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Books make me happy. Notebooks make me happy. That’s why guided journals make me VERY happy: they contain the very best elements of both. =) Today, I’m talking with Carol Pearson, author of 10 Little Rules for a Blissy Life, a guided journal...
Today, I’m talking with Amy Parks about her newest middle grade novel: Averil Offline. Amy is a teacher educator who believes we need to embrace all of the beautiful, complicated sides ourselves and this belief is evident inside her books, especially the one we are discussing today. Come listen as we...
It has been said that we are the average of the five people we surround ourselves with. But what if I said you were the average of the last 5 books you read? What would your book stack say about you if it could talk? Today, I’m sharing a collection of...
Today, I’m talking with Nic Yulo, author / illustrator of Patch of Sky and Out of the Blue. Both picture books are delightful, colorful, quench our curiosity and teach us big life-affirming lessons, too. We talk about Nic’s journey to becoming a picture book author through a series of ‘fortunate detours’,...
March is National Reading month and we are kicking off the month with a special guest who has a rather radical reading agenda: Amanda Spencer. Amanda is a Get Lit(erate). listener who is reading to change the way she thinks about the world and is inviting all of us along with...
Happy Middle Grade March! Today, I’m celebrating Middle Grade March with a special guest: Afoma Umesi. Afoma embraces all things middle grade reading and hosts my FAVORITE middle grade blog of all time: Reading Middle Grade. Today, she joins us to share her story: how middle grade reading became her passion,...
Happy Leap Day! 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 30 or so days…or 29 for this special month. Today, I’m spelling the beans on my literate life in February. I read THIRTEEN...
Today, I’m joined by Teri M. Brown for a special Q&A on the blog. Teri is one of my favorites and I have loved each one of her books for different reasons. It’s an honor to interview her on the blog and share her work with readers. Today, we’ll talk specifically...
