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Embracing Self-Love & Enoughness: BECOMING BOBA by Joanna Ho

June 12, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Joanna Ho about her newest picture book: BECOMING BOBA. This charming picture book celebrates self-love and identity and reminds readers that there is always room for unique flavors in our communities. It’s...
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We Need Funny Books: IT STARTED WITH A P with Brittany Pomales

June 9, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Brittany Pomales about her debut picture book: It Started with a P. This is a hilarious, alliterative read aloud where a young king decides on the morning of his birthday that everything with the letter P must go.  Come listen...
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Magic Grounded in Reality: A Little Like Magic by Sarah Kurpiel

June 5, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Sarah Kurpiel about her newest picture book: A Little Like Magic.  This charming book highlights the rewards of stepping outside of your comfort zone and finding inspiration in art and the natural beauty of the world.  Come listen as we...
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Celebrating Summer Reading with Lea Anne Borders of Bookelicious

June 4, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Lea Anne Borders, the founder and CEO of Bookelicious. Bookelicious is a platform that uses cutting-edge technology to match kids with the books they’ll love, helping them build strong reading identities and inspire them to read more, a mission that...
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The Important Role of Comics: Very Bad at Math with Hope Larson

June 2, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Hope Larson about her newest middle grade graphic novel: Very Bad at Math. In this semi-autobiographical graphic novel, readers meet Verity, an 8th grader who is seemingly perfect at everything….except math, something Verity tries to keep a secret. Come listen...
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We Protect What We Love: A Wolf Called Fire with Rosanne Parry

May 29, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Rosanne Parry about her newest middle grade novel: A Wolf Called Fire. This book is an immersive, wilderness survival story of a wolf pup known as Warm. In it, you’ll experience all of the expected ups and downs of surviving...
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Centering Neurodiversity & Transness: Glitch Girl by Rainie Oet

May 26, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Rainie Oet about her debut middle grade novel: Glitch Girl.  This is a lyrical novel-in-verse that places transness and neurodiversity front and center in the most raw, real and beautiful way. It will go straight to your heart. Come listen...
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Can You Imagine? The Life & Art of Yoko Ono by Lisa Tolin

May 22, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Lisa Tolin about her newest picture book: Can You Imagine? The Life & Art of Yoko Ono. This biography explores the art, music and creativity of Yoko Ono’s extraordinary life with breathtaking beauty and illustrations.  Come listen as we talk...
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Graphic Novel Adaptations: The Lemonade War with Jacqueline Davies

May 19, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Jacqueline Davies about her new graphic novel adaptation of The Lemonade War.  The original book was published back in 2007 told the story of two siblings literally caught in a lemonade war. This new graphic novel version captures the original...
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Match-Making Magic: The Secrets of Lovelace Academy with Marie Benedict and Courtney Sheinmel

May 15, 2025 in Kidlit Love Podcast
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...
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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 Joanna Ho about her newest picture book: BECOMING BOBA.

This charming picture book celebrates self-love and identity and reminds readers that there is always room for unique flavors in our communities. It’s cute and charming, yet has deeply important messages, too. 

Come listen as we talk about Joanna’s original intent for this picture book, the cultural significance of boba and the important messages of enoughness this book has for readers. 

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Oh, how my heart needed this book. The Midnight L Oh, how my heart needed this book.

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig has left me breathless, speechless and hopeful.

Nora is struggling to find worth in herself and in her life and decides to end her time on Earth. But instead of dying as she intended, she’s found herself in the Midnight Library where she can live out every version of her life that could have existed for her had she made a different decision.

As she tries to undo her regrets, both big and small, Nora learns about the path not taken and the multiple versions of herself that exist out there somewhere and just might, in fact, exist inside of her, too.

Filled with pain and heartbreak, beauty and light, this book takes readers on a journey of radical acceptance, a journey that will leave them as a different person than when they started the book.

This book is potent and powerful, heartbreakingly beautiful, filled with existential thoughts and could save your life….or at least how you feel about it.

Whew. This book.

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On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we’re talking about building a writing habit, one tiny sentence at a time. 

Tiny writing is exactly what it sounds like: tiny micro-moments of writing that focus on the process of writing something nourishing down in the moment. Small moments, small sentences, even small notebooks can be just the thing you need to kick-off a writing habit and reap all of the benefits.

Come listen as I explore what tiny writing is, convince you why you need to give it a try and share ten ways you could start a tiny writing practice today. 

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Do you need a reminder of why we need to reach for Do you need a reminder of why we need to reach for our dreams, cast our fears aside and live life like it’s the last night we have?

This book is that reminder: If Tomorrow Never Comes by Allison Ashley.

It’s the eve of Nora’s bone marrow transplant and she’s headed out to enjoy her last night before entering the hospital…which could also be her last night ever.

An overheard conversation catapults her into the night of her life and perhaps the love of her life, too. Sadly, she slips away to start her new journey and leaves the man she left behind reeling.

Fast forward a year later and Nora is doing well, ready to start her new, healthy life. When she runs into Jamie from that night, she’s elated….until she realizes he is her donor’s boyfriend.

What comes next is a beautiful, emotional (and very ironic!) story told in alternating perspectives that prompts the reader to ask themselves so many questions: What do we want? What are we willing to leave behind? When will we let ourselves enjoy what might be waiting for us?

Oh, this book has my heart.

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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 Brittany Pomales about her debut picture book: It Started with a P.

This is a hilarious, alliterative read aloud where a young king decides on the morning of his birthday that everything with the letter P must go. 

Come listen as we talk about Brittany’s journey to her debut picture book, the art of writing funny books for kids, her KidLit HaHa Week and the little surprises readers will find in the books. It’s a delightful conversation to match her delightful book.

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Books make Mondays better! I'm FINALLY reading th Books make Mondays better!

I'm FINALLY reading the book that so many of you have raved about and now I know why:

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

What if there was a library between life and death? What if the books you read there could undo the regrets you have in your life and move you into the perfect life? 

Oh, these are beautiful questions to ponder on a Monday morning. 

What books are making your Monday better?

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