Reading With Your Kids Podcast
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Reading With Your Kids Podcast
Reading With Your Kids is all about encouraging parents to read with their kids, and cook with their kids, and do activities with their kids, and experience tv, movies and music together. In other words, our podcast is all about helping parents build stronger relationships with their kids.
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Hope in Messy Mourning: Jackie Baker's Journey After Her Son's Suicide
In this powerful episode, Jed Doherty welcomes Jackie Baker, author of Messy Mourning: Hope for Mothers Grieving the Loss of a Child to Suicide. Jacki...
Dragons, Ghosts, and Librarians: Haley Neil Takes Us Inside Greta Grimsdark
In this joyful episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes librarian and debut middle grade author Haley Neil to celebrate her spooky-silly new bo...
From Bangkok Shanties To YA Graphic Novels
In this inspiring episode of the Reading With Your Kids Podcast, Jed welcomes Renee Nault from Vancouver Island to celebrate her YA romance graphic no...
The Beginner's Guide To Wonder: Magic, Puerto Rico & Picture Books
Join host Jed Doherty for a joyful, imagination-filled episode featuring two wonderful picture book creators: Keith Negley, author-illustrator of "The...
Tours, Turkeys, and Tiny Towns
In this heartwarming episode of the Reading With Your Kids Podcast, Jed welcomes author Sara Amini and illustrator Juana Medina to celebrate their bea...
A Love Letter To Libraries
In this inspiring episode, Jed welcomes Julie Abe, author of the cozy middle grade fantasy The Magic Library of Waterfall Way. Julie shares her 15-yea...
Beyond the Uniform: Veterans Turn Their Stories into Hope-Filled Kids' Books
In this inspiring two-part episode, we celebrate how stories, service, and family reading can shape kids' character and courage.
First, Jed welc...
Horses, Trains & Brave Kids, New Adventures In Kids' Books
In this warm and wide–ranging episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes back three beloved guests with brand–new picture books that celebrate co...
From Birthday Triplets to Greenback the Dog: Raising Kind, Informed Kids
In this episode, Jed welcomes back author and educator Kelly Tooman to celebrate her new picture book, "The Birthday Triplets and the Pony Race Advent...
Do Bees Pee and Do Parents Fail? Curiosity, Nature, and Unconditional Love
In this episode of the Reading With Your Kids Podcast, we're celebrating two powerful picture books that spark big conversations in families.
Fi...
Time Travel, Weightlifting, and Big Dreams: Powering Kids' Stories
In this inspiring episode of the Reading With Your Kids Podcast, Jed welcomes two incredible creators whose stories celebrate history, heart, and big...
i Was Chuck Berry's Roadie for a Night: Buzz McLain & Grace Gidman on Kids' Books and Big Imagination
This episode of the Reading With Your Kids Podcast is a joyful celebration of creativity, family reading, and the power of stories to travel across ge...
Heroes of 1776: Janie Nitze Is Teaching Kids the Real Courage Behind the Declaration
In this inspiring episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes Janie Nitze, co-author of the picture book Heroes of 1776, to shine a light on the r...
Korean Folk Tales & Big Feelings: Stories that Heal
In this warm and wide-ranging episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two guests who are using stories to nurture both imagination and emotion...
Rare Genes, Big Hearts & Grouchy Groundhogs: Stories That Help Kids Shine
In this inspiring episode, Jed welcomes two wonderful guests whose work helps kids feel seen, valued, and excited about reading.
First, Jed talk...
Hands, Hearts, and Habitats: ASL, Deaf Culture, and Rainforest Conservation
In this uplifting episode, Jed welcomes back Kathy McMillan, ASL interpreter, children's librarian, and creator of the new picture book series "Sign t...
Being Brave Even When You're Scared
Join host Jed Doherty for a heartwarming, dog-filled episode of the Reading With Your Kids podcast, featuring two picture books that celebrate courage...
Just Enough: The Tidy Dad's Philosophy for Stuff, Space, and Sanity
In this episode, Jed welcomes Tyler Moore, better known as Tidy Dad, to talk about his book "Tidy Up Your Life." Tyler shares how a season of overwhel...
Dark Thrills & Noble Quests: Using Story to Talk About Values with Kids
In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two very different – but beautifully complementary – guests whose books open the door to big f...
All the Ways We Learn and Love: Neurodivergent Kids & Brave Dogs
In this inspiring episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two wonderful picture book creators who are helping families talk about big feelings...
Goooooooal! Soccer, Dopamine, and Dreams with Author-Comedian Ana Karina de Silva
In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes Ana Karina de Silva, a neurodivergent author, comedian, and educator, to celebrate her new pic...
Modeling Curiosity for Kids: Michael J. Rosen on Science, Story, and Wonder
In this inspiring episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes back author Michael J. Rosen to celebrate How to Dive to the Deepest Place on Earth,...
Secrets that Grow Claws, Farts that Wake Dinosaurs: Irresistible Reads for Reluctant Readers
In this warm and wide-ranging episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two powerhouse creators whose books are perfect for sparking big feeling...
Super Smart Farms & Superpowered Feet: Growing Curious Kids
In this fun and wide-ranging episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two sets of guests who are all about helping kids see the world—and thems...
Into The Woods And Off To Bed
In this heartwarming episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes back Dr. Dale Atkins to celebrate her new picture book, Dear Deer, a nature-cente...
A Quilt of Stars & Godzilla Dreams: Stitching Space, Grief, and Hope
In this inspiring episode of Reading With Your Kids, we blast off from a tiny Minnesota town all the way to the International Space Station—and then s...
Can Dads Really Have Postnatal Depression?
In this powerful episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes Dr. Christopher Choukalas, author of Even the Darkest Night: A Memoir of Paternal Pos...
Bad Thingamajigs & Big Feelings: Growing Empathy Through Story
On this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two fantastic creators who help families see the world—and their walks around the block—a litt...
Reading Our Way to Hope: Two Middle Grade Novels that Heal and Inspire
In this heartwarming episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two middle grade authors whose stories are perfect for sparking big family conver...
Reading Our Way Through Friendships, Differences and Farewells
In this heartwarming episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes back second-grade teacher and picture book author Andrew Hackett to celebrate his...
Everything You Need To Know About Life You Can Learn from A Dog
In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes three fantastic guests who each showcase a different way stories can shape our lives.
Fi...
Are We Schoolifying Childhood? Why Reading, Relationships & Resilience Matter Most
In this powerful episode, Jed welcomes Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the OECD, to explore what truly helps kids thrive. And...
Motocross, Monet, and Messy Masterpieces
In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes two creators whose work celebrates courage, creativity, and the many ways kids can be themselv...
Growing Readers Through Bugs, Birds, and Beautiful Words
In this heartfelt episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed Doherty welcomes Heidi E. Y. Stemple, author of Lydia Loves Bugs, and later Jezebel Rivera, a...
Today We Will Be Eaten
In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes Academy Award–winning director, animator, and author Alan Barillaro to celebrate his new pictu...
Blazing Humor & Kind Hearts: Celebrating Mel Brooks, Kind Bunnies, and Brave Mice
In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, we're celebrating humor, heart, and the power of picture books to bring families together.
Most of ou...
The Joyful Child Meets The Chismosas Only Book Club
In this joyful, wisdom-packed episode of Reading With Your Kids, we're shining a light on two amazing creators who are helping kids (and their grownup...
Mindy Walker Shares The Week Junior's 50 Must Read Books
In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes Mindy Walker, executive editor of The Week Junior, to spotlight their Summer of Reading initia...
Building Super Readers, Strong Boundaries, and Stronger Kids
In this heartwarming episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes back Pam Allyn, creator of World Read Aloud Day and co-author of Every Child a Su...
Mining Black Glass, Mending Little Hearts
In this warm and engaging episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed sits down with two returning guests whose very different books both invite powerful f...