Latest Podcast Episodes & Posts
It’s time for my annual notebook stack reveal! Today, I’m sharing my 2025 notebook stack: all the notebooks I’m using and loving and why. Right now, I’ve got a stack of 7 notebooks I’ll use across the coming weeks and months…and maybe one...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Yamile Saied Mendez about her newest middle grade novel: The Beautiful Game. The Beautiful Game is an uplifting, heartfelt novel about family, self-confidence, the power of second chances and soccer, too. Come listen as we talk about the power of...
It’s Christmas Eve! A couple of weeks ago, I released my gifting episode: Gifts for Restorative Reading & Writing. It was such a popular episode and everyone LOVED the homemade coupon I created for you to give to a friend and enjoy a reading and writing session together. And now….I’m giving...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Sara Holly Ackerman and Alona Millgram about their newest picture book: Challah for Shabbat Tonight. This beautiful picture book celebrates Jewish joy and intergenerational love as it follows a girl and her grandmother preparing for Shabbat dinner by baking traditional...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with James Preller about his newest middle grade novel: Shaken. This book is about a girl who has dedicated her whole life to soccer and finds herself with a serious concussion after a play went wrong in the game. The aftermath...
As we move through December, I find myself alternating between filling my home with holiday spirit and decluttering EVERYTHING as I think about starting fresh in the new year.Can you relate? And while I’ve recently sorted and refreshed my bookshelves, it’s been a long while since I have done the same...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Alex London & Paul O. Zelinsky about their picture book: Still Life. This delightful book invites readers into the world of art…but that world isn’t always what it seems. Come listen as we talk about the middle-of-the-night moment that inspired...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Shifa Saltagi Safadi about her new middle grade novel: Kareem Between. It’s a coming-of-age novel-in-verse about a Syrian American boy and his struggles, big and small, as he navigates middle school. It’s powerful, it’s emotional, it’s lyrical, it’s quintessential middle...
