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Live At The Boston Book Festival! Nov 16, 2022

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Jedlie and Jordau Sahley venture out of the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast studios to attend the 2022 Boston Book Festival. The Boston Book Festival is an independent nonprofit group based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the name of its main event. The nonprofit was founded in 2009 by Deborah Z Porter, and aims to "celebrate the power of words to stimulate, agitate, unite, delight, and inspire by holding year-round events culminating in an annual, free Festival that promotes a culture of reading and ideas and enhances the vibrancy of our city." While at the festival we had a chance to speak with Penny Noyce, Chris Ciulla, Enrique Moras, Susan Joyce and Marc Eichen.

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The Power Of Empathy Nov 15, 2022

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Ruth Maille returns to the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate the latest title in her Power Of series. Ruth Maille has owned and operated a daycare/preschool for 32 years and is a certified parent-relationship coach. She has had the privilege of helping many families using the tools she acquired in both professions. The Power of Empathy, Be The Friend You Always Wanted is a delightful picture book that gently teaches young children how to recognize their emotions - and the emotions of others. Children learn what it means to practice empathy by witnessing real-life examples that are easy for them to understand.

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The Challenge To Change Someone's World Nov 14, 2022

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Melissa Hart is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #MiddleGrade #Novel Daisy Wormwood Changes The World. Melissa tells us that when 13-year-old amateur entomologist Daisy gets an assignment to "change the world, she's determined to help her older brother, Sorrel—who has Down syndrome and adores men's fashion—fulfill his dream of becoming a YouTube celebrity. The catch? If their overprotective parents find out, Daisy won't be able to change anything. We have a fantastic time speaking to Melissa about her book, creating a more inclusive and accepting world and about her grandfather the tightrope walker.

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Crazy For Comics Nov 13, 2022

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Steve Metzger is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his new #GraphicNovel Bumble Brothers, Crazy For Comics. Steve tells us that in this fun & funny graphic novel we will meet Walter and Christopher: the Bumble Brothers. These nine-year-old twins MUST have the latest comic book featuring their favorite superhero, Frabbit (½ frog & ½ rabbit). But Harold the neighborhood bully stands in their way. Featuring wacky misunderstandings, riddles that nobody gets, goofy puns, and silly fantasy sequences, this graphic novel series will have early elementary school kids laughing non-stop! We also talk about ways we can help reluctant readers fall in love with reading.

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Magical Meadows Nov 12, 2022

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Author, artist and film director Dora Endre is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #ChildrensBook Magical Meadows. Dora tells us her book's rhythmic rhymes and colorful illustrations take families on a journey from lushing gardens to space stations, from underground tunnels to enchanted forests. Through a series of short poems, mindfulness games and exercises children learn about body awareness, breathing techniques and the importance of self-love and gratefulness. This relaxing yet entertaining book is the perfect buddy for holidays, hiking trips or lazy afternoons spent in the living room. Mindfulness walks awaken us to the beauty of our surroundings while rhymes are there to talk about invaluable values or simply to amuse us.

Click here to visit Dora's website - https://www.doraendre.com/magicalmeadows

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Fifteen Incredible Women Problem Solvers Nov 11, 2022

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P J Hoover is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her new #Nonfiction Title Problem Solvers, 15 Innovative Women Engineers and Coders. P J tells us that when engineers are faced with an impossible problem, they don't quit. They look for solutions. P J introduces us to 15 women who are coders and engineers who have faced impossible problems and found solutions. They are each doing amazing work in technical fields while facing unique challenges that are not equally faced by men. Some have faced work/life balance offsets and long-distance relationship challenges. Others have faced teen pregnancy, homelessness, and domestic abuse. Many may have not had the same technical encouragement growing up that their male colleagues had. This is a fascinating and inspiring conversation.

Click here to visit P J's website - http://www.pjhoover.com/books_wop.php

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The Umbrella Project Nov 10, 2022

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Dr Jennifer Forristal is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate The Umbrella Project. Dr Jenn tells us that The Umbrella Proect equips kids, parents, and educators with positive social and emotional coping skills to help them live confident, healthy, and meaningful lives in the face of life's uncertainties and struggles. She says kids with a full umbrella of coping skills:

- respond with grit, resilience, and empathy. - show kindness to others while still caring for themselves. - are intrinsically motivated to reach their goals while practicing self-compassion when they fall short of their own expectations. - actively practice mindfulness and gratitude. - contribute to healthy families, schools, and communities.

A child's umbrella is made up of things they CAN CONTROL in the face of circumstances that they CAN'T – and they need YOU to help them learn how to strengthen their umbrella skills!

Click here to visit Dr Jenn's website - https://umbrellaproject.co/

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Beloved Nov 09, 2022

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Kory Henkel is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celeebrate Beloved, a beautiful #PictureBook based on a song written by recording artist Jordan Feliz. Kory is the Director of Marketing & Communication for Centricity Music, and the editor of Beloved. He tells us he never dreamed of editing a #ChildrenBook and relives the delightful way the idea came to life. Kory also gives us some insight in to the World of Christian music, some of the stars he is currently working with, and relives the night he was called off of a tour bus, suffering from pneumonia to meet our host Jedlie and his daughter.

Click here to visit the Centricity Music website - https://centricitymusic.com/team/kory-henkel/

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Helping Kids Deal With Their Overwhelm Nov 08, 2022

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Jenn Wint is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate Josie's Busy Calendar. Jenn tells us that Josie's Busy Calendar.is a 'self care' story for school aged kids, that she wrote for her son to explain her feelings of overwhelm while suffering postpartum anxiety. The story explores Josies anxiety as she returns to her activities and friends after returning to school and filling her empty calendar. The story names anxiety and explores the tummy knots kids can experience when they feel overwhelmed or anxious. Josie finds a way to manage her calendar and therefore her overwhelm, easing her anxiety. The book aims to normalize and offer tools for the feelings of anxiety that come with transitions.

Click here to visit Jenn's website - https://www.wintcommunications.com/books

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The Lost Colors Nov 07, 2022

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Sally Alexander is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate her #MiddleGrade #Novel The Lost Colors. Sally tells us in this fun #fantasy that when a rogue experiment removes all colors from the world, a girl and her talking cat must save humanity from cat-astrophe. No one is more surprised than young Caitlin Maggert when she wakes up to her cat Rio talking to her and the world around them suddenly cloaked in grays without any colors. But when they team up with Caitlin's best friends to investigate the odd phenomenon, they discover a much larger sinister plan underway…and it's up to them to stop it, before it's too late. A brilliant scientist, a criminal mastermind, world destruction…come face to face with three clever girls and a talking cat in this thrilling chapter book.

Click here to visit Sally's Website - https://www.sallyalexander.com/published-work.html

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