Reading With Your Kids Podcast

Jedlie's nationally acclaimed school assembly program gives students information they need to make healthy choices for their lives. To find out more please visit www.jedlie.com Ellen Piano is here today to talk about her book The Sex Decision. As the title implies the book deals with a decision all teens face, whether or not to have sex. The book also many other issues facing teens today. While our conversation today is dealing with mature subject matter there is no graphic content. Find Ellen's book on Amazon here

Inspire students to work cooperatively to build a bully free school. Please visit our web site www.jedlie.com Our guest today is Sojourner McConnell. Sojourner McConnell is grandmother to thirteen grandchildren. With all those grandchildren, she has crafted her storytelling skills. Sojourner's new book is a children's chapter book, Who's That in the Cat Pajamas which is available on Amazon now. Please click here to find Sojourner on Amazon

Jedlie's fantastic picture book The Great Maritini is a fun & funny book that teaches kids kindness. Click here to get your copy today. We love authors who inspire kids to learn about STEM, especially authors looking to inspire girls to look into Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathmatics. Our guest today, Carmela Dutra, has created a wonderful book that inspires all kids to reach for the stars, and the moon. Little Katie Goes To The Moon is a book you will want in your child's library Click here to get your copy of Little Katie Goes To The Moon

The Great Maritini is a fun story that teaches kids to be kind. Get your copy here today. Today our guest is Rosie Russell, the author of the wonderful kids book Beasley's Journey and many others. Rosie studied Early Childhood Education and taught students in elementary and middle school for fifteen years in the Midwest. Rosie now writes and illustrates full time and is looking forward to sharing her books with students, encouraging them to write and illustrate their own stories. Click here to visit Rosie's Amazon page

Jedlie's We Choose Respect School Assembly program inspires kids to choose to be respectful to everybody, everyday, everywhere. To find out more please visit www.jedlie.com Lizette Lantigua is here to tell us about her thrilling Mission Libertad. This work of fiction is based on many true stories of people escaping persecution in Cuba. Lizette also talks to us about her Good News Book Fairs which are very popular among Catholic schools and churches Click here to visit Liz's Good News Book Fair page

The Great Maritini is a fun and well written morale story. A wonderful retelling of the parable of the Good Samaritan in a modern and inclusive non-religious way. Get your copy or read for free at Amazon Veteran educator Dr Terance Shipman is here to tell us about his fun time as a kindergarten teacher & about the value of having males teach younger kids. He is also here to invite us to be a part of his kickstarter campaign to make Mr Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles come to life. Click here to visit Dr Terance Shipman's web site

The Great Maritini inspires kids to be kind and caring. Get your copy or read for free here at Amazon Its time to celebrate. The Reading With Your Kids podcast is 100 episodes old. We have had some fantastic guests, and our 100th guest is no exception. Meadow Griffin, author of Legends of Erin, joins us for a really fun chat about fantasy and the true nature of leprechauns Click here to find Meadow's books on Amazon

Jedlie Is Coming - The new school year has begun, and Jedlie is on the road inspiring students to transform caring into action. To find out how you can bring this incredible school assembly to your area please visit www.jedlie.com Oh you are in for a treat. Today's guest Lydia Lukidis is full of energy and lots and lots of fun, just like her books. Today we learn about her amazingly fun picture books Gerbs in the House and Melvin and the Madcap Musical. Click here to find Lydia's books on Amazon

Don't wait! Available dates to bring Jedlie's nationally acclaimed school assembly programs are filling fast. Find out how Jedlie can inspire your community to be caring and respectful. Please visit www.jedlie.com Today we are joined by mom, baker extroidinaire and author Shennice Cleckley. She is here to celebrate being a mom, and to tell us about her wonderful Mommy & Lewis picture book series. You can find Shennice's books here on Amazon

The Great Maritini is a wonderful and amusing story about a magician for whom things have a tendency to go wrong from time to time. Beautifully written with a nice message at the end. Click here to get your copy. We take a bit of a departure from our typical format. Our guest today is Recovery expert and therapist Holli Kenley. Holli has recently released her latest book for parents Power Down, Parent Up. In this decade, our digital world has grown exponentially as has the degree of time both adults and children are spending on their screens. Not surprisingly, researchers are discovering a myriad of unhealthy behaviors associated with excessive screen time. In “Power Down & Parent Up”, Kenley expands on her groundbreaking book Cyber Bullying No More, giving parents/guardians effective strategies to integrate into their lives and their children’s. How can we navigate a tech-driven world and raise tech-healthy children? This interview was so filled with important information we couldn't fit it all into just

Jedlie's totally interactive school assembly teaches kids to use technology respectfully. To find out how to bring this important presentation to your school please visit www.jedlie.com We take a bit of a departure from our typical format. Our guest today is Recovery expert and therapist Holli Kenley. Holli has recently released her latest book for parents Power Down, Parent Up. In this decade, our digital world has grown exponentially as has the degree of time both adults and children are spending on their screens. Not surprisingly, researchers are discovering a myriad of unhealthy behaviors associated with excessive screen time. In “Power Down & Parent Up”, Kenley expands on her groundbreaking book Cyber Bullying No More, giving parents/guardians effective strategies to integrate into their lives and their children’s. How can we navigate a tech-driven world and raise tech-healthy children? This interview was so filled with important information we couldn't fit it all into just one episode. Please click

Do you remember how excited you were by school assemblies? Jedlie's We Choose Respect Assembly program will excite & inspire students to be kind, caring & respectful Dawn Wynne is an Amazon Children's Best Seller. She is also an award-winning educator with more than 15 years experience teaching students from kindergarten through high school, including special needs students, English Language Learners, and at-risk youths. She is here today to talk to us about her fantastic book Earth Remembers When. Click here to visit Dawn's Amazon Page

Jedlie's We Choose Respect inspires kids to treat everyone with the respect they want people to give them. A school assembly that makes a difference. Author Britt Leigh joins us today to tell us about her YA title Ten Commandments for Kissing Gloria Jean. A 14-year-old girl who wants her first kiss more than anything gets diagnosed with Celiac disease, prompting important considerations about her body and her Catholic faith. Themes include: faith, choices, and sex & relationships. Click here to find Britt's book on Amazon

Jedlie's The Great Maritini is a fun book that helps teach kids to be kind and caring. Get your copy here Rhonda Whitaker visits the Reading With Your Kids Podcast to tell us about her delightful book Uh Oh Baby. Uh-Oh Baby! is a baby bedtime story that provides parents and babies a special time for shared learning experiences and loving cuddles. It celebrates the wonder and the delight of "uh-oh" moments seen through the eyes of sweet infants and toddlers as they learn about their world. Click here to get your copy of Uh Oh Baby

Jedlie uses the wonders of magic & illusion to motivate kids to be caring & respectful. Find out how to bring this program to your child's school by visiting www.jedlie.com Our guest today is Brent A Ford, author of the interactive ebook A World of Wonder. A World of Wonder is a book designed to help children develop a wonder for, and an appreciation of, the world in which we all live. The book combines spectacular images with a variety of poetry and verse…from time-honored and classic to new and sometimes humorous. Get your copy of A World of Wonder here

The Great Maritini is a fun, modern, inclusive retelling of the story of the Good Samaritan. Click here to get your copy from Amazon. Available as an ebook and in print. My Buddy Knows is a great series of books by our guest Keith Wheeler. Keith says "Nothing makes me happier than to see a child smile while reading a book!" His greatest joy comes from the love and support he gets from his family. His My Buddy Knows series are fun and exciting books take the traditional method of learning through children’s books and adds a unique spin. By incorporating a flash card-like format, these books give the child the opportunity to become more involved in the learning experience. Click here to find Keith's books on Amazon

The Great Maritini has been named a great book that teaches kids kindness. Get your copy today at Amazon Our guest today is author James Minter. James is a dad to two grown-up children, and a step father to three more. His fiction writing career started some five years ago with books designed to appeal to the inner child in all of us - very English humour. Later his daughter Louise reminded him of the bedtime stories he told her and suggested he might like to commit them to paper for others to enjoy. He hasn't yet but instead embarked on writing the eight-book Billy Grows Up series for 7 to 9-year-old children. These are traditional stories, but with value based plots. Although the main character Billy and his friends are fictitious, Billy's dog, Jacko, is based on his family's much-loved pet, which, with their second dog Malibu, caused havoc and mayhem to the delight of his children and consternation of himself. Click here to find James' books on Amazon

Looking to teach your children to be kind, to help others? The Great Maritini is a wonderful book that reminds kids that transforming feelings of caring into action is the greatest transformation of all. Now available in print and as an ebook on Amazon Angel Krishna is here to talk about her two delightful picture books, Gabby's Space Adventures and Monkeys and Crocodiles Play Baseball. You will love learning about these playful books, and getting to know our guest Angel Krishna Click here to find Angel's books on Amazon

Jedlie's nationally acclaimed school assembly program is a magical experience that inspires kids to be kind, caring and respectful. Get more information by visiting www.jedlie.com Get ready for some fun. Jenny Ford is here to tell us about her great book Tilly and the Magical Mermaid. Tilly is at her happiest when she is at the beach looking for different kinds of shells and pebbles. She also has a great imagination, as she discovers when she meets the Magical Mermaid whilst out fishing with her Grandpa. But is it her imagination, or is it real? Get your copy of Tilly & the Magical Mermaid here  

The Great Maritini has been called a "great book that teaches children kindness" by ChildrensPublishing.com Available as an ebook or in print. Click here to get your copy from Amazon Our guest today is Geraldine Marshall author of Spider's Gift. Spider's Gift is the story of the Nativity told from the viewpoint of its tiniest participants--the cricket, the honeybee, and the spider--and emphasizes that every gift is valuable if it's offered with love. Children ages 3-9 will delight in this book that includes a story, a prayer, and pages of facts and folklore about spiders. Author and zoologist Geraldine Ann Marshall enchants readers and opens their hearts to the true Christmas story. Click here to visit Spider's Gift on Amazon