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Bibliotherapy with The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan

March 14, 2023 in Bibliotherapy, Books & Reading, Get Lit(erate) Podcast
I’m back with another episode on bibliotherapy! I received some many wonderful comments and curious questions about the practice that I decided to create another episode on the topic. But this one is different. Today, I’m walking you through my own unique process...
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Find Your Journaling Path with Christie Zimmer

March 9, 2023 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast, Notebooks & Writing
Today is a big day on the Get Lit(erate). podcast. I’m interviewing someone that brings me a great deal of journaling inspiration with her colorful, curious and whimsical printable journals and journal pages: Christie Zimmer! I feel like Christie is my journaling twin, as we have very similar philosophies about journaling...
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Books to Celebrate Middle Grade March

March 7, 2023 in Books & Reading, Children's Literature, Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Middle Grade March is here! We have the entire month to read, enjoy and celebrate all things middle grade children’s literature and that’s exactly what I’m doing today. Here are the books mentioned in this episode. You’ll find links to my Amazon and Bookshop affiliate stores below. Thanks for your bookish...
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Journaling for Mental Health

March 2, 2023 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast, Notebooks & Writing
Some of my most popular episodes on this podcast have been on the power and possibility of bringing a consistent notebooking and journaling habit into our lives. We might think we are too busy, too overwhelmed and too tired to journal daily…and we might be. But honestly, we cannot afford not...
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Books for National Eating Disorder Week

February 28, 2023 in Books & Reading, Get Lit(erate) Podcast
I often bring a lot of whimsy into this podcast. We share books that make us run to the stationary store, celebrate Festivus and make us hungry. We talk about notebook love languages, complete journaling challenges together and share our favorite writing supplies. But we also talk about serious things, too....
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Reading Challenges with Allison of Mind Joggle

February 23, 2023 in Books & Reading, Get Lit(erate) Podcast
There’s nothing better than bookish conversation with bookish friends, is there?! Join me as I talk all things book challenges with Allison of Mind Joggle. Her blog has been a favorite of mine for some time and when I saw that she was looking at reading challenges in a new way...
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Books to Embrace Wintering

February 21, 2023 in Books & Reading, Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Each month inside my Get Lit(erate) Patreon community, we explore a one-word theme in our reading and writing lives to make our actual lives better.  This month, our theme is WINTERING. The idea of wintering is simple and incredibly appealing: wintering means we give ourselves the space to rest and recover...
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Celebrating Children’s Literature with James Preller

February 16, 2023 in Children's Literature, Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Love is still in the air! Chocolate is being eaten, roses are being given and it’s time to think about what sets our reading hearts on fire. For me, that’s an easy one: children’s literature! I love all things children’s literature. I devoured books when I was a kid, read them...
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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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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Rebecca Walker about her debut picture book: Time for Us. 

This beautifully written and illustrated picture book celebrates the precious times between a mother and her son and is perfect for all caregivers to read with the children in their care. 

Come listen as we talk about the incredible power of telling our stories, the beauty in being present with the children in our lives and the incredible appreciation she feels for being invited into family’s lives with her book.

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On today’s episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcas On today’s episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m talking with Karen Houlding about the power of nature journaling and why we should all lean into this unique form of notebooking in the Spring season.

Come listen as we talk all about nature journaling: how Karen got started, how YOU can get started, the benefits that will come your way and much more. It’s time to slow down, savor what we see and capture it all. 

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