Reading With Your Kids Podcast

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

Jedlie's Magic Circus is a totally interactive school assembly to inpsire kids to make healthy choices. Find out how to bring this show to your kids' school by visiting www.jedlie.com The author of Eat To Beat Alzheimer's Francie Healey is back with another totally interactive recipe for you. Today she teaches us how we can get into the kitchen and work with our kids to cook deeeeelicious Pumpkin Pancakes. And while we are at it we can talk to our kids about making healthy choices. Good food, good conversations, important life lessons. It's a win-win-win experience for your family. Click here to visit Francie's Web Site

Find out how you can invite Jedlie to your child's school to inspire students to be caring & respectful. Please visit www.jedlie.com I think this is an incredibly important episode of the Reading With Your Kids Podcast. Our guest is Kathleen Burkenshaw, author of The Last Cherry Blossom. Based loosely on author Kathleen Burkinshaw's mother's firsthand experience surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, The Last Cherry Blossom hopes to warn readers of the immense damage nuclear war can bring, while reminding them that the "enemy" in any war is often not so different from ourselves. Please click here to find Kathleen's book on Amazon

The Great Maritini is a fun book that inspires kids to be kind. Now available as an ebook and in print. Click here to find it on Amazon For as long as she can remember Leslea Wahl has been a creator of stories. She is thrilled now to be able to share some of them with others. She has been driven by a belief that our purpose in life is to use our gifts to glorify God and lead others to Him. She feels blessed to have found a way to intertwine her two passions by creating adventurous stories with positive Christian messages for today's youth that she hopes will entertain and inspire others to find their gifts as well. Please click here to visit Leslea's web site

Find out how you can invite Jedlie to inspire students at your child's school to be kind & respectful. Visit www.jedlie.com Ceryl Carpinello is a retired high school English teacher. As a teacher she was introduced to writings and authors from times long past. She fell in love with the Ancient and Medieval Worlds. She is now using that love to inspire young readers and those Young-at-Heart to read more through her Tales and Legends for Reluctant Readers. Please click here to visit Cheryl's Amazon page

Your kids will want to read Jedlie's new book The Great Maritini again and again and again. Named a top book to teach kids kindness. Get your copy here Author Sarah Hays joins us from her home just outside of Austin Texas to tell us about her book Not Again! The Adventures of Breanne and Allison. As the title implies the book all about the fun sister Breanne and Allison get into and out of. Based on the adventures and misadventures of Sarah's own daughters. You will love getting to know about Sarah and her family Click here to get your copy of Sarah's book Not Again

The Great Maritini has been named one of the top books that help teach kids to be kind by Childrenspublishing.com . Download your ebook for free here. Erica Graham is a speech and language pathologist. She is also a mom who understands the difficulty parents have finding time to work on speech with their children. In her pursuit to create a fun easy way for therapists, children, and their parents to enhance speech development while promoting literacy, she has written a series of exciting children's books called Talking Tales. Each book focuses on a core sound used in the English language. Click here to visit Erica's Amazon page

The Great Maritini, the new book from Jedlie, recently named to a list of top books that teach children kindness. Click here to get your copy Today we Skype our way across the Pond to meet Lynn Emslie. Lynn is the author of Jasper & Milo's New home. This is a delightful story about two little dogs who find themselves in a new home. Click here to find Jasper & Milo on Amazon

Jedlie's We Choose Respect is a totally interactive school assembly that inspires students to build respect filled, caring & inclusive schools. To find out more please visit www.jedlie.com Today we meet author, musician, artist and mum Devra Robitaille. Devra is here to celebrate her wonderful Muffy the Dog series. This is truly a delightful series of books that your whole family will love. In our interview Devra tells us about her books, but also shares some of her experiences working with such musical legends as John Lennon, the Jackson 5 and Mike Oldfield. This is a fascinating conversation you do not want to miss. Please click here to visit Devra's Amazon Page