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Kids Can Get Chemistry! Nov 26, 2022

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Dr Colleen Kelley returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her MC Detective Agency Comic Books. Dr Colleen tells us these comics books were designed to give kids a chance to take a deep dive into chemistry and bond with a cavalcade of chemical characters! You'll get to know Granny Eve and her grandkids, Poppi and Ray, as you join them on missions (aka "cases") and learn everything you've ever wanted to know about the mysterious world of molecules! Dr Colleen believes that kids can learn chemistry at a much earlier age.

Click here to visit Dr Colleen's website – https://hewittlearning.org/curriculum-home/kids-chemical-solutions/

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The Phantom Slave Stealer Nov 25, 2022

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Francis Schoonmaker is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #MiddleGrade #Novel Sid Johnson and the Phantom Slave Stealer. Francis tells us in this novel we will meet Sid Johnson, a young teen who's parents claim they don't know anything about a slave stealer that slave holders call the "Phantom." But when Sid discovers that their Southern Illinois farm is a stop on the Underground Railroad, he isn't so sure Ma and Pa are telling him the truth. They could get caught breaking the law. When bounty hunters threaten Pa, Sid resolves to take action to protect the family. Before his plans are in place, bounty hunters burn the barn. With a civil war brewing and the farm compromised as a stop on the Underground Railroad, Ma and Pa decide to go west. Disappointed that he failed to learn any more about the slave stealer, Sid is glad to leave the slave question behind. He is about to find out that the ugly shadow of slavery reaches beyond the Johnson farm to the Santa Fe Trail, and his involvement with the Phantom Slave Stealer has just begun.

Click here to visit Francis' website – https://fschoonmaker.com/books/

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Thankful We Can Share Nov 24, 2022

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Author Carmen Agra Deedy and illustrator Brian Lies are on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate their beautiful new #PictureBook Wombat Says Come In. In this book we meet a kindhearted wombat offers refuge to a parade of animal friends during an Australian bushfire. Australian bushfires roar above Wombat's home. He is fortunate that his burrow is deep below ground and he is safe. He snuggles under his crazy quilt and drinks his tea. Then, one by one, five uniquely Australian animals – Wallaby, Kookaburra, Platypus, Koala, and Sugar Glider – seek refuge from the fires, and Wombat welcomes them all. When you have the heart of a wombat, there's always room for one more! Fellowship, empathy, and adorable Australian animals star in this delightfully heartwarming and funny story about help in the time of trouble.

Click here to visit Carmen's website - https://carmenagradeedy.com/book/wombat-said-come-in/

Click here to visit Brian's website - http://www.brianlies.com/

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The Lost Library Nov 23, 2022

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Jess McGeachin is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his beautiful new #PictureBook The Lost Library. Jess tells us that The Lost Library is a magical tale of friendship, the joy of reading and the power of the imagination. When Oliver finds a lost library book in his new bedroom, he decides to return it. But how do you find a mysterious hidden library? With the help of a new friend, of course . . .

Jess also talks about the video lesson he created for our new #DrawingWithYourKids Project. He also offers some great advice for young and aspiring illustrators.

Click here to visit Jess' website – https://www.jessmcgeachin.com/books/lost-library

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A Little Love Nov 22, 2022

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Andrea and Gabe Olson are on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate A Little Love. This is the latest in the couple's Big God Books Series. Gabe and Andrea Olson live in Minnesota with their three daughters, Sophia, Adeley, and Ayla. The Big God Books series is inspired by real-life moments with their girls and made for children worldwide just like them. Every story is written to preserve the family's miracles and serve as a tool for other families to use in their homes. The Big God Books remind us that God is a miracle worker and makes talking about it more accessible. A Little Love reminds kids that God hears all of our prayers, and sometimes God answers those prayers in a way we don't expect.

Click here to visit Andrea and Gabe's website – https://www.thebiggodbooks.com/

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Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Green Actioneer? Nov 21, 2022

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Dave Finnigan is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate The Green Actioneers Family Action Guide. The Green Actioneers believe that kids deserve a green future. This compelled them to create "The Green Actioneers Family Action Guide: The Definitive Guide to "Going Green," Saving Money, and Saving Our Planet." A collection of passionate University of Central Florida interns has worked to create this family road map to save energy, water, money and, ultimately, the Earth. They look forward to becoming the ultimate resource for families who want to go green. This is a STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO "GOING GREEN" The book is unique because it appeals to both kids and parents. There are over 100 potential actions families can take to go green. Every two-page spread describes one action with a description on the left that tells briefly about some of the benefits in English and Spanish. On many of these pages we have a relevant game or puzzle. On the right side we have a coloring book, plus a quote from someone famous, who kids or families can research.

Click here to visit Dave's website – https://greenactioneers.com/

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The Star That Always Stays Nov 20, 2022

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Anna Rose Johnson is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to help us recognize Native American Awareness Month and to celebrate The Star That Always Stays. Anna tells us that this is a tender coming-of-age story about an introspective and brilliant Native American heroine that thoughtfully addresses serious issues like assimilation, racism, and divorce, as well as everygirl problems like first crushes, making friends, fitting in, and the joys and pains of a blended family. Often funny, often heartbreaking, The Star That Always Stays is a fresh and vivid story directly inspired by Anna Rose Johnson's family history.

Click here to visit Anna's website – https://annarosejohnson.com/

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Reading For Our Lives! Nov 19, 2022

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Maya Smart is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Reading For Our Lives. Maya is an author, seasoned speaker, and passionate literacy advocate, She helps parents nurture, teach, and advocate for children on the road to reading. Her book, Reading for Our Lives: A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six, provides a clear, step-by-step guide to helping our children thrive as readers and learners. Reading for Our Lives challenges the bath-book-bed mantra and the idea that reading aloud to our kids is enough to ensure school readiness. Instead, it gives parents easy, immediate, and accessible ways to nurture language and literacy development from the start. Through personal stories, historical accounts, scholarly research, and practical tips, this book presents the life-and-death urgency of reading, investigates inequity in its achievement, and illuminates a path to a true, transformative education for all.

Click here to visit Maya's website - https://mayasmart.com/book/

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Simple Words Spark A Love Of Reading! Nov 18, 2022

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Cigdem Knebel is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her Simple Words Books Publishing Company. Cigdem tells us that from a very early age, her son had a passion for books. Unfortunately, reading did not come naturally to him. In 2015, at age six, he was diagnosed with Dyslexia. With training, he soon began reading simple words and sentences. One night, he picked up Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss. He read the entire 160+ words over and over, then asked for a chapter book. She googled, talked to experts, teachers, tutors and parents to find low-level/high-interest books. Others were in search of these books, too, but they did not exist. So she began to write for her son; he began to read. And Project Simple Words was born.

Click here to visit Cigdem's website - https://simplewordsbooks.com/pages/about-us

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North Pole, We Have A Problem Nov 17, 2022

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Two of our favorite guests, Nita Marie Clark and her daughter Kathy Doherty, return to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate North Pole We Have A Problem! Nita tells us this book was inspired by some real life heros. Unbeknownst to anyone Nita's husband had taken a bad fall and could have died were it not for a few of her young neighbors who found her husband and called for help. One of those heros, who was already a fan of her books, asked Nita to write s tory about Santa. And with that request North Pole We Have A Problem was born. During the interview Nita and Kathy also learn that North Pole We Have A Problem has been named a Reading With Your Kids Certified Great Read.

Click here to visit Nita's website - http://aneatreadpublishing.com/

Click here to read our review of the book - https://readingwithyourkids.com/north-pole-we-have-a-problem-rwyk-certified-great-read/

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