Reading With Your Kids Podcast

In this episode of Reading with Your Kids, host Jed Doherty had the pleasure of speaking with two talented children's book authors - Michelle Schaub and Ty Trotter.  Michelle Schaub shared insights into her two latest books, "A Place for Rain" and "Leafy Landmarks: Travels with Trees." "A Place for Rain" is a lyrical story about a classroom that comes together to build a rain garden, teaching kids about the importance of green infrastructure and capturing rainwater to prevent pollution. Michelle emphasized her goal of empowering young readers to take small, impactful actions to help the environment.  "Leafy Landmarks" is a unique poetry collection that takes readers on a family road trip to visit historic and remarkable trees across the United States. Michelle drew from her own childhood memories, like climbing a beloved sycamore tree in college, to inspire the book's warm, personal tone. Listeners were fascinated to learn about "Moon Trees" - tree seeds that were sent to space and then planted back on Earth.