Latest Podcast Episodes & Posts

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...
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...
It’s gifting season and our Inboxes and social feeds are flooded with gift guides and recommendations, often with the same overlapping recommendations. That’s why I have something different for you! Today, I’m sharing a collection of unique gifts for the reader and writer in your life (and YOU!) who is working...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with author and illustrator Devin Elle Kurtz about her debut picture book: The Bakery Dragon. This book will take you on a magical journey with Ember, a tiny dragon with a heart of gold and a taste for treats on a...
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Liz Garton Scanlon about her newest Bibsy Cross book series. This is a delightful series around a regular-pegular third grader, her family and her friends. There are currently 2 books in the series, soon to be four, and it’s already...