Reading With Your Kids Podcast

Jedlie's nationally acclaimed school assembly We Choose Respect inspires kids to be caring, respectful and inclusive. To find out how to bring this show to your kids' school please visit www.jedlie.com So much wisdom is shared on today's episode. Our guest is Doreen Grace Kester, author of Paisley. Paisley is a wonderful book that empowers kids. Doreen talks to us about teaching kids to strengthen themselves with positive self talk and reminds us that no one can make us feel small without our permission. Please click here to visit Doreen's web site

The Great Maritini, he doesn't have a mustache, but he has a really fun story and great lesson for kids about kindness. Click here to get your copy for only 99 cents at Amazon Our guest today is author Kristi Wientge. Kristi is the author of the delightfully touching book Karma Khullar's Mustache. This book tackles the uncomfortable—but all too relatable—subject of female body hair and self-esteem with this sweet and charming novel in the tradition of Judy Blume. Click here to visit Kristi's web site

The Great Maritini is a fun & funny book that inspires kids to have the courage to come to the rescue of anyone in need. Click here and get your copy for only 99 cents! AMY WAESCHLE is an author, professional editor, and wilderness medicine instructor for the Wilderness Medicine Institute. She joins us to talk about her soon to be released Rescued series. This is a very exciting, and timely series that looks into the heros that are willing to run towards danger to save us from natural and manmade disasters. She also has some great advice that can help us stay safe. Click here to visit Amy's Amazon page

Jedlie uses music, magic, comedy & illusions to inspire kids to be respectful of themselves & community. To learn how to bring this exciting school assembly to your community please visit www.jedlie.com I love to remind kids that books have the power to take us back in time, and to inspire us to dream about what we can experience in the future. Our guest today is Dorothea Jensen,an expert at helping readers travel back in time to experience history. We talk today about her historical novel a Buss From Lafayette. Click here to find Dorothea's books on Amazon

The Great Maritini inspires kids to turn feelings of caring into action to help others. Click here to read for free via Amazon Unlimited One of our favorite guests, Carmela Dutra, is back to tell us about her delightful Lorenzo The Bear series. Carmela is an award winning author who has a passion for working with kids. Her Lorenzo The Bear series is a fun series of books that talk about friendship. Click here to find Carmela's books on Amazon

Jedlie inspires kids to be respectful with his unique blend of magic, music and comedy. To find out more please visit www.jedlie.com Fellow author and magician Rick Starkey joins us from his home in Tennessee to tell us about his book Blues Bones. Blues Bones tells us the story of 13 year old Rodney Becker and how he gets over his severe case of stage fright, with voodoo! All sorts of adventures and mayhem follow. A fun read and a fun interview. Click here to find Rick's book on Amazon

Jedlie uses incredible illusions to inspire kids to build caring, inclusive school families. Find out how to bring this wonderful assembly to your school by visiting www.jedlie.com We had such a fun and enlightening chat with Dr Paul Semendinger, an author and principal of an elementary school in New Jersey. He knows kids, how to inspire them and make them laugh. His Principal Sam series is a wonderfully fun series that inspires kids to be respectful and inclusive. Find all of Paul's books on amazon by clicking here

Jedlie's The Great Maritni is a fun picture book that inspires kids to be kind. Get your copy for only 99 cents at Amazon Author Nita Ganguly believes that kids can save the world. She has written two wonderful picture books, Hello Earth Here We Come & Poly Trap, that talk to kids about the ways they can make the world a better place. Nita believes that my making simple changes in our life styles we can save the Earth from a potential environmental crisis. Click here to find Nita's books on amazon

The Great Maritini just received the coveted Story Monsters Approval. Click here to read for free with kindle unlimited Today we talk with Jen Milius, storyteller and people whisperer. Not sure we did any whispering but we sure did laugh a lot during our chat about her wonderful kidlit picture book series Einstein and Moo, We also talk and laugh about spiders. It is a fun conversation we know you will enjoy. Click here to find Jen's books on amazon

Jedlie's Magic Circus is an exciting school assembly that inspires kids to be kind & respectful. To find out more please visit www.jedlie.com We had such a great time speaking with Kate Wiseman, author of the soon to be released middle grades series Gangster School. This is a hilarious series that is currently only available in German. An English e book edition will be available in the Spring of 2018. Click here to visit Kate's web site

The Great Maritini by Jedlie is a wonderful book that teaches kids to be kind. Read it for free by clicking here Jessica Etting & Alyssa Schwartz are here to tell us about their fabulous YA title The Lost Causes. The Lost Causes are five teens with serious problems and only one thing in common: people have written them off. Now they’re thrown together in group therapy, with vague promises of healing. Their problems do go away when they drink the water their therapist gives them. But that’s because it’s not just water ... This is a thrilling sci fi book that you will love reading too. And it brings up lots of great topics to talk about with your teens. Unknowingly, the teens have ingested a serum that gives them psychic powers, part of an FBI plan to find out who was behind the grisly murder that has rocked their small town. Their new powers will help them uncover clues and follow leads that have eluded the authorities, and their outsider status gives them the perfect cover. Be sure to get your copy of the

Jedlie's Magic Circus inspires kids to use their imaginations to see all of the wonders of the World. To learn how to bring this nationally acclaimed school assembly to your community please visit www.jedlie.com. Kishmi Davis has created a hilarious look at a true modern day crisis, the wifi is down! With so many kids becoming glued to their screens they can experience a major meltdown when their access to the internet is down. In this hilarious conversation we learn that Kishmi's book was based on real life experiences, and we learn that thankfully kids can survive when all they are left with is their imaginations and our beautiful world. You can find Kishmi's wonderful book on Amazon by clicking here

The Great Maritini by Jedlie has just earned Story Monster Approval status. We hope it will earn your family's approval too. Read it for free here We have all heard of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, but you may not have Ronaldo and the Reindeer Flying Academy. Maxine Sylvester has created a wonderful tale kids and parents will love. In this adventure Ronaldo faces his toughest challenge ever, The Endurance Challenge. Will he be victorious or will his mean brothers Dasher, Comet and Prancer ruin his chances? Get your copy of Ronaldo here on Amazon

Jedlie inspires kids to be the boss of their own bodies and to make healthy choices. Please click here to learn more. Fayth Thomas is an educator who believes it is never too early to give our kids the information they need to make healthy choices, We agree. In her book Being The Best You she "deliberates diabetes in a way that children can understand. Years ago, it was rare to hear about a child with type 2 diabetes. Now, according to the CDC, more than 208,000 people younger than 20 have this disease. With real-life examples told by children, the book inspires readers to do their part to combat this disease." Please click here to find Being The Best You on Amazon

Jedlie's The Great Maritini has earned the coveted Story Monsters Approval Status. To get your copy of this great book that teaches kids kindness please click here. This is a super important episode for all families. One of our favorite guests, Debbie Roppolo, returns to tell us about her touching book "He's My Borther." The diagnosis of autism devastates every member of a family, sometimes impacting siblings the hardest. Based on her own family's experience with autism the book tells the story of twelve year-old Jonathan Roper. Forced to move away from everything that he's familiar so that his younger brother Cameron can get better services, Jonathan feels alone and forgotten. Can he overcome his feelings of resentment and sadness, or will Cameron's autism drive a wedge between the brothers that can't be overcome? This book also contains answers to frequently asked questions, a resource page, and more. Click here to find He's My Brother on Amazon

Jedlie inspires kids to be inclusive and embrace friendships with kids from every culture. Find out how to bring this exciting school assembly to your community by visiting www.jedlie.com Our guest today is Dr Soma Mandal. She is here to talk about her wonderful book Sonya Sahni and the First Grade. Soma was inspired to write this book by her daughter's experience in first grade. The book tells the story of Sonya, a first grader torn between her roots. She was born in the USA but her parents are Indian...she desperately wants to fit in and be American. Her parents want her to embrace who she is, but Sonya feels like a misfit. This is a wonderful story about a little girl who discovers her identity and learns to appreciate who she is. A must read for any child or adult who feels different from the rest of the world. Please visit Soma's page on Amazon

Jedlie inspires students to work together to build caring, inclusive schools. Please visit www.jedlie.com to find out more Today we welcome author Wendy McLeod MacKnight. Wendy is the author of a wonderful middle grade book It's A Mystery Pig Face. In this fun interview Wendy talks about her home provence of New Brunswick, Canada and some of the great discussion her book can inspire. Please click here to find It's A Mystery Pig Face on Amazon

Jedlie's Magic Circus Inspires kids To Build Bully Free Schools To Find Out How To Invite This Exciting School Assembly Program To Your Community Please Visit www.jedlie.com Two of our favorite authors, Sheri Fink & Derek Taylor Kent, return to the Reading With Your Kids Podcast to tell us about their new book Counting Sea Life With The Little SeaHorse. This is a fabulous, totally interactive book filled with all sorts of wild sea creatures that will spark your child's imagination. Click here to visit Sheri's web page Click here to visit Derek's web page

Another 5 star review for The Great Maritini "A wonderful and amusing story. Beautifully written with a nice message at the end." Click here to get your copy Carol P Roman is the award winning author of over 50 children's books. She is here today to talk about her two brilliant If You Were Me series. If You Were Me & Lived In... is a series that introducing kids to other cultures, great to help kids develop empathy and to be inclusive. Her second If You Were Me & Lived In series places children in different points in history, opening their minds to exploration and discovery. Click here to visit Carole's Amazon page

The Great Maritini is a wonderful book that inspires young readers to be kind. Click here to get your copy Elizabeth Arroyo spent most of her younger years as an avid reader with a wild imagination which led her to write her first manuscript at the age of fourteen. Her love of action & adventure led Elizabeth to write Tthe Second Sign and the Second Shadow, a dark YA paranormal romance series, and Darkness, a YA paranormal thriller. Click here to visit Elizabeth's Amazon page