Podcast appearances and mentions of Sally J Pla

In this episode of the SCBWI Podcast, we are joined by Sally J. Pla!In addition to being an advocate for neurodiversity and autism acceptance, Sally J. Pla is the award-winning author of The Someday Birds and Stanley Will Probably Be Fine (HarperCollins), and the picture book Benji, The Bad Day, And Me (Lee and Low). Her next middle-grade novel, The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn (HarperCollins/QuillTree), is slated for Summer 2023.She's also co-founder and editor of A Novel Mind, a web resource on mental health and neurodiversity in children's lit. Find out more at https://linktr.ee/SallyJPla, and follow her on Twitter @sallyjpla.https://sallyjpla.com/https://www.instagram.com/sallyjpla/Buy The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-fire-the-water-and-maudie-mcginn-sally-j-pla/18968427?ean=9780063268791and check out the rest of her books here:https://bookshop.org/contributors/sally-j-plaSCBWI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scbwi/SCBWI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scbwiBecome an SCBWI member today: https://www.scbwi.org/join-scbwi/Shop the SCBWI Bookshop.org page: https://bookshop.org/shop/SCBWISupport the show

Sally J. Pla discusses her novel The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn and describes the character of Maudie as a girl who learns resiliency in the face of life's challenges. Sally also talks about the importance of reading about characters different from oneself to broaden empathy and understanding. The themes of the book include divorce, neurodivergence, and abuse. Sally's website, Novelmind.com, is a resource for mental health and neurodiversity representation in children's literature. Sally J. Pla is the author of the acclaimed novels The Someday Birds and Stanley Will Probably Be Fine. She has English degrees from Colgate and Penn State and has worked as a business journalist and in public education. She has three sons, a husband, and an enormous fluffy dog and lives near lots of lemon trees in Southern California. Transcription: You can read the transcription on The Children's Book Review . Order a Copy: The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn: ⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Bookshop.org. Resources: You can visit Sally J. Pla online at www.sallyjpla.com. Visit anovelmind.com, a site about mental health and neurodiversity in children's literature. Discussion Topics: The premise of The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn and how it fits with Sally's mission Sally discusses the struggle of sustaining focus and shares her secret weapon, a particular software, to block distractions. She explains how her mission to populate children's literature with neurodivergent characters came about through her own experiences with her neurodivergent children and a health emergency that refocused her priorities. The importance of reading about characters who are different from oneself to broaden empathy and understanding. Sally describes the character of Maudie as a girl who cares about others and wants to be accepted and loved and learns to surf as a metaphor for learning resiliency in the face of life's challenges. Inherited traumas that parents bring into their parenting and the resources included in the book. How the combination of prose and verse in the book was a natural evolution based on Maudie's thought processes The message of empowerment and resilience in The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechildrensbookreview/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechildrensbookreview/support

What we are talking about:how to write authentically about neurodivergent characters and foster understanding among readers;how to tackle difficult subjects in your writinghow a setting inspired The Fire, The Water and Maudi McGinn, (out 7/11!!)About Sally J. PlaSally's books have been translated into many languages, garnered starred reviews, appeared on many ‘best book' and state lists, and picked up a few awards along the way. But the best thing they've done is connect her to young readers. Her books include The Someday Birds, Stanley Will Probably Be Fine, Benji, The Bad Day, And Me, and her latest, The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn, from HarperCollins Quill Tree Books which publishes July 11th which is tomorrow so go and buy it or request it at your local library as soon as this podcast is over. Okay? Good. Author Elana K. Arnold called Maudie McGinn “a gorgeous, bighearted, beautiful book.” And Publishers Weekly just gave it its first star. Sally also runs A Novel Mind, a web resource on neurodiversity and mental health representation in children's lit that is dedicated to helping connect kids with the books they need. Sally, who's autistic, has English degrees from Colgate and Penn State, and has worked as a journalist and in public education. Actually, she's had lots of different jobs. And has lived in lots of different places. Find her at sallyjpla.com. Support the showWebsite: https://www.writerswithwrinkles.net/Threads: @WritersWithWrinklesInsta: @WritersWithWrinklesTwitter: @BethandLisaPodSupport Writers With Wrinkles - become a subscriberEmail: Beth@BethMcMullenBooks.comWriters with Wrinkles Link Tree for more!

Sally J. Pla is a on mission to increase the number of children's books featuring neurodiverse characters and stories. Her latest book "The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn" is her first book to feature a female protagonist.

Sally J. Pla, contributor to No World Too Big: Young People Fighting Global Climate Change, shares a poem for Poetry Month. ADDITIONAL LINKS: Sally J. Pla website - sallyjpla.com Purchase the book - No World Too Big: Young People Fighting Global Climate Change CREDITS:   This podcast episode of The Children's Book Podcast was written, edited, and produced by Matthew Winner. For a full transcript of this episode, visit matthewcwinner.com.    Write to me or send me a message at matthewmakespods@gmail.com.    Our podcast logo was created by Duke Stebbins (https://stebs.design/).    Our music is by Podington Bear.    Podcast hosting by Libsyn.    You can support the show and buy me a coffee at www.matthewcwinner.com.   We are a proud member of Kids Listen, the best place to discover the best in kids podcasts. Learn more at kidslisten.org.   Fellow teachers and librarians, want a way to explore building a stronger culture of reading in our communities? In The Reading Culture podcast, Beanstack co-founder Jordan Bookey hosts conversations that dive into beloved authors' personal journeys and insights into motivating young people to read. And I am a big fan! Check out the Reading Culture Podcast with Jordan Bookey, from Beanstack. Available wherever podcasts are found.  

In addition to being an advocate for neurodiversity and autism acceptance, Sally J. Pla is the award-winning author of The Someday Birds and Stanley Will Probably Be Fine (HarperCollins), and the picture book Benji, The Bad Day, And Me (Lee and Low). Her next middle-grade novel, The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn (HarperCollins/QuillTree), is slated for Summer 2023. She is also co-founder and editor of A Novel Mind, a web resource on mental health and neurodiversity in children's lit.  Top 12 Tips To Help Your Complex Kids Got complex kids? Yeah, so do we. Parenting a complex kid can be frustrating, overwhelming, and isolating. It can also be incredibly rewarding -- with the right help and guidance! This FREE insider's guide  from the experts at ImpactParents includes our top 12 tips to help you create a calm, peaceful home and guide your kids to become more independent every day. Listen to this inspiring episode of Parenting With Impact episode with Sally J. Pla about her adult diagnosis of Autism and sensory processing and how she has turned it into storytelling to help complex kids feel represented and inspired to create and tell their own stories.   Here is what to expect on this week's show: Sally's diagnosis of sensory integrative processing disorder autism at age 50 Stories provide a neutral way to enter a conversation about emotions and feelings The importance of giving children the opportunity to create or tell their own stories   Related Links: Travel Planning with Anxious, Inflexible, Neurodiverse Kids with Dawn Barclay Storytelling Helps Children with ADHD  Sharing Your Story  Does Your Child Get Anxious? Tell a Social Story!   Connect with Sally, and find her books: https://linktr.ee/SallyJPla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We know shared reading benefits all children, but for those with developmental differences it offers unique opportunities.  Dr Monica Ultmann, the Director of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at the Tufts Children’s Hospital in Boston, and Sally J. Pla, an award-winning children’s writer, join us to share their experiences, insights, and stories about reading with children who differ from typical.

Stanley wishes he was one of his favorite superheroes. Instead, he uses comics to help him cope with the world around him. But when Stanley joins Trivia Quest, the city-wide comics based treasure hunt, he soon discovers that just knowing comics isn't enough. This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. Recorded with permission of HarperCollins. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Sally J. Pla is the award-winning author of the acclaimed middle-grade novels THE SOMEDAY BIRDS and STANLEY WILL PROBABLY BE FINE, and the picture book, BENJI, THE BAD DAY, & ME.  Her books are Junior Library Guild Selections with starred reviews, and they have appeared on many awards lists and “best books” roundups. The Someday Birds received the 2018 Dolly Gray Award, which recognizes the portrayal of disability in children's literature. Sally has appeared on television and radio as an author and autism advocate. She believes in kindness, respect, and the beauty of different brains—We are all stars shining with different lights!  She lives in San Diego, where she’s hard at work on the next story.  The Someday Birds(HarperCollins 2017), is about Charlie, a bird-loving boy on a life-changing journey across the country to see his injured dad. Charlie’s stuck in an old camper with his annoying siblings and a mysterious stranger at the wheel.  – New York Public Library Best Children’s Book of 2017 – Winner of the Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award for 2018 – Junior Library Guild Selection 2017 – Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee – Bank Street Best Children’s Book of 2017 – Publishers Weekly Starred Review – Shelf Awareness Starred Review – CommonSense Media Five Star Rating – Nerdies Award Winner 2017 – Dorothy Canfield Fisher (VT) Book Award Nominee – Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Nominee – Wisconsin Library Ass’n Children’s Book Award Finalist – Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee Stanley Will Probably Be Fine Stanley’s a comics trivia fanatic who grapples with anxiety. But he’s bravely entered Trivia Quest — a giant comics-trivia treasure hunt — to prove he can tackle his worries, score VIP passes to a big comic fest, and win back his ex–best friend. Along the way, he invents an imaginary superhero to help him cope. Stanley Will Probably Be Fine:  – Junior Library Guild Selection for 2018 – New York Public Library Best Children’s Book of 2018 – Kirkus Best Children’s Book of 2018 – “Add to the growing list of intelligent books about kids whose brains operate outside the norm.” (Kirkus, *Starred* Review) – “An excellent addition to promote social-emotional learning.” (School Library Journal) Benji, The Bad Day, & Me (Lee and Low), a picture book about sibling rivalry, brotherly love, and neurodiversity, all wrapped in a big blue blanket. Illustrated by the great Ken Min. Learn more about Sally from her website at www.sallyjpla.com Follow Sally on Twitter @sallyjpla Be sure to join the private My Messy Muse Facebook community to be eligible for author giveaways and exclusive content! Join here: www.michelemcavoy.com/podcast  If you are interested in a picture book critique, a strategy session or a school visit with host Michele McAvoy, please visit her website at www.michelemcavoy.com/workwithme Follow host Michele McAvoy Twitter: @michele_mcavoy Instagram: @michelemcavoy

Sally J. Pla author of The Someday Birds, and Stanley Will Probably Be Fine stops by to talk Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence in children's literature.

Intro Hi everyone and welcome to Books Between - a podcast to help teachers, parents, and librarians connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love.  I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a teacher, a mom of two girls, and finally done with school and on to summer break! I said goodbye to my 22 fifth graders last Friday at their Moving Up Ceremony since they are off to the middle school! And I gave each one of them an end-of-the-year gift which includes a Krazy Straw and a pack of Kool-Aid that I attach to a book. And each of my students gets a different book - one that I have hand-picked for them based on everything I’ve learned from a year of getting to know them as readers and as people. Each June I spend about 2 hours browsing the Syracuse Scholastic Warehouse to select something I think each child would like.   This is Episode #52 and oday I’m sharing with you a conversation with 5th grader teacher Nikki Mancini. We chat about how to use Flipgrid to inspire readers, and of course, what middle grade books we’ve been reading lately. Today’s episode is sponsored by MoxieReader - a literacy app that’s like a fitness tracker for your reading life. It gives educators insights into their students’ reading lives, customized recommendations, and a way for kids to set and work toward their own reading goals in a way that is engaging and fun. If you are looking for a way to ditch those reading logs and instead have students track their reading in a more natural way, you will definitely want to check out MoxieReader.  As you recharge and reassess your teaching methods this summer, it’s the perfect time to explore a new tool. So head over to MoxieReader.com and the use the code welovereading and try it out! A couple quick announcements for you! Our next episode features Diane Magras - author of the Middle Grade at Heart book club pick The Mad Wolf’s Daughter. The July pick is Just Under the Clouds and I’ll be chatting with author Melissa Sarno in a couple days so watch out for that episode.  Where the Watermelons Grow is the August pick and for those of you that like plan out even further - we are reading The House That Lou Built for September. And… the Middle Grade at Heart Book Club now has a Flipgrid!  I’ll drop a link to that in the show notes - along with the password so you can join the conversation and hear directly from the authors. MG@Heart Flipgrid:  https://flipgrid.com/a8acb2 Password: mg@heart Also, our Monday night #MGBookChat Twitter chats have been awesome!  Some of our upcoming topics include graphic novels, building classroom libraries, and the importance of refugee stories. So set a reminder for Mondays at 9pm EST and check out #MGBookChat for great conversations between educators, librarians, and authors about how to get great books into the hands of middle grade readers!     For me, Twitter has been an incredible positive influence on my teaching life - connecting me with amazing and inspiring educators across the globe. And one of those educators is Nikki Mancini - who you may know as @missnikkiin5th. I kept seeing her talk about this thing called Flipgrid and finally I was like - you know what? I’ve got to invite her on the show.  I knew that Flipgrid could be a powerful tool, but I had some questions and figured you all might find value in that conversation as well. After we chatted, I decided to try it out this summer. Because, I had the opportunity this year to meet my incoming 5th graders!  So, I could do what I’ve never done before - I opened up my classroom library and let them take home 2 or 3 (or more!) books to enjoy for the summer. And along with their books, I send them home with a sheet explaining how to access our Flipgrid and posted two topics - one to introduce ourselves and one to share our summer reading!  Before the day was done I had two kids already submitting videos and whoa - I am just brimming with ideas about how to harness this for next year and expand it even further! And I hope this conversation leaves you excited as well. Plus - right after we recorded this conversation, Flipgrid announced that it is now FREE for educators! Oh yeah! Alright - take a listen... Nikki Mancini - Interview Outline Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? What is Flipgrid and how did you first find out about it? Beyond the author element, what are some other projects or uses for  Flipgrid that you have done with your students? What would you suggest for some quick, easy ways to get started with Flipgrid? Where would you suggest people go to get more information about Flipgrid? What are some things you’ve been doing this year in your classroom that you’ve been excited about? What are your plans for next year?   Links: Nikki’s website - https://missnikkiin5th.wordpress.com/ Nikki on Twitter NerdCampNJ - http://nerdcampnj.weebly.com Nikki’s Author Connection Flipgrid: https://flipgrid.com/d935fd Information about Flipgrid: https://info.flipgrid.com Educator & Student Info about Flipgrid: https://resources.flipgrid.com Flipgrid Inspiration: https://inspire.flipgrid.com Flipgrid on Twitter and #FlipgridFever Jewell Parker Rhode’s conversation about Ghost Boys on The Children’s Book Podcast   Books & Authors We Chatted About: Smart Cookie and Finding Perfect (Elly Swartz) Kat Green Comes Clean (Melissa Roske) Babysitting Nightmares: The Shadow Hand (Kat Shepherd) Amal Unbound (Aisha Saeed) Daring Dreamers Club Series (Erin Soderberg) The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street (Lindsay Currie) Ghost Boys (Jewell Parker Rhodes) Stanley Will Probably Be Fine (Sally J. Pla) Someday Birds (Sally J. Pla) Rules (Cynthia Lord)   Closing Alright, that wraps up our show this week! If you have a question about how to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love or a suggestion about a topic we should cover, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at booksbetween@gmail.com or message me on Twitter/Instagram at the handle @Books_Between. Books Between is a proud member of the Education Podcast Network. This network features podcasts for educators, created by educators. For more great content visit edupodcastnetwork.com Thank you so much for joining me this week. You can get an outline of interviews and a full transcript of all the other parts of our show at MGBookVillage.org. And, if you are liking the show, please leave us some love on iTunes or Stitcher so others can discover us as well. Thanks and see you soon!  Bye!

The Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla