Reading With Your Kids Podcast

Jedlie inspires kids to be kind, caring & respectful. Please click here to visit www.jedlie.com to learn how to bring this exciting school assembly to your community Jen Malone is a fun guest! She writes flirty young adult travel romances with HarperCollins and fun and humorous "girl power” middle grade adventures with Simon & Schuster. Jen’s published titles include Changes in Latitudes, Best Night Ever, The Sleepover, the You’re Invited series (with Gail Nall), At Your Service, Map to the Stars, Wanderlost, and Follow Your Art (a collaboration with Dreamworks Animation and Penguin Random House on a companion story to the animated film Trolls). She once spent a year traveling the world solo, met her husband on the highway (literally), and went into labor with her identical twins while on a rock star's tour bus. Click here to visit Jen's web site

Jedlie's Totally Interactive Magic Circus inspires kids to make healthy choices. Please click here to visit our web site to find out how to bring this exciting school assembly to your community. In a slight diversion from our usual format this week we meet the author of a book for adults, Fiona Maria Simon. She is a former journalist, travel writer, editor, and communications director of the Boulder, Colorado, Chamber of Commerce. She is passionate about developing healthy food products and inspiring and empowering others with her story. Lured by the adventures of entrepreneurship, she launched her own organic granola company and led it to success despite having no business background and simultaneously juggling the demands of being a single mom. Her book is a story of challenges, hardships, and triumphs, both personal and professional. Click here to visit Fiona' web site

Jedlie's The Great Maritini takes kids back in time to meet a magician who learns the greatest magic comes from kindness. Click here to get your copy for only 99 cents! Steve Altier, author who brought you "We Can't Move at Christmas!" Now brings you the first book in the Gabby and Maddox adventure series "Adventures in Italy!" Travel back in time with the siblings to the days of ancient Rome. Enjoy the Roman Chariot races and visit the Coliseum . See the fine paintings of Michael Angelo at the Sistine Chapel. Their journey also includes stops in Pisa & Venice. Click here ti find Steve's book on Amazon

Jedlie's nationally acclaimed school assembly inspires kids to build safe, respect filled, bully free schools. Please click here to visit www.jedlie.com to learn how to bring this program to your community. Oh what a fun show this is. Our guest is G Brian Benson, author of the very fun picture book Steve The Alien. Bian is the founder of Reawaken Media, is an award-winning author, inspirational TEDX speaker, filmmaker, radio personality, consultant, and actor. His mission is to wake up the world with conscious, thought-provoking media that inspires. Click here to find Steve the Alien on Amazon

The Great Maritini discovers the greatest trick is turning feelings of caring into action to help others. Click here to get your copy of this wonderful picture book. Today we meet author Lindsay Barry. Born in Pennsylvania, Lindsay calls herself a MomTrepreneur, balancing her role as mom, author and business woman. Her brand new book Journey to Constellation Station. This wonderful book will whisk you and your children into a special part of space where you will gaze through a unique telescope of stars. Click here to visit Lindsay's web site

Jedlie's nationally acclaimed school assembly inspires kids to celebrate our differences and to make everyone feel welcome and included. Please click here to visit www.jedlie.com Helen Hipp is a positively wonderful author who is dedicated to helping kids celebrate the fact that they are positively different. She is here today to talk about her books A Different Kind of Safari & Rosie and Friends, Positively Different. This is an inspiring interview, filling with advice for all parents. Click here to find Helen's books on Amazon

Jedlie's School Assembly We Choice Respect inspires kids to have empathy and to be kind and respectful. Please visit www.jedlie.com to learn how to bring this program to your community. Today's guest, Kimberly Ballou, has created a powerful story of love, hope and empathy. Her debut middle grade novel When Daronte's Father Went To Prison tells a heart breaking story of how a 10 year old boy's life is turned upside down by his father's bad choices. In our interview Kimberly tells us she was inspired to write this book because so many of the inner city children she was teaching had to deal with this reality. This is an eye opening interview about an inspiring book. Please click here to find Kimberly's book on Amazon

Jedlie's Nationally Acclaimed School Assembly Boss Of My Body inspires kids to make healthy choices. Please visit www.jedlie.com to learn how to bring this powerful program to your community Today we are joined by multi talented artist, author and journalist Meaghan Meehan. Meaghan is passionate about expressing her visions and supporting other artists. This is a fascinating interview with an incredible artist. Please click here to connect with Meaghan on Twitter

Jedlie's Nationally Acclaimed School Assembly We Choose Respect inspires kids to build safe and caring school communities. Please visit www.jedlie.com to learn how to bring this program to your community One of our favorite guests, Devra Robaitelle, is back to tell us about her first YA title The Henge. "Away to the north of the Noble Village of the Arts there is, buried in a jade lake at the bottom of a quarry, a stone with magical properties—a stone that sings." Is it a surprise that a multi talented artist like Devra who toured singing with some of music's most legendary performers would create a world where a rock can sing? It also should come as no surprise that this is a wonderfully entertaining conversation. Click here to find your copy of The Henge on Amazon

Looking to inspire kids to build safe, caring, bully free schools? Be sure to visit www.jedlie.com to learn more about Jedlie's Totally Interactive & Inspirational School Assemblies We are big believers in reading with all of your kids, at every age. Our guest today is Kendare Blake, author of the dark and fun YA novel Three Dark Crowns. This is the second in Kendare's Dark Throne Series. You will love getting to know Kendare and the surprising event that inspired her dark tales. Please click here to visit Kendare's web site  

Jedlie's We Choose Respect is a fun & funny, totally interactive school assembly that inspires kids to be respectful, caring and inclusive. To learn more please click here to visit www.jedlie.com Adam T Newman is here and boy did we have a blast! Adam T. Newman is an award winning, children's book author whose childhood consisted of sports, reading comic books and playing with action figures. He loves to laugh, and he loves to share hilarious, heart warming stories about his kids. He is here today telling us about he hilaroius books The Girl Who Lost Her Voice, How To Catch a Cold and How to Fight a Cold. Click here to visit Adam's website

Another great 5 star review for The Great Maritini "My 5 year old loved reading it with me and we both laughed out loud at some of the Great Maritini's exploits." Click here to get your copy for only 99 cents In an ideal world our kids would never have to deal with issues like homelessness. But we don't live in an ideal world, and issues like homelessness are real. Too many kids in our world find themselves without a home. Charlotte Cooper, a veteran social worker in Edmunton, Alberta, Canada, has created the Gerry Mouse series. This picture book series addresses the issue of homelessness is a non threatening, respectful way, helping us help our kids develop empathy for those less fortunate than us. Click here to find Gerry Mouse on Amazon

The Great Maritini by Jedlie is a fun & funny picture book that teaches kids to be kind. Click here to get your copy for as low as 99 cents! Oh what a fun episode this is. One of our favorite guests, Pembroke Sinclair, (also known as Jessica Robinson) author of the oh so scary Life After The Undead, joins us to tell us about her favorite scary stories for kids of all ages. Who would have thunk that be scared could be so much fun! Click here to find Pembroke's creepily fun books on Amazon

The Great Maritini by Jedlie is a fun & funny picture book that teaches kids to have the courage to help others. Click here to read the kindle version for free! Christa Avampato joins us today to introduce us to her YA novel Emerson Page and Where The Light Enters. This is a fascinating story deftly told, a tale of courage and a gritty investigation. 13 year old Emerson Page wants to find out what happened to her mother, a world renowned anthropologits who died on the steps of a museum. Her journey to discover the answers about her mother's mysterious death takes her deep below the streets of New York City on a dangerous adventure into a magical world of books. There, she learns the stunning truth about her mother and her own destiny to continue her mother's legacy. Click here to get your copy of Emerson Page & Where the Light Enters

Looking for a fun school assembly that promotes respect? Please check out Jedlie's We Choose Respect at www.jedlie.com One of our favorite guests Francie Healey returns with another super healthy, do it together recipe you and your kids will love - Quinoa Black Bean Salad. Francie not only shares the recipe but also helps us understand the benefits of the different ingredients and how to talk to our kids about making healthy choices. Please click here to visit Francie's Web Site

Another great 5 star review for The Great Maritini - "I LOVE THIS BOOK! I think it is a beautiful story. The artwork IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT." Click here to get your copy for only 99 cents! Our guest today is award winning author Jeff Zentner. Jeff is the author of the poignant YA title Goodbye Days. One day Carver Briggs had it all—three best friends, a supportive family, and a reputation as a talented writer at his high school. The next day he lost it all—when he sent a simple text to his friend Mars, right before he, Eli, and Blake were killed in a car crash. Now, Carver can’t stop blaming himself for the accident and he’s not the only one. This is a powerful book, and a thought provoking interview. Click here to visit Jeff's web site

The Great Maritini just received another great 5 star review on Amazon - "What a wonderful little book about the magic that happens when we take time to care about others." Click here to get your copy. Today's episode is a bit different. We will be talking to Michelle Vattula, a children's author who's first book will debut in the Spring of 2019. We will talk to Michelle about her soon to be released book Stalking Seagulls, the process of getting a children's book published, Finland and aggressive seagulls on the Revere Beach. Trust us, you will love getting to know Michelle. Click here to visit Michelle's web site

Jedlie has inspired millions of smiles with his nationally acclaimed school assembly program We Choose Respect. Find out how to bring this program to your kids' school by visiting www.jedlie.com In this episode we call from Boston, the Athens of American to the original Athens in Greece to speak with author Nicholas Rossis. Nicholas is a pprolific writer of many different genres. Today we are speaking about his wonderful kidlit. We begin by chatting about Runaway Smile - A little boy wakes up in the morning and realizes he has lost his smile. After spending the entire day trying to find it, he learns the truth behind smiles: the only real smiles are the shared ones. We also talk about Musiville, a fabulous story of a land where the musical instruments are animals, or are the animals musical instruments? Click here to visit Nicholas' web site

Jedlie uses magic, music, comedy & illusions to inspire kids to build bully free schools. Find out how you can bring this important assembly to your kids' school by visiting www.jedlie.com Talk about a fascinating guest. Theodore Jerome Cohen is an author, illustrator, scientist, explorer, private investigator, in fact he has had 4 island off of Antarctica named after him! He joins us today to talk about Pepe Builds A Nest. This is a wonderful story about making the right choices and dealing with bullies! Pepe, the penguin, needs to build a nest for Miss Amber and him. But Otto, the bully, keeps stealing his stones. See how Pepe and others solve the problem, finally bringing Pepe and Otto together as friends. Click here to find Pepe on Amazon - Available in English, French & Spanish

The Great Maritini is wonderful little book about the magic that happens when we take time to care about others. Click here to get your copy for only 99 cents! Today our guest is 18 year old Leela Ayyar. She is here to talk about her Kickstarter campaign to launch her children's book Elara STEM Girl. Leela is committed to help inspire girls to overcome any obstacle they may encounter and follow their dreams to get into the science, technology, engineering and math fields. Leela talks passionately about her project and how she feels it will make a difference. We encourage you to listen and be inspired to help make Elara STEM Girl a reality. Click here to visit the Elara Kickstarter page