better!

This week, I’m reading: AUTHENTICALLY, IZZY by Pepper Basham.

It’s the perfect way to kick of my #ReadYourShelves annual Get Lit(erate). tradition for the month of March. Not only was it already on my shelf, but it embraces my BIBLIOPHILIA theme for the month focused on all things books and reading. 

What better way to get through the long month of March?!

Here’s the publisher’s summary:

Izzy Edgewood is a wannabe bookstore owner, quote queen, and Lord of the Rings nerd who has been waiting for Prince Charming to sweep her off her sneakered feet. But it’s hard to meet people when you spend more time with fictional humans than real ones. Which is why her pragmatist cousin Josephine decides to take Izzy’s future into her own meddling hands and create an online dating profile for the hopeful romantic.

To Izzy’s shock (and suspicion), Josie’s plan works. Soon, she’s dialoguing with a Hobbit-loving man named Brodie who lives in a small town an ocean away from her home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. But is their shared love of books, family, and correspondence enough to overcome Izzy’s fear of flying and the literal distance between them? And is a long-distance relationship even worth considering when a local author has been frequenting the library where she works and is proving to be a perfectly fine gentleman?

Yes, it’s an epistolary novel and you’ll want to read the letter to readers on the back.

What books are making your Monday better?

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