Reading With Your Kids Podcast

Today we welcome author Lisa Caprelli to the podcast to celebrate her delightful Unicorn jazz Picture Book series. Unicorn Jazz is all about a Unicorn who moves to a new community and discovers how difficult it can be sometimes to make new friends. This is a fun and inspirational book with a magical song that children will enjoy singing long after they hear the book. Unicorn Jazz has positive messages for children of all ages.  

Today we welcome Deimosa Weber Bey to the show. Deimosa is here to tell us about Scholastic's Reading A Palooza Summer reading Challenge. This is a free program designed to be both educational and fun to help prevent the effects of the summer slide—the learning losses that can occur during the summer months.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Man landing on the Moon we welcome Karen Jameson to the show. Karen is here to reflect on that momentous day and to celebrate her brand new picture book "Moon Babies"

Today we welcome Tom O'Toole to celebrate his new kidlit The Crab Apple Tree. Tom wrote The Crab Apple Tree to teach kids how to accept and love the differences in all of us! In many ways this story is about Tom's life growing up as a gay boy convinced that there was something wrong with him and hearing the voice of his creator say "I Love You."

Today we welcome back Cat Blount to celebrate her new Kidlit The Determiners. Poor DETERMINERS! You find them in many sentences, but sadly, they mostly go unnoticed.Will That and the other DETERMINERS convince the king that they are as important as ADJECTIVES?A fun, educational story to introduce DETERMINERS.