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Reading With Your Kids
Jedlie
Tips, author chats, and read-alouds to help parents raise children who love books and reading.
Building Towers of Trust and Love of Science Through Story
In this inspiring episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two wonderful guests who are using stories and technology to help kids thrive: Carrol Titus and Inbal Alon. First, Jed chats with Carrol Titus, president of Golden Poppy and creator of the illustrated chapter book
From Montana Ranches to Hawaiian Seas: Honoring Family Through Story
In this heartfelt episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two very special guests whose books invite families into powerful conversations about love, loss, culture, and courage. First, Jed chats with Bianca Pierce, debut picture book author of On the Ranch with Cowboy Luk
Hope in an Angry World: Tim Wright and The Adventures of Toby Baxter
In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes back Tim Wright from Arizona to celebrate book five in The Adventures of Toby Baxter series, Revenge of the River Home, Rutabagas. Jed shares the exciting news that this latest installment has, like the first four books, bee
How Soccer Changes Lives: Chris Navalta Shares Inspiring Player Journeys
In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes Chris Navalta, author of Inspiring Stories of Soccer Greats, a powerful middle grade book timed perfectly for the World Cup. Chris, a lifelong sports fan and former sportswriter, shares how soccer's global reach and beautifu
Listening Kids into Existence: Parenting, Classrooms, and a Grandpuppy Named Misa
In this powerful episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes Doug Noll, lawyer-turned-peacemaker and author of Deescalate: How to Calm an Angry Person in 90 Seconds or Less. Doug explains how neuroscience shows we are driven far more by emotion than by rational thought—and ho
Why Nothing Collapses and Everything Glows: Quantum Physics for Kids
In this inspiring episode of Reading with Your Kids, Jed welcomes Michael J. Wish, author of the middle-grade nonfiction book "Quantum Physics for Kids." Mike shares how a challenge from a fellow teacher—and a disappointing existing kids' book on the topic—pushed him to prove tha
From Postwar Pain to Construction Play: Books That Build Empathy and Wonder
In this powerful two-part episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two amazing guests whose books open doors to big conversations and joyful family reading. First, Jed talks with Kimberly Mach, author of the middle-grade novel Present Still Missing. Set just after World Wa
Summer Camp, New Friends, Big Feelings
In this lively episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes author-illustrator Maddie Frost to celebrate her new illustrated middle grade novel, Really Rubie, along with her other upcoming releases. Maddie introduces us to Rubie Fox, an 11-year-old heading off to a month-long
There Are No Dinos In This Book...Or Are There?
In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes Jimmy Vee, author, magician, ventriloquist, marketer, and proud "weirdo," to celebrate his new series beginning with There Are No Dinos In This Book. Jimmy shares how his background in magic, ventriloquism, and marketing cop
Gifted, Overwhelmed and Deeply Loved
In this episode, Jed welcomes two wonderful guests who are using story to build kids' hearts and minds. First, Allie Slocom joins us from Colorado to celebrate her middle grade novel Is There Hope for Theodore Cope. Theo is an 11‑year‑old aspiring magician who's also neurodiverse
How a Science‑of‑Reading Program and a 10‑Year‑Old Author Inspire Young Readers
In this uplifting episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two very different – but equally inspiring – guests who are helping kids fall in love with reading in their own ways. First, Jed talks with educator Sheila Robitaille about Reading Eggs, a science-of-reading–based
We Are Mighty: Tiny Acts That Tell Kids They Matter
In this uplifting episode, Jed welcomes New York Times bestselling author Sharon McMahon to celebrate her new picture book, We Are Mighty. Sharon shares how her lifelong love of reading started with a mom who read aloud every day and walked her to the library so often it became a