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Finding Your Voice: The Day Bell Found Her Sound with Lizzy O’Donnell

July 1, 2024 in Kidlit Love Podcast
In this bonus summer episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Lizzy O’Donnell. Lizzy is the author of The Day Bell Found Her Sound. It’s a gorgeous book set in a bustling, melodious town where everyone has found their special sound….expect...
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Literate Love for June 2024

June 30, 2024 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
On the very last day of every month, I share a bonus episode of what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving throughout the last month. Today, I’m sharing the highlights of my literate life in June and there are some exciting nuggets in here. I’ve got six books to share...
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Wonder & Delight: Saving Delicia with Laura Gehl

June 28, 2024 in Kidlit Love Podcast
In this episode, I’m talking with Laura Gehl, an award-winning author of over 50 board books, picture books and early readers. Her books are full of wonder and delight and today, we are talking about her newest: Saving Delicia.  Come listen as we talk about her writing, her hopes for readers,...
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Writing Kidlit: Start Here with Victoria J. Coe & Cheryl Lawton Malone

June 25, 2024 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
If you have a dream in your heart to write a children’s book, or any book really, then this episode is for you.  Today, I’m talking with Victoria J. Coe and Cheryl Lawton Malone, children’s literature authors with books we know and love.  Together, they have written two books designed to...
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Believing in Yourself: Camp Prodigy with Caroline Palmer

June 24, 2024 in Kidlit Love Podcast
In this bonus summer episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Caroline Palmer.  Caroline is the author of Camp Prodigy, a middle grade graphic novel that follows two non-binary kids who navigate anxiety and identity while having fun and forming friendships at their summer orchestra camp. Come listen as...
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Family, Friends & All the Feels: Monica Mancillas with Sing It Like Celia

June 21, 2024 in Kidlit Love Podcast
In this episode, I’m talking with Monica Mancillas, author of Sing It Like Celia, a middle grade novel that hijacked my heart. There is an entry point for everyone to be seen and/or see a new perspective in this book and it gave me all the feels. Listen as we talk...
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Five Kinds of Notebooking

June 18, 2024 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Over the last couple of weeks here on the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we’ve celebrated the power, potential and joy of the summer reading season.  But what about summer notebooking? In this episode, I’m sharing the five different ways that you can show up to your notebook in a way that works...
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Passion & Purpose: Else B. in the Sea with Jeanne Walker Harvey

June 14, 2024 in Kidlit Love Podcast
In this episode, I’m talking with Jeanne Walker Harvey. Her love and joy for writing picture book biographies shines through loud and clear in this episode and you’ll catch the energy, I know it.  She’s written multiple picture books that have captured my heart and I’ve used them as personal coaching...
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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Marie Benedict and Courtney Sheinmel about their newest middle grade historical fiction novel: The Secrets of Lovelace Academy.

This middle grade novel is about Lainey, an almost teenager who lived most of her life at the Sycamore Home for Orphaned Children, until a chance encounter at an open house changed her life forever.

Come listen as Marie and Courtney share their origin story for writing together for the first time, discuss the powerful exterior and interior journey of the characters and the true power of learning about lesser-known historical figures. Plus, we invent a new book club along the way, too!

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This was a delightful little read: a short story b This was a delightful little read: a short story by a favorite author that quickly transported me to another place and season of life. 

Moving between then and now, trying to untangle how things ended up and yet could have been, this narrative was a light, yet powerful, look at relationships, the decisions we make and the paths we carve for ourselves. It’s also about letting go, trusting others to know themselves and radical acceptance of it all. 

This little story packed a powerful punch for me.

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Oh, my goodness, this book. NEXT TO ME by Daniel Oh, my goodness, this book.

NEXT TO ME by Daniel Salmieri and Sophia Haas is a beautiful ode to all the wonderfulness around us: the people, the pets, the scenery, the community and all the things that wrap us up in wonder and in love. 

The cut-paper collages leap off the page and invite readers to consider the beauty of their own surroundings, too. 

For young readers, this is a delightful story about the many delights that surround us, big and small. For adult readers, this is a powerful lesson in staying present, staying connected and staying grounded in what matters most. 

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I recently read a book that completely challenged I recently read a book that completely challenged the way I read. 

While I usually read books at a steady pace and move right to the next one, MOTHERS AND SONS by Adam Haslett stopped me in my tracks and prompted a slower reading experience…something I didn’t realize I needed more of. 

Come listen as I talk about the three ways we can read more slowly, the research behind why it matters and the small, yet powerful, ways that you can get started.

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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Sean David Hutchinson about the first book in his debut middle grade series: A Home for Unusual Monsters.

In this book, 12-year-old Sam and her friends search for clues that lead them to the secret hiding places of strange and unusual monsters. It’s captivating and riveting from the outset and goes into deeper themes like prejudice, grief and what it means to be a family, too. 

Come listen as we talk about Sean’s childhood love of tinkering that is evident in the books he writes today, the importance of finding and shifting perspective through the books we read and how books can give us the tools to unleash who we really are inside. 

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Books make Mondays better! This week, I'm startin Books make Mondays better!

This week, I'm starting THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY by Mike Gayle.

I adored ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE, so I know I'm in for a treat with this short story about exes and how to get over them. 

Or not. =)

I think it's exactly what my Monday needs. 

What books are making YOUR Monday better?

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