Podcasts about scholastic books

It's an episode no Millennial will want to miss. Elyssa and her guest Erin discuss their love for the Scholastic Books "Dear America" series, which defined their childhood. Plus, you can't mention Scholastic Books without reminiscing about school book fairs.And, yes, you can find the "Dear America" television shows on YouTube at this link.

The Page One Podcast, produced and hosted by author Holly Lynn Payne, celebrates the craft that goes into writing the first sentence, first paragraph and first page of your favorite books. The first page is often the most rewritten page of any book because it has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. We interview master storytellers on the struggles and stories behind the first page of their books.About the guest authors:Clark Strand and Perdita Finn are the co-founders of the non-denominational international fellowship The Way of the Rose, which inspired their book The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary. Clark Strand is an American author and lecturer on spirituality and religion. A former Zen Buddhist monk, he was the first Senior Editor of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and is the author of six other books  including: Meditation without Gurus, How to Believe in God, Waking the Buddha, Now is The Hour of Her Return, Seeds from a Birch Tree and Waking Up to The Dark. He moved to Woodstock, New York, to write and teach full-time. Perdita Finn is the author of several children's books has done extensive study with Zen masters, priests, and healers and she apprenticed with the psychic Susan Saxman, with whom she wrote The Reluctant Psychic. She is the author of the middle grades novels including the Time Flyers series for Scholastic Books, My Little Pony Books, among many others. In addition to being a ghostwriter, book doctor, copy editor and writing teacher, she has a lively Substack called Take Back the Magic inspired by her book Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World and teaches popular workshops on Collaborating with the Other Side, in which participants are empowered to activate the magic in their own lives with the help of their ancestors. She and Clark live in the Catskill Mountains of New York.About the host:Holly Lynn Payne is an award-winning novelist and writing coach, and the former CEO and founder of Booxby, a startup that built an AI book discovery platform with a grant from the National Science Foundation. She is an internationally published author of four historical fiction novels. Her debut, The Virgin's Knot, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers book. Her latest book, Rose Girl: A Story of Roses and Resilience, a medieval, mystical thriller was awarded a Kirkus (starred) review and named Editors Choice from the Historical Novel Society. Holly lives on a houseboat near the Golden Gate Bridge with her daughter and Labrador retriever, and enjoys mountain biking, hiking, swimming and pretending to surf. To learn more about her books and writing coaching services, please visit her at hollylynnpayne.com  and subscribe to her FREE weekly mini-masterclass, Power of Page One, a newsletter on Substack, offering insights on becoming a better storyteller and tips on hooking readers from page one! (And bonus: discover some great new books!)Tune in and reach out:If you're an aspiring writer or a book lover, this episode of Page One offers a treasure trove of inspiration and practical advice. I offer these conversations as a testament to the magic that happens when master storytellers share their secrets and experiences. We hope you are inspired to tune into the full episode for more insights. Keep writing, keep reading, and remember—the world needs your stories. If I can help you tell your own story, or help improve your first page, please reach out @hollylynnpayne or visit hollylynnpayne.com. You can listen to Page One on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher and all your favorite podcast players. Hear past episodes. If you're interested in getting writing tips and the latest podcast episode updates with the world's beloved master storytellers, please sign up for my very short monthly newsletter at hollylynnpayne.com and follow me @hollylynnpayne on Instagram, Twitter, Goodreads, and Facebook. Your email address is always private and you can always unsubscribe anytime. The Page One Podcast is created on a houseboat in Sausalito, California, is a labor of love in service to writers and book lovers. My intention is to inspire, educate and celebrate. Thank you for being a part of my creative community! Be well and keep reading,Holly@hollylynnpayne on IG Thank you for listening to the Page One Podcast! I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I loved hosting, producing, and editing it. If you liked it too, here are three ways to share the love:Please share it on social and tag @hollylynnpayne.Leave a review on your favorite podcast players. Tell your friends. Please keep in touch by signing up to receive my Substack newsletter with the latest episodes each month. Delivered to your inbox with a smile. You can contact me at @hollylynnpayne on IG or send me a message on my website, hollylynnpayne.com.For the love of books and writers,Holly Lynn Payne@hollylynnpaynehost, author, writing coachwww.hollylynnpayne.com

REPLAY from October 5, 2024 Episode 48 Join Echo as she discusses illustration with Dan Dos Santos, award-winning artist for Marvel, DC, Universal Studios, and many more. About Dan Dos Santos Well known for his colorful oil paintings, Dan dos Santos' work spans a variety of genres, including advertising, comics, film and video games. He is best known though for his distinctive book cover work and his Marvel Masterpieces trading card collection. He has worked for clients such as Disney, Universal Studios, Activision, Scholastic Books, The Greenwich Workshop, Penguin Books, Random House, UpperDeck, Wizards of the Coast, DC Comics, and many, many more. Dan has been the recipient of many awards. He is a ‘Rhodes Family Scholarship' winner, a five time ‘Hugo Award' Nominee for Best Artist, Jack Gauhan Award Winner, Chesley Award Winner, and has received both Gold and Silver Medals from ‘Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art'. His illustrations have graced the #1 spot on the New York Times Best Seller list numerous times, and his covers can be seen in bookstores in dozens of countries around the world. Simply put, Dan dos Santos is one the most recognized artists in his field. With hundreds of book covers to his credit, his vision has helped shape what the Fantasy market is today. Dan Dos Santos' Links: Gallery: https://www.dandossantos.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DandosSantos Echo Chernik's Links: Website: https://www.EchoChernik.com Illustration: https://www.echo-x.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/echoxartist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/echochernik Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thexcaliberproject Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/echox/created

One of my own kids favorite events during their elementary school years was the annual book fair. A section of the cafeteria would be set up with a huge display put on by the folks at Scholastic Books. On their website, Scholastic Books tells us that just last year alone, twenty-eight million kids attended school book fairs, and that one hundred million books got into kids' hands from the fair. If you click around on the Scholastic Books website you'll soon discover that the company is now promoting a “read with pride” campaign, as they are, and I quote, “proud to celebrate LGBTQIA+ stories with new and award winning books for kids and teens!” Scroll down the page and you will learn about pride-themed books for young adults, for kids ages eight to twelve, and for readers as young as three to five. Our kids are forming their beliefs and behaviors all through their childhood and teen years. And with so many voices teaching them about sex and gender, it's imperative that we teach them God's design.

Label: Columbia SP 10287Year: 1970Condition: M-Price: $75.00This incredible, rare 4-song EP not only has a gorgeous psychedelic picture sleeve, but also 4 of the group's best, less-played nuggets--two of which are among the four Byrds tracks on Dave Marsh's list of the 1001 greatest singles ever made! The first song was previously unreleased and is itself a Byrds classic of the first order. It appeared on an LP about the same time as this promo EP, entitled "Untitled/Unissued". The four songs are:Lover of the Bayou (McGuinn-Levy)So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star (McGuinn-Hillman)Goin' Back (G. Goffin-C. King)Chimes of Freedom (B. Dylan)The record was issued for Scholastic Book Services in conjunction with a book about the Byrds issued by Scholastic Books. Note that the EP label has a custom imprint of the Byrds "logo". A very cool collectable indeed!

The school bookfair is no longer a safe place for children thanks to Scholastic Books. Remember the excitement of picking out new books as a child? Those cherished memories have been marred thanks to the changes and concerns surrounding these fairs today.Join us as we discuss how Scholastic's overt indoctrination through LGBT-themed books conflicts with traditional views of marriage, sex, and gender, along with a critique of their "Read with Pride" guide, which promotes an agenda contrary to God's design. We'll also look at resources and organizations that Scholastic recommends that affirm LGBTQIA+ youth, explore counter-narratives from Brave Books, and explore alternative book fairs like Skytree that offer more wholesome literature. Plus, insights into protecting our children from potentially harmful content. https://onelittlecandlepodcast.com https://lovintruthbooks.com https://bravebooks.ushttps://skytreebookfairs.orghttps://thefederalist.com/2024/06/10/scholastic-promotes-lgbt-indoctrination-with-read-with-pride-guide-for-parents-teachers/https://changedmovement.com/

Today's episode (108) dives into a very important yet sensitive topic—Pride Month. In this episode, we'll be exploring pride, love and identity through the lens of God's perspective, unpacking the often controversial phrase "love is love," and discussing the true essence of sacrificial love as defined by the Bible.We'll revisit the symbolism of the rainbow, originally God's covenant with Noah, and address its current association with LGBT pride. With a focus on biblical teachings, we'll talk about the complexities and challenges Christians face when navigating today's culture, especially concerning issues like homosexuality and transgenderism. We'll also touch on the influence of public schools, workplaces, and even major retailers like Target and Scholastic Books in promoting LGBT acceptance, and how these can impact our children and communities.Additionally, we'll discuss the troubling aspects of pride from a spiritual standpoint and the importance of standing firm in God's design for marriage, sex, and gender. Visit https://onelittlecandlepodcast.com and https://lovintruthbooks.com for insightful resources, like the recommended children's book "Rainbows Are Everywhere," to help you teach these values to your kids.

You may know Dinah Dunn through her work as a writer and reporter for TAPinto Cranford. Your grade school kids may know her through the books she's written for Scholastic Books. On this week's podcast I talk to Dinah about what she's learned about Cranford since joining the online news site in September and how she writes to encourage young reluctant readers to pick up and read a book.

Joylynn M. Ross, writing as BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy, is the author behind the “New Day Divas,” “Still Divas,” “Always Divas” and “Forever Divas" series, all of which have been coined “Soap Operas in Print.” She is an Essence Magazine Bestselling Author who wrote secular books under the names Joylynn M. Jossel and JOY. Her title, If I Ruled the World, earned her a book blurb from Grammy Award-Winning Artist, Erykah Badu. An All Night Man, an anthology she penned with New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Jackson, earned the Borders bestselling African American romance award. Her Urban Fiction title, Dollar Bill (Triple Crown Publications), appeared in Newsweek and has been translated into Japanese. After thirteen years of being a paralegal in the insurance industry, E. N. Joy divorced her career and married her mistress and her passion; writing. In 2000, she formed her own publishing company where she published her books until landing a book deal with St. Martin's Press. This award-winning author has been sharing her literary expertise on conference panels in her hometown of Columbus, Ohio as well as in cities across the country. She also conducts publishing/writing workshops for aspiring writers. Her children's book titled The Secret Olivia Told Me, written under the name N. Joy, received a Coretta Scott King Honor from the American Library Association. The book was also acquired by Scholastic Books and has sold almost 100,000 copies. Elementary and middle school children have fallen in love with reading and creative writing as a result of the readings and workshops E. N. Joy instructs in schools nationwide. In addition, she is the artistic developer for a young girl group named DJHK Gurls. She pens original songs, drama skits, and monologues for the group that deal with messages that affect today's youthBecome a supporter of Hardcore Grind Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/hardcore-grind-podcast-w-lissha--4931234/support.

Join FemCity Founder and host of the FemCity Podcast, Violette de Ayala in an inspirational chat with Kat Barrow-Horth, owner of Robin Rile Fine Art and founder of Comic Kids. From fear and habits, to dry January, and creativity in kids to landing on national TV, Kat's journey is a must-hear! Tune in now. About Kat // Kat Barrow-Horth is the owner of Robin Rile Fine Art and founder of Comic Kids, a Miami-based nonprofit whose mission is to help children in vulnerable communities learn art through comics and cartoons by donating art classes, art books, and art supplies to kids who need it most. Kat has taught thousands of children how to draw comic and cartoon characters, and works with organizations such as Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Lotus House Shelter for Women, and Voices for Children, among others. Kat is a member of the Beaux Arts Organization which benefits the Lowe Art Museum at University of Miami and has sat on their Board of Directors for community outreach engaging children from Title I schools giving tours and art classes to these kids. After a recent feature on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Kat and her husband Reed partnered with Scholastic Books to get books and graphic novels into the hands of vulnerable children in South Florida. In November 2023, Kat released her first three Comic Kids art books teaching children how to draw, and plans to create an entire line of books to make art education accessible to more children. About FemCity //  Join FemCity with a complimentary Community Membership!It's the perfect way to sample our Membership, attend local events, meet FemCity Founder, Violette de Ayala and see if the FemCity vibe is a good fit for you. And it's free!. You can also learn more about launching a FemCity Chapter in your community. FemCity has been seen in Gilt, Vogue, AP News, Entrepreneur, Forbes, and MarieClaire. Learn why FemCity is more than just a women's networking group at www.femcity.com and on all social platforms @FemCity. About Violette de Ayala // Violette is a Cuban-American serial and social Entrepreneur, Founder of FemCity®, and virtual mentor to over 20,000 women. Violette has been quoted in Success, Entrepreneur, CNBC, Yahoo Small Business, Business Insider News as a small business expert. You can connect with Violette on IG, FB, LinkedIn at Violette de Ayala. About Lynn Pelzer // Lynn is the COO of FemCity and has held a chair position on boards, currently part of a DEI board with FemCity, she has been awarded the Rising Star Award and Crystal Executive Award in her previous company. She has been a contributor on podcasts as well as blogs, and has been a speaker in women's groups on the topics of business. You can connect with Lynn on Facebook or Linkedin @lynnpelzer.

In this episode of the SCBWI Podcast, we are joined by Kwame Mbalia!Kwame is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times bestselling author, a former pharmaceutical metrologist, and a publisher with Freedom Fire Books, an imprint of Disney-Hyperion. His debut middle-grade novel, TRISTAN STRONG PUNCHES A HOLE IN THE SKY was awarded a Coretta Scott King Author Honor, and it—along with the sequels TRISTAN STRONG DESTROYS THE WORLD and TRISTAN STRONG KEEPS PUNCHING—is published by Rick Riordan Presents/Disney-Hyperion. He is the co-author of LAST GATE OF THE EMPEROR with Prince Joel Makonnen, from Scholastic Books, and the editor of the #1 New York Times bestselling anthology BLACK BOY JOY, published by Delacorte Press. A Howard University graduate and a Midwesterner now in North Carolina, he survives on Dad jokes and Cheezits.Buy Rick Riordan Presents Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (a Tristan Strong Novel, Book 1):https://bookshop.org/a/19191/9781368042413and check out the rest of his books here:https://www.kwamembalia.com/Follow him on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/mbalia1/Register for the 2024 In-Person Conference Here: https://www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi-in-person-winter-conference-2024SCBWI 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

On Fox Across America, Guest Host Jason Chaffetz brought the goods and a ton of guests! Former AZ AG Mark Brnovich spoke about the crisis at the border. SC Congressman Russell Fry breaks down Bidenomics. Ignazcio Alvarez throws his hat in the ring to be Sheriff of Miami Dade County in Florida. Actor Kirk Cameron stops by to share is latest endeavor to stop Scholastic Books. Tom Homan wants President Trump back in the White House to secure the border. NC Congressman Greg Murphy tells us he is voting in favor of expulsion for Rep Santos. PLUS Florida AG Ashley Moody is back on the show to discuss kids and social media.   [00:00:00] Hunter Biden to Testify [00:13:00] Mark Brnovich [00:20:19] SC Congressman Russell Fry [00:49:45] Ignacio Alvarez [00:57:30] Actor Kirk Cameron [01:17:21] Tom Homan [01:27:20] NC Congressman Greg Murphy [01:42:05] Florida AG Ashley Moody Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catch up with us in our pre chat, then listen as we talk to Kwame Mbalia about writing, publishing, and Freedom Fire Books, an imprint of Disney-Hyperion that will feature stories of black joy and resilience written by black creators. Kwame is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times bestselling author, a former pharmaceutical metrologist, and a publisher with Freedom Fire Books, an imprint of Disney-Hyperion. His debut middle-grade novel, TRISTAN STRONG PUNCHES A HOLE IN THE SKY was awarded a Coretta Scott King Author Honor, and it—along with the sequels TRISTAN STRONG DESTROYS THE WORLD and TRISTAN STRONG KEEPS PUNCHING—is published by Rick Riordan Presents/Disney-Hyperion. He is the co-author of LAST GATE OF THE EMPEROR with Prince Joel Makonnen, from Scholastic Books, and the editor of the #1 New York Times bestselling anthology BLACK BOY JOY, published by Delacorte Press. A Howard University graduate and a Midwesterner now in North Carolina, he survives on Dad jokes and Cheez-Its.  Learn more about Kwame at https://www.kwamembalia.com/. Follow him on social media @KSekouM on X (formally Twitter) and @mbalia1 on Instagram. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afronauts-podcast/message

Today we're joined by our friend Kirk Cameron to talk about his new book, "The Fox, the Fair, and the Invention Scare," as well as the rise of inappropriate books for children in schools and why it matters to fight back. First, we recap our last conversation with Kirk, in which he declared public schools enemy number one. Is this still the case, and what should Christians who work in public schools do to combat the ever-growing hostility toward their worldview? We look at where inappropriate children's books are coming from and explain how Scholastic Books is a wolf in sheep's clothing attempting to force gender ideology books among the books we know and love. Kirk shares about his alternative to Scholastic Book Fairs, SkyTree Books Fairs, and we discuss why he feels to passionately about this subject and why it's so important for us as Christians to stand against the indoctrination of kids. We end with some encouragement on creating good soil for our children and the optimism we can have. --- Timecodes: (01:12) Public education (07:30) Scholastic Books (13:06) Sky Tree book fairs (14:30) How did Scholastic get to this point? (16:30) People who say it's unloving to get involved (22:33) Why Kirk speaks up  (30:01) Christian influence (41:17) Good soil for our children (49:01) Kirk's new book --- Today's Sponsors: Good Ranchers — get $30 OFF your box today at GoodRanchers.com – make sure to use code 'ALLIE' when you subscribe. You'll also lock in your price for two full years with a subscription to Good Ranchers! Range Leather — highest quality leather, age old techniques and all backed up with a “forever guarantee." Go to rangeleather.com and use coupon code "ALLIE" to receive 15% off your first order. PublicSq. — download the PublicSq app from the App Store or Google Play, create a free account, and begin your search for freedom-loving businesses! Patriot Mobile — go to PatriotMobile.com/ALLIE or call 878-PATRIOT and use promo code 'ALLIE' to get free activation! --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 618 | Kirk Cameron on Homeschooling & Raising Godly Kids https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-618-kirk-cameron-on-homeschooling-raising-godly-kids/id1359249098?i=1000561947796 Ep 721 | C*vid Jab or Death, Drag Queens or Bust | Guests: Kirk Cameron, Chrissy & Lee Hick https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-721-covid-jab-or-death-drag-queens-or-bust-guests/id1359249098?i=1000589465209 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where do our fears come from? For some of us, it's past experiences… others, maybe a fear of the unknown… but if you're anything like the team at Unspookable, there is one man responsible for many of the characters, illustrations, and creatures, be it Cartoon Cat, Anxious Dogs, Long Horse, or Siren Head, that give us the shivers. We're of course talking about writer and illustrator Trevor Henderson who sits down with Unspookable producer Nate DuFort this week to talk about where these ideas come from and his new middle grade novel Scarewaves available now from Scholastic Books. That and more on today's episode of Unspookable. Host: Elise Parisian with Nate DuFort Created, Produced, Edited by: Nate DuFort Music Direction and Composition: Jesse Case Logo by: Natalie Khuen You can find Unspookable on Twitter and Instagram at: https://twitter.com/ImUnspookable https://www.instagram.com/unspookablepodcast/ Scarewaves by Trevor Henderson is available NOW from Scholastic Books. Do you want a free and easy way to support Unspookable? You can support the podcast by taking our short questionnaire at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unspookable This week's episode is brought to you by Hello Fresh: Want to try it yourself?, Go to www.hellofresh.com/50unspookable and use code 50unspookable for 50% off plus free shipping! That's www.hellofresh.com/50unspookable and use code 50unspookable for 50% off AND free shipping on your first order of HelloFresh: America's #1 Meal Kit. Unspookable is a production of Soundsington Media committed to making quality programing for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com  Advertise on Unspookable: advertising@airwavemedia.com

Nadia and Rob are joined by Kyle Samuels, Founder and CEO of executive search firm and DEI advisory firm Creative Talent Endeavors to discuss surprising executive search trends, where companies go wrong in their DEI efforts, and how he is innovating to drive value for clients. They also discuss a shift in caregiving in the US as men take on more responsibilities for elder care and how a US-China trade war is driving textile manufacturers to Central America. Later, Nadia shares her disappointment with Scholastic Books and Rob cheers PBS' investment in stories and creatives in the disability community. For more information on Creative Talent Endeavors please head to https://www.hirecte.com/ For more information on Kyle Samuels head to https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylesamuels/ Hosted by Nadia Butt and Rob Hadley. Produced by Rifelion Media. Contact us: inclusivecollective@rifelion.com Find episode transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nqh7hCZOp7EQc6SekaYmT2QHqCvjsYdH?usp=sharing For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com    Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InclusiveCollective If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InclusiveCollective Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is our spoiler-free review for the Disney+ and Hulu tv series, Goosebumps, starring Justin Long and Rachael Harris. Join us as we scare our thoughts on this spine-tingling recreation of the beloved kid's book series. The show offers its fair share of fan service, but does it target the right audience given the subject material?Goosebumps screams on Disney+ and Hulu Friday October the 13th! (five episodes at launch, then week over week)If you want to support the actors of the things we love, you can do so by checking out these links:https://members.sagfoundation.org/donateCheck out Geekcentric onYouTube | Instagram | Twitter | TikTokJoin the Geekcentric Discord  HEREJoin Nate on Twitch at - twitch.tv/nateplaysgames

In this episode, Kimberly and Perdita discuss Perdita's latest book “Take Back the Magic,” which was inspired by the death of her father, their ambivalent relationship, and ongoing relationship to him now that he's passed. Perdita shares her experience of communicating with the dead for over thirty years and guides us in how we can do the same. They also discuss the history behind why we fear the dead and the suppression of communicating with the dead by organized religion. She shares how the dead are connected and long for the erotic and how we can return to the inner wisdom and rituals of ancestors that pre-date religion and political systems. She describes the crucial role of the this communication with dead to her key relationships with the living: as a mother, wife, and community member.   Bio Perdita Finn is the co-founder, with her husband Clark Strand, of the non-denominational international fellowship The Way of the Rose, which inspired their book "The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary." For many years she supported her family writing books for children and educators like the "Time Flyers" series for Scholastic Books, "My Little Pony," and many others. She has been a ghostwriter, a book doctor, a copy editor and a writing teacher, but these days she is happy to be working primarily on her own books. She has a lively substack, "Take Back the Magic," where readers can get sneak peeks into what she's working on right now. Finn now teaches popular workshops on Collaborating with the Other Side, in which participants are empowered to activate the magic in their own lives with the help of their ancestors. She is the author of "Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World" and lives with her family in the moss-filled shadows of the Catskill Mountains.   What She Shares: –Writing “Take Back the Magic” –Why we fear the dead  –Cycles of life, death, and rebirth –How to commune with the dead  –Eros and the dead   What You'll Hear: –Darkness and dark matter as origin of life –Circles of entanglement and belonging –Use of letters in “Take Back the Magic” –Relationship with father and his death –Cultural fears of the dead –Long history of suppression of speaking with dead –Understanding how dead communicate –Alchemizing experiences with past monsters –Finding safety of ancestors –Starting small with communication –Assigning worries to those on the other side –Honoring the dead –Perdita and husband's spiritual backgrounds –Spiritual experiences through birth –Spiritual community outside of empire –History of rosary –Erotic nature of the dead –Experiencing eternal return of dead and living –Trusting the long story of your soul –Everything dies and everything is reborn –Not every prayer is answered in every lifetime –What is the prayer we would carry with us beyond this lifetime? –We are all each others' mothers   Resources Website: wayoftherose.org takebackthemagic.com IG: @perditafinn   

Musician and rapper Figgy Baby, who identifies as non-binary, tries to bond with their traditional Mexican father by opening up about their intimate relationships and personal life, even when it makes both of them uncomfortable. And Jerry Tello, a therapist and community educator who works with men and boys of color, speaks with Juleyka about rethinking restrictive notions of what it means to be a man and why labels like toxic masculinity miss the full story.Featured Expert: Jerry Tello is an internationally recognized authority in family strengthening, therapeutic healing, cross-cultural issues, men and boys of color, racial justice, and community peace and mobilization. Over the last forty years as a noted therapist, author, performer and program developer, Mr. Tello has incorporated his real life experience, together with research-based knowledge, and indigenous, culturally-based teachings, to engage all in a reality-based healing and growth-inspiring experience. He is co-founder of the National Compadres Network and is currently Director of Training and Capacity Building. He has authored numerous articles, videos, and curricula addressing fatherhood, youth “rites of passage,” culturally-based family strengthening, and healing the healer. He is the author of Recovering Your Sacredness, A Father's Love, a series of children's books, co-editor of Family Violence and Men of Color, has served as a principal consultant for Scholastic Books on International Bilingual Literacy curriculum, and has published a series of motivational health and healing CDs. Jerry Tello has appeared in Time, Newsweek, Latina and Lowrider magazines. He is the recipient of numerous awards, which include the 2016 Maria Shriver's Annual Advocate for Change award, the 2015 White House Champions of Change award, two California Governor's Awards, the Ambassador of Peace Award presented by Rotary International, and the 2012 Presidential Crime Victims Service award, presented by President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno.He is a father, grandfather, son, brother and relative of many. He is from a family of Mexican, Texan and Coahuiltecan roots, and was raised in the South Central/Compton areas of Los Angeles. Learn more about his work on his website.If you loved this episode, listen to She's Fighting Inherited Gender Roles and the follow-up OG Check:-in: She Still Needs Papí, but Has to Guide Him to Help.We'd love to hear your stories of triumph and frustration so send us a detailed voice memo to hello@talktomamipapi.com. You might be on a future episode! Let's connect on Twitter and Instagram at @TalkToMamiPapi and email us at hello@talktomamipapi.com. And follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere you listen to your favorite podcasts.

Join me producer donnie l. betts for my conversation with SHARON WASHINGTON (Co-Book Writer) "New York New York" Tony nominee. A proud Native New Yorker with her family living in Manhattan since 1835, Sharon is celebrating over 30 years as an actor. She is thrilled to continue her collaboration with this incredible creative team who she worked with on The Scottsboro Boys musical—this time as a writer. Sharon made her debut as a playwright with her solo play Feeding the Dragon. Off-Broadway it was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and won an Audelco. Published by Oberon Books it was also recorded as an Audible Theater Original. She is currently writing a children's picture book version for Scholastic Books. Sharon is a co-writer/executive producer on a project in development for Disney+. She is a proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and The Dramatists Guild. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode we discuss the jailing of Lashawn Thompson, who was jailed in Fulton County on a misdemeanor , but was found in his cell eaten alive by “bed bugs, lice, and other vermin”. How did conditions get this bad? Why wasn't anyone aware of this before hand? Also, major book publisher Scholastic Books is under fire for forcing author Tokuda-Hall to censor their writing about race in America as a Japanese immigrant during WW2. Can we expect more censorship from other publishers, and why is this happening now. And lastly, what happens when Jay-Z does a guest appearance on an album… but it's not the real Sean Carter, but an AI generated voice? Is this just the beginning of AI in music? We discuss all that and much more. Informed. Intelligent. In The Black.

On this week's episode we discuss the jailing of Lashawn Thompson, who was jailed in Fulton County on a misdemeanor , but was found in his cell eaten alive by “bed bugs, lice, and other vermin”. How did conditions get this bad? Why wasn't anyone aware of this before hand? Also, major book publisher Scholastic Books is under fire for forcing author Tokuda-Hall to censor their writing about race in America as a Japanese immigrant during WW2. Can we expect more censorship from other publishers, and why is this happening now. And lastly, what happens when Jay-Z does a guest appearance on an album… but it's not the real Sean Carter, but an AI generated voice? Is this just the beginning of AI in music? We discuss all that and much more. Informed. Intelligent. In The Black. Please consider becoming part of the ITBP Family by joining us over at Patreon.Follow us on social media @InTheBlackPdcst on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.Check out our In The Black Podcast Merchandise And if you want to support the channel, here's a special referral offer for American Express that you can use. Special American Express Offer -->> Click Here For Special Offer

The coaches are back! Which has the worst sound, Bagpipes or The Recorder (01:51)? Does the Justice Warrior need to come after “Scholastic Books” (11:54)?! Ja should seek retribution for having his photos leaked (17:51). Was KFC ever good (36:36)?! Mike has everyone taste test the new snickerdoodle pop tarts (44:52). College brackets are completely shot at this point (54:28). WITH MUCH MORE! #RIPBigReese

In 1941, when Yaffa Eliach was six years old, German troops invaded her town in what was then Poland. Most of the Jewish population was rounded up and murdered. Within two days, 900 years of history was sundered. But Yaffa and her family managed to escape. After the war, Yaffa settled in the United States, where she earned a PhD, writing and telling stories about the Holocaust. Yaffa is the subject of a new picture book by Chana Stiefel. Illustrated by Susan Gal, the book is called The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs. Chana is the award-winning author of more than 30 books for children. In this episode, she talks with host Suzanne McCabe about Yaffa's remarkable story, The Tower of Life, and why it's so important for young people to learn about the Holocaust. → Resources Chana Stiefel: Includes a teaching guide for The Tower of Life and summaries of other books by the award-winning author. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Learn more about Yaffa Eliach's “Tower of Faces,” and get resources for observing International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27. → Highlights Chana Stiefel, author, The Tower of Life “Yaffa was born in a shtetl called Eishyshok, which was then part of Poland and now Lithuania. She was born in 1935. When the Nazis invaded, the Jews were rounded up into the synagogue. Her father had told the family to hide.” “Two of Yaffa's grandmothers, not just her mother, worked. One of them sold candles at the local market, and the other was the town photographer. Yaffa's grandfather had visited America in the 1920s, and he came home with this new invention, a camera, and they started a business above the family pharmacy. Everyone would come to have their photo taken. People would send New Year's cards, Rosh Hashanah cards, to their families who had left Eishyshok.” “When Yaffa fled, she had the sense to tuck some of those photos into her shoes. She held onto them throughout the war, and that definitely played a role in the incredible exhibit she later created.” “The focus of my book is not so much the war, but the life before the war and the rebuilding afterward, and how Yaffa rebuilt her town.” “I learned from Yaffa's daughter, Smadar Rosensweig, who is also a professor, that her mother was a groundbreaking teacher and she wanted to teach. She wanted to create a curriculum about the Holocaust. But after the war, many survivors didn't even want to talk about their history, and she felt it was so important. She realized that a lot of the history that was being taught was from the Nazi perspective, and she wanted to change that.” “She encouraged Holocaust survivors to tell their stories, and she began documenting them. And that was groundbreaking work. No one had done that at that point.” “In 1979, President Jimmy Carter wanted to build a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Washington, D.C., and he asked Yaffa to help build a memorial. She didn't want to focus on death and dying and destruction. She wanted to focus on the lives that were lived and the beautiful lives of the people from her town. She remembered the photos she had tucked in her shoes, and she thought, well, other people must have photos, too.” “She traveled for 17 years, to six continents, to nearly all 50 United States, and she collected 6,000 photographs, and she built this “Tower of Life,” which has over a thousand photographs in it.” “Yaffa wanted people to see themselves in these photographs. That, essentially, was her mission. And you do, you connect, because here you are seeing people celebrating with their families, having weddings, playing outdoors, the picture of Yaffa feeding the chickens, hugging each other. And it's very relatable. And you realize the tragic endings for many or most of these people all around her.” “One thing that really was gripping to [illustrator Susan Gal] was that when she started to research Nazis, she was seeing a lot of images come up of present-day Nazis, neo-Nazis. And that was really upsetting and disturbing to her, and she just threw herself entirely into this story because she felt it was so important.” “If you look at the book, you'll see that the pages of the Germans and Nazis invading, those people, the soldiers don't have faces. Because she felt that if you try to take away someone's humanity, you don't deserve to have your face in a book. So she erased their faces.” “When Yaffa and her family were in hiding, her parents taught her that a glimmer of light can chase away the darkness. Yaffa's mother taught her how to read and write by etching letters into the walls of a shelter where they were staying. They were clay walls. You'll see a page where her mother is writing on the wall, and that's actually my Hebrew handwriting. I speak and write in Hebrew. The words are tikvah, which means hope, shalom, which means peace, ohr, which means light and haim, which is life. And those are the major themes of the book.” “When you see a lot of photographs of the Holocaust, you see these horrible photos of emaciated victims, and they're dehumanized. That was what the Nazis mission was, to dehumanize the Jewish people. So that's what you see in the photographs, people who are starving and they don't even look human. By restoring humanity to the victims, Yaffa restored their dignity. [She showed] that these were people just like you and me. And I think that's a universal message, that we need to stop hating each other and bullying, and we need to stop just othering people. We are all human, and we need to see our common bonds.” “There are so many wonderful books out there about Jewish life. In addition to books about the Holocaust, it'd be wonderful if people could also enjoy books about Jewish life.” → Special Thanks Producer: Constance Gibbs Sound engineer: Daniel Jordan Music composer: Lucas Elliot Eberl → Coming Soon World Read Aloud Day Akim Aliu Introduces Dreamer

Jerry Tello is a father, grandfather, son, brother and relative of many. He is from a family of Mexican, Texan and Coahuiltecan roots, and was raised in the South Central/Compton areas of Los Angeles. Over the last 40 years, he has dedicated himself to the service of individuals, families, communities. He has done so by speaking to over half of a million people, and training thousands of service providers across the nation. Mr. Tello is considered an international expert in the areas of: transformational healing, men and boys of color, racial justice, and community peace and mobilization.  He is co-founder of the National Compadres Network and is currently Director of Training and Capacity Building. He has authored numerous articles, videos, and curricula addressing fatherhood, youth “rites of passage,” culturally-based family strengthening, and healing the healer. He is the author of Recovering Your Sacredness, A Father's Love, a series of children's books, co-editor of Family Violence and Men of Color, has served as a principal consultant for Scholastic Books on International Bilingual Literacy curriculum, and has published a series of motivational health and healing CDs.

In this episode, we're celebrating Hispanic and Latine Heritage Month with three favorite Scholastic authors. First, Carmen Agra Deedy talks about her extraordinary new picture book, The Children's Moon. Illustrated by Jim LaMarche, the book is available in both English and Spanish editions. Carmen is a master storyteller who was born in Havana, Cuba, and grew up in Decatur, Georgia. Her acclaimed picture books include Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale, Rita & Ralph's Rotten Day, and The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet. Next, author and actress Sonia Manzano, known to generations of kids as the beloved Maria on Sesame Street, discusses Coming Up Cuban, her lyrical new novel for middle graders. Sonia, who has won 15 Emmy Awards, is also the author of Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx and The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano, which won the Pura Belpre Award in 2013. Sonia's animated series for PBS Kids, Alma's Way, was recently renewed for a second season. Inspired by her own childhood, it features a 6-year-old New Yorker of Puerto Rican heritage. Last but not least, Claribel A. Ortega introduces Witchlings, her highly-anticipated novel for middle-graders. The imaginative story follows a group of aspiring witches who learn that the magic in their lives is found not so much in the spells they cast but in the friendships they make. A former newspaper reporter of Dominican heritage, Claribel is also the author of Ghost Squad, a New York Times bestseller.

Guest: Dr. Katie Chretien, PCA Plano Lower School Principal PCA has undergone an intensive examination of the books and resources that our students have access to especially in the Lower School library. Resources must be age appropriate in their language, imagery, and ideas communicated to our students. Dr. Chretien shares about the work being done at the Lower School library at the Plano campus, but this audit is ongoing at the Middle School, Upper School, and North Campus libraries as well. PCA Lower School has moved from Scholastic Books to I:55 Book Fairs, Where Faith Matters. From I:55's website: Our vision at I55 Book Fairs is to partner with Christian schools, churches, and organizations in proclaiming the name of Jesus Christ. We are passionate about raising up a generation of inspired readers. Our name comes from Isaiah 55. This chapter encompasses all we strive to do, knowing that nothing is impossible with God. The audit of the books and resources that students have access to in the library should also encourage you as a parent to do a similar audit of what information has access to your children at home through TV, movies, and social media. Parents, help us continue to be vigilant - if you run across something in a book that you think we need to be aware of, please contact either Dr. Chretien at kchretien@prestonwoodchristian.org or Dan Panetti at dpanetti@prestonwoodchristian.org

Join Jacqueline and Meghan at FanExpo STL where they interview artists, performers, actors, and more!This interview is with Tim Jacobus, the original illustrator of Goosebumps books! Follow I Think You're Gonna Like This Podcast on social media:InstagramFacebookTwitterWebsiteTikTokJacqueline InstagramMeghan Instagram If you like the podcast and want to support us, click here.

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M. Teezy & Dimitri discuss new music such as Dreamville & DJ Drama's "D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape" and how J.Cole is in one hell of a zone, Nigo's "I Know Nigo" compilation album and how some of your favorite artists were big on BAPE, Latto's "777" album and how she fairs with her female rap artist counterparts, Denzel Curry's "Melt My Eyez See Your Future" and how we are available as A&RMTTY and so much more!

Shannan and Tayla Stedman are 27 and 26-year-old sisters and co-authors from Sydney. They have just released their second book in their Lola Online series - The Recipe for Disaster with Scholastic Books. When not writing, the duo have spent the last six years running their children’s entertainment company, Happily Ever Laughter which has allowed them to dress as fairies and princesses, get creative with face painting, twist a super cute balloon animal or three and eat a lot of cake. INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/stedmansisters/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Lori and Genevieve Piturro as they discuss the huge impact that can come from something that may seem small. What started as a simple activity she did in her free time eventually led to Pajama Program, a nonprofit that supports children nationwide. From reading to children in foster care to working with multiple organizations for her cause, find out how she was able to make this possible. Stay tuned!   Here are the things to expect in this episode: What led her to start her philanthropic journey? How the sense of fulfillment paves the way to do and be more. What's the story behind Pajama Program? Getting over the fear of asking help from other people. And much more!   About Genevieve Piturro:   Genevieve Piturro was a successful television marketing executive in New York City for twenty years when a little girl's question changed the course of her life forever – and she jumped off the corporate ladder. She began delivering pajamas and books to children in shelters and in 2001 founded Pajama Program, a non-profit which has been recognized nationwide for both its success and Genevieve's story.   Connect with Genevieve! Pajama Program: https://pajamaprogram.org Website: https://www.genevievepiturro.com Purpose, Passion, and Pajamas: How to Transform Your Life, Embrace the Human Connection, and Lead with Meaning: https://www.amazon.com/Purpose-Passion-Pajamas-Transform-Connection/dp/1632992906/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1596023848&sr=8-1   Organizations mentioned: Carters: https://www.carters.com/home?id=carters Scholastic Books: https://www.scholastic.com/home Dress For Success: https://dressforsuccess.org   Connect with Lori Kranczer! Website: https://www.everydayplannedgiving.com/  Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/positiveimpactphilanthropy  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorikranczer/   

This may be the most important episode of Middle Grade Book Party we'll ever release. If you are an advocate of children's literacy, or care passionately about getting great books into the hands of children everywhere, this is the episode for you! After hearing us talk with authors Jennifer A. Nielsen, and Jennifer Jenkins about their new children's literacy initiative, the importance of reading, and hanging on a fence by a wedgie, you'll come away inspired, excited, and hopefully, ready to get involved. At least we sure did!A glimpse at the initiative from Jennifer A. Nielsen:"A few years ago, I had the privilege of hearing a speech given by Dick Robinson, the President of Scholastic Books, in which he said, “As long as children do not have equal access to books, we will never live in a truly equal society.”He was right. In middle class neighborhoods, there are an average of 13 books for each young reader. However, in high poverty areas, the ratio is approximately 1 age appropriate book for every 300 children."This moment inspired Jennifer A. Nielsen to found the Book Drop Campaign. In partnership with Teen Author Boot Camp [TABC], an amazing not-for-profit organization specifically geared for teen and tween authors, Book Drop is seeking funding from corporate sponsors to be able to purchase a book for every child in as many Title 1 Schools as possible. But they are offering more than a book. Since author visits generate higher interest in reading books, and communicate with time and attention how much each child individually matters, the authors of the books will donate their time to offer free school visits to students as well. Corporate sponsors may also participate directly in the school events if they wish. This Episode's Guests: Jennifer A. NielsenNew York Times Bestselling author, Jennifer Nielsen, was born and raised in northern Utah, where she still lives today with her family, a dog that won't play fetch, and a cat that hallucinates. She is the author of The Ascendance series, beginning with THE FALSE PRINCE; the TRAITOR'S GAME series, the historical novels, RESISTANCE, A NIGHT DIVIDED,  WORDS ON FIRE, RESCUE, and several other titles. She loves chocolate, old books, and lazy days in the mountains. Jennifer is the founder of the Book Drop campaign.Jennifer JenkinsWith her degree in History and Secondary Education, Jennifer Jenkins had every intention of teaching teens to love George Washington, the Napoleonic Wars, and Ancient Sparta ... until the writing began. She is the author of the Nameless trilogy (2015-2018), To Kill a Curse (2019), Of Blood and Fire (2020), The Order of Chaos (2021), and Teen Writer's Guide: Your Road Map to Writing (2020). She is also the co-founder of Teen Author Boot Camp, a federal non-profit organization dedicated to promoting teen literacy and authorship. She divides her free time between teaching creative writing classes at Utah Valley University, reading, taking spontaneous trips, researching random events from the past, and fostering her adrenaline junkie addictions.Links:Teen Author Boot Camp WebsiteBook Drop Official Website—where you can sign up to be a corporate sponsor, request a book drop to your Title 1 school, donate privately, sign up to volunteer, or add yourself to the list of authors ready to donate their time to help kids. (look for the Book Drop tab)Jennifer A. Nielsen's Author WebsiteJennifer Jenkins' Author WebsitePaypal Link for Direct Donations (Please share this link to help us fund many book drops!)

Braves just 1 game back of 1st, Adam Duvall saves the day & season, How the Braves got their nickname, How Valpo lost their brand & balls, CFB player from Georgia dies at practice, the return of Art Briles? Best CFB program in each state, Top 25 Coaches Poll, Auburn loses 2 players, dumbest NBA player, Life of Tony Esposito, how I learned about hockey, Marlins won't let go of n-word fake news, Russians nut up after they lose in their national sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics in Tokyo calling all Americans "freaks & perverts", petedavis.buzzsprout.com, Pete's Tweets, This Day in Sports History. Come for ordering Scholastic Books in school, stay for crazed paranoid Russians calling the world bad names for beating them in a "sport" that consists mostly of your 6-year-old daughter prancing about the den with grandma's ribbons 

Ray and Lucie discuss the Scholastic Books scandal, the end of the Olympics, the end of the world, and much more. Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/RayKump for an extra episode every week! Get your "I'm A Wine Princess, Bitch!" T Shirt, available for a limited time! https://bonfire.com/store/kump/

Alex Fine is a freelance illustrator living and working in Baltimore, Maryland. A graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, he has over a ten years of experience in editorial, advertising, and book illustration. As well as working full time as an illustrator, Alex is also an adjunct professor at MICA in the illustration department.Clients include: Adweek, Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore Sun, Billboard Magazine, The Boston Globe, Chronicle Books, Dallas Morning News, Edelman, ESPN Magazine, Grantland.com, Harper Collins, The Hollywood Reporter, john st., Kokanee Beer, McSweeney's, New York Magazine, New York Observer, Newsweek, O Magazine, Parade, Philadelphia Magazine, Politico, Scholastic Books, TBWA ChiatDay, Time Magazine, Time Out New York, Variety, Washington Post, WIRED, and 360i.***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It really makes a difference and it's always nice to read kind words.Follow us on Twitter and  InstagramBe sure to check out our other podcasts:Mastermind Team's Robcast - Mastermind Team's Robcast is an irreverent and hilarious podcast covering all things pop culture and weird news. Let's Watch It Again - Let's Watch It Again is a movie review podcast from MTR The Network.★ Support this podcast ★

Andrea Davis Pinkney is vice president, executive editor at Scholastic Books, and is also a New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author. Andrea speaks with Theo about her path to being a reader and an editor, the insights she's gained from her background in journalism, the evolution of diversity in publishing, and much more!Support the show (http://scbwi.org/join-scbwi/)

Dan dos Santos has been a professional artist for over two decades and has been an Illustrators of the Future Judge since 2019. You will have certainly recognized his art if you are a book reader – from Dan Brown, Danielle Steele, and Patricia Briggs, to Brandon Sanderson, Diana Rowland, and JK Rowling. He has worked for clients such as Disney, Universal Studios, Activision, Boeing Aircraft, Scholastic Books, Random House, and DC Comics. And we have a wonderful time discussing tips for aspiring artists or for people interested in learning more about art and the importance of art education for a career in art.

Dan dos Santos has been a professional artist for over two decades and has been an Illustrators of the Future Judge since 2019. You will have certainly recognized his art if you are a book reader – from Dan Brown, Danielle Steele, and Patricia Briggs, to Brandon Sanderson, Diana Rowland, and JK Rowling. He has worked for clients such as Disney, Universal Studios, Activision, Boeing Aircraft, Scholastic Books, Random House, and DC Comics. And we have a wonderful time discussing tips for aspiring artists or for people interested in learning more about art and the importance of art education for a career in art.

On this episode of Emerging Brands, Kelly Roddy, President and Chief Executive Officer of WOWorks, talks about the early beginning of his career at Walmart. Roddy worked up through the ranks and learned leadership and business skills. He moved to Scholastic Books and then back to the retail segment with HEB, a large retail grocer out of Texas. Roddy's first restaurant job was CEO at Schlotzsky's under the FOCUS Brands umbrella. In 2019 Roddy started at SaladWorks as the Chief Executive Officer with the intent to create a holding company to bring in several good for you brands. WOWorks set out to acquire brands well positioned for a guest that has educated themselves on food as fuel. WOWorks added three additional brands to the portfolio with plans to add more. Roddy discusses the pandemic and the difficult time it was for the restaurant industry. He talks about supporting his franchise partners, working closely with the community, and giving back to first responders. The brand's growth was also a priority focusing on third party delivery and virtual opportunities, they successfully added ghost kitchen partners. Roddy wanted to make SaladWorks more accessible to customers across the country and partnered with several grocery stores. As far as WOWorks brands, SaladWorks was the start and is the largest salad chain in the United States today with about 140 units and growing. Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh was acquired, offering fast-casual authentic Mediterranean cuisine. Frutta Bowls was another acquisition that will triple in size over the next year, offering a clean variety of fresh to order bowls. The latest, The Simple Greek with a fresh and healthy take on ancient greek recipes. Listen to Roddy speak on the future of the restaurant industry and what to expect from WOWorks in the next five years.

David LaRochelle and Mike Wohnoutka join me to discuss their collaboration from its start to how it remains successful, and their newest picture book, SEE THE CAT. We discuss the very different paths they took to publication, the difference in a writer’s workday versus an illustrator’s workday, the difference winning an award makes, school visits, professional pumpkin carving, a contest-winning supermarket run, and so much more. David LaRochelle has been creating books for young people for over twenty-five years. His many picture book titles include The Best Pet of All, How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans, and Moo! He is the recipient of the Sid Fleischman Humor Award, multiple children’s choice awards, and a three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award. A former elementary school teacher, David still visits many classrooms around the Midwest (and world!) each year, talking with students about books, writing, and illustrating. When he is not creating new books, he loves to read, play board games, and carve unique jack-o’-lanterns, which you can view at his website davidlarochelle.com. Ever since Mike can remember he knew he wanted to be an artist. His dad, who worked at the Highway Department, would bring home reams of paper that had highway plans on one side and were blank on the other. He would be so excited to have all that paper to draw on and would fill each sheet with snowmobiles, baseball players, superheroes—everything he was interested in. His high school art teacher, Mr. Chase encouraged Mike to pursue art as a career. This, along with a scholarship, led him to the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. Since graduating with a B.F.A. in Illustration, Mike has illustrated over 30 books for children. He has worked with various clients including Bloomsbury Publishing, Candlewick Press, Henry Holt, Clarion Books, Disney-Hyperion Books, Holiday House, Scholastic Books, Penguin-Random House, Cricket Magazine Group, General Mills, 3M, Medtronic, and Peaceable Kingdom Press. A native of Spicer, Minnesota, Mike currently lives with his family in Minneapolis.

Don't call it a comeback, the Privacy Boys have returned from Passover break to give you free stuff!  Thank you to Scholastic Books, Graphix Books, and Dav Pilkey for the swag!    Hit us up on Twitter @db1200 or leave a comment to enter into the raffle.  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning artist Dan Dos Santos! Well known for his colorful oil paintings, most often depicting strong women, Dan dos Santos’ work spans a variety of genres, including novels, comics, film, and video games. He has worked for clients such as Disney, Universal Studios, Activision, Boeing Aircraft, Scholastic Books, The Greenwich Workshop, Penguin Books, Random House, UpperDeck, Hasbro, DC Comics, and many, many more. Dan has been the recipient of many awards. He is a Rhodes Family Scholarship winner, a five-time Hugo Award Nominee for Best Artist, and has received both Gold and Silver Medals from “Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art.” His illustrations have graced the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller list numerous times and his covers are seen in bookstores in dozens of countries around the world.   He has been an Illustrators of the Future judge since 2019.“The Illustrators of the Future is an amazing compass for what the art industry holds in store for all of us.” —Dan dos Santos    

World Read Aloud Day - February 3rd, 2021 - The "3Ps" of Reading: Pleasure, Passion and Power for transformation. Punctuate this important day with two advocates championing the critical importance of storytelling, reading and reading aloud, the right to literacy, and the powerful impact of sharing the joy of reading and books with children! Dr. Karen Burke of Scholastic Books, and Malcolm Mitchell - famous for football, beloved for his books and sharing his discovery of reading as his "greatest achievement" - determined now to share it! Two people devoted to literacy, children, and making every day a celebration of the transformative power of reading... one a grandmother, and one 'channelling his inner grandmother'! Part 2: Dr. Karen Burke

World Read Aloud Day - February 3rd, 2021 - The "3Ps" of Reading: Pleasure, Passion and Power for transformation. Punctuate this important day with two advocates championing the critical importance of storytelling, reading and reading aloud, the right to literacy, and the powerful impact of sharing the joy of reading and books with children! Dr. Karen Burke of Scholastic Books, and Malcolm Mitchell - famous for football, beloved for his books and sharing his discovery of reading as his "greatest achievement" - determined now to share it! Two people devoted to literacy, children, and making every day a celebration of the transformative power of reading... one a grandmother, and one 'channelling his inner grandmother'! Part 1: Malcolm Mitchell

Joan Breibart's extensive career spans 57 years beginning with her first job at Scholastic Books after graduating from Barnard College at Columbia University in NYC. She has worked in publishing as an editor of more than 25 books and has authored 3 books including 'Suckered into Wellness' and 'Body Biz'. She has worked in many industries including beauty, printing and now diet and exercise. She took the Pilates cult in 1991 and made it a household name by 2000. She owns the PhysicalMind Institute and 80Bites online diet site; ebook on Amazon; 80Bites RAP & APP. She is an inventor with nine patents. Her contact information: joan@80bites.com 80 Bites Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOrmBQFgi_s #80bites #eatandloseweight #nutrition #measurewhatyoueat #countyourbites --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/monica-campana/support

Jerry Tello believes that essential to true health and healing is our scared interconnectedness to all our relations. In this seminar, he will share teachings from his indigenous culture that allow us to acknowledge and understand the significance of this medicine way and the ramifications of not respecting the teachings of dis-ease and imbalance. He will also share significant aspects for Recovering One's Sacredness and moving towards health and healing as a daily practice. About JerryJerry Tello is a father, grandfather and over the last 40 years has dedicated himself to the healing of individuals, families, communities, and systems by speaking to over half a million people and training 1000’s of facilitators across the nation. Born from a family of Mexican, Texan and Coahuiltecan roots and raised in the south-central/Compton areas of Los Angeles. Mr. Tello is considered an international expert in the areas of trauma, healing, men and boys of color, fatherhood, family strengthening, racial justice, racial healing, community peace, and mobilization and culturally based violence prevention/intervention issues. He is co-founder of the National Compadres Network (established in 1988) and presently is Director of Training and Capacity Building. He has authored numerous articles, videos and curricula addressing the issues of generational trauma and culturally rooted, trauma-informed, healing centered practices. He served as a principal consultant for Scholastic Books on International Bilingual Literacy curriculum, is the author “ A Fathers Love”, a series of children’s books, co-editor of Family Violence and Men of Color, a series of motivational health and healing CD’s and co-author of the recently released award-winning book, “Recovering Your Sacredness”. He has appeared in Time, Newsweek, Latina, and Lowrider magazines and has received many major awards including in 2016 Maria Shriver’s Annual Advocate for Change award; the 2015 White House Champions of Change award; in 2012 the Presidential Crime Victims Service Award, presented by President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno; two California Governor’s Awards and the Ambassador of Peace Award presented by Rotary international. Finally, in collaboration with the American G.I. Forum, Mr. Tello was part of an effort of providing Domestic Violence awareness, healing and support services to Iraq, Afghanistan and Persian Gulf veterans and their spouses. Presently, He also directs the Sacred Circles Center in Whittier, California and is a member of the Sacred Circles performance group, a group dedicated to community peace and healing. He is the proud father of three children; Marcos, Renee, Emilio and grandfather of Amara, Naiya, Greyson, and Harrison. To learn more about Jerry visit his website at jerrytello.comSupport the show (https://www.natureevolutionaries.com/donations)

Alyson Gerber is the author of Braced, Focused, and Taking Up Space. All geared toward middle grades students. Alyson is a Scholastic published author. She also teaches and mentors children. In this episode, she discusses her academic struggles with ADHD; including a late diagnosis. She also discusses her books and their characters who are young students with disabilities who persevere and are resilient. Her books have received various accolades like book of the year from The Today Show. Her books can be found on Scholastic Books or Amazon. Learn more about her on http://alysongerber.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/StateofEducation/support

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes is written by Eric Litwin with art by James Dean, and published by Scholastic Books, Inc. by arrangement with Harper Collins Publishers, Inc in 1999. In this episode you will hear Pete the Cat sing as he enjoys a walk in his brand new shoes.

https://shannon-wright.com/Shannon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shannondrewthisTwins from Scholastic Books! https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/book/twins-9781338236170/

Listen to the full interview with Matt Reed from First Class Children's Foundation. First Class Children's Foundation has partnered with Murrays Ford Lincoln and Bucks Pizza of DuBois for a "Fill Up The Truck" event to help us gather school supplies for our Imagination Box program. Here is how it works: First you gather some of the new/unopened school supplies from our Imagination Box fill list. These items include: Pencils Crayons Colored Pencils Markers School Glue Glue Sticks Notebooks Composition books Blunt Tip Scissors Construction Paper Then you bring the supplies to the DuBois Middle School on May 31st and June 28 between 11AM-2PM. You make your contribution to help "fill up the truck" and we will enter your name to win 1 of 15 Bucks Pizza $15 Gift Cards! All the supplies will help us with our 2020 Imagination Box program. This program donates essential school supplies, Scholastic Books, and personalized items, in special boxes, that help inspire literacy, creativity, and imagination in local children.

In this episode Mark interviews Arthur Slade, the author of twenty-five novels for young readers about his writing, about his multi-layered hybrid publishing activities, about writing at a treadmill desk, and about his author newsletter. Prior to the interview, Mark shares a personal update, discusses a few social media and podcast comments, and shares a word about this episode's sponsor , Findaway Voices. You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway. In their conversation, Mark and Arthur talk about: The ten years that Arthur has been writing using a treadmill desk, walking a minimum number of kilometers per day How the energy boost has come from that allowing him to get more work done Working and writing at a standing desk verses actually walking - and how long it took Arthur to get used to it The walking speed that Arthur sets to enjoy a natural pace Writing in forty-minute bursts, then taking twenty minutes off, which assists with the necessary reset for his brain How long Arthur has been a full time writer and how he writes so much The moderate success of self-publishing the Amber Fang series, and how they were recently acquired and released by Orca The challenge of not being able to track sales on traditionally published titles Death by Airship, the book that Arthur wrote by coming up with the title first, then figuring out what it would be about while writing it The book Dragon Assassin, which was picked up by Scholastic Books in Canada, but which Arthur maintains non-Canadian rights to Working with Podium for one of his audiobooks Arthur's novel Flickers, set in the 1920s in Hollywood, which was also hybrid published The way that publishers and booksellers look at past sales history and how that affects their acquisition and buying decisions The way that Arthur adds a unique personal flavor to his newsletter, and how he manages unopened reads of it Arthur's love of audiobooks, as a writer and as a reader After the interview, Mark reflects on Arthur's hybrid publishing journey and talks about how it is a solid long-term publishing strategy.   Links of Interest: Arthur Slade's Website Descript (Audio Company with advanced audio editing, transcription and a beta Voice Double program) NaNoWriMo StoryBundle NaNo Writing Tools StoryBundle Mythulu Writing Binge Survival Pack 2019 WMG Publishing Business Masterclass Findaway Voices Patreon for Stark Reflections   Arthur Slade was raised on a ranch in the Cypress Hills of Saskatchewan. He is the author of twenty five novels for young readers including The Hunchback Assignments, which won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and Dust, winner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. His lifetime of work has also received the prestigious Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence.  All of these awards mean that when he drinks tea he has to raise his pinky. It's very fancy. He lives in Saskatoon, Canada.  P.S. He does all of his writing on a treadmill desk. And he listens to heavy metal. At the same time. The music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0  

On this weeks episode we playthrough the first Fighting Fantasy book The Warlock of Firetop Mountain which is a single-player adventure gamebook written by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, and illustrated by Russ Nicholson. Originally published by Puffin Books in 1982, the title is the first gamebook in the Fighting Fantasy series. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2002, and Scholastic Books in 2017. As well as launching the Fighting Fantasy series, the gamebook inspired two direct sequels and five novels, and has been adapted into a board game, an audio drama and a video game. MyGuy Quick Reviews - 1:43:40: South Park on Amazon Prime - 1:43:56,Seinfeld on Netflix & Peacock streaming service – 1:45:00,How to get 6 Batman video games for free - 1:46:12,IT Chapter 2 – 1:46:45,Hustlers – 1:58:02,South Park Watch - 2:03:36,Fifa 20 (small review PES 2020) PS4- 2:04:20,River city girls – 2:06:24,Assassins of Allansia - 2:07:20 MyGuy Previews - 2:08:12: South Park watch & Free Batman Games, Ad Astra - Film Contact us on: Email: myguyreviews@gmail.comtiwtter: @myguy_reviewsInstagram: myguyreviews

This episode of Comic Book Pitt was recorded at the Sorgatron Media Studio.  Can we help with your Podcast? Contact us today! Dan, Cait, Link, and Shawn are back at the Sorgatron Media studio, where they discuss Wonder Twins #1, Bitter Root #3, Cleopatra in Space, Red Sonja #1, DIE! #2-3, GI JOE: Sierra Muerte #1, Strange Science Fantasy, and Runaways #18. WHERE TO FIND US: Comic Book Pitt is part of the SORGATRON MEDIA NETWORK EMAIL: comicbookpitt@gmail.com EPISODES: You can listen to us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify! CALL: 412-450-0227 FACEBOOK: facebook.com/comicbookpitt TWITTER: @comicbookpitt INSTAGRAM: @comicbookpitt

Dan, Cait, Link, and Shawn are back at the Sorgatron Media studo, where they discuss Wonder Twins #1, Bitter Root #3, Cleopatra in Space, Red Sonja #1, DIE! #2-3, GI JOE: Sierra Muerte #1, Strange Science Fantasy, and Runaways #18. WHERE TO FIND US: Comic Book Pitt is part of the SORGATRON MEDIA NETWORK EPISODES: You can listen to us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify! EMAIL: comicbookpitt@gmail.com CALL: 412-450-0227 SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM

YOU BOUGHT WHAT? is a comedy podcast taken from the point of view of two guys, Beej and Darryl, that have a life full of experience of buying a lot dumb stuff. Here are just a few of the topic’s we covered today. Shoes, Israel, Windshield Wipers, Candy, Scholastic Books, Hotwire, Cal Bears Football, Max’s […]

The tale (no pun intended) of The Wonky Donkey, words and music by Craig Smith, illustrations by Katz Cowley, Scholastic Books, 2009. You can hear the musical version at www.scholastic.com/wonkydonkey .

Joylynn Ross is an author & coach who’s written multiple book series such as “Still Divas” & “Forever Divas”. She’s written a children’s book, “The Secret Olivia Told Me” which was acquired by Scholastic Books and has sold almost 100,000 copies. In 2003 she became an Essence Magazine Best Selling Author. And get this, she’s already booked for the Essence Festival in 2019. She’s an expert at showing authors how to turn their book into a business, which is what she’s teaching at her upcoming conference, “Act Like An Author, Think Like A Business” https://www.PathToPublishing.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/certifiedgoaldiggers/support

The original interview was recorded on May 26, 2017. Font designer Chank Diesel was born Charles Anderson, but neighbors called him "Chanky," after Spanky from the Little Rascals. He has been running his Minneapolis-based type house and art studio, Chank Fonts since 1992. Clients who have used Chank’s custom font services include Ben & Jerry's, Cartoon Network, Indian Motorcycle, PBS Kids, Scholastic Books, Simon & Schuster, Target, Walt Disney, and much more. In this podcast episode, we talk to Chank about his font-making process in original experimental free fonts and affordable trendsetting commercial fonts. In the typography conversation segment, I ask Michael to explain and demonstrate to the TypeEd Alumni how to determine the body copy size just by the format and size of the page. Please leave the Typography Dojo podcast a rating and review on iTunes and help spread the good word of type. See you next week in the #typedojo! View the show notes at typographydojo.com/009

Time Codes: 00:00:27 - Introduction 00:03:08 - Introducing Paul Lai as new YR cohost 00:04:50 - A farewell message from Andy Wolverton 00:07:12 - Bats: Learning to Fly 00:31:39 - NewsPrints 01:00:37 - Wrap up 01:01:11 - Contact us Changes   The Comics Alternative extends a warm welcome to Paul Lai, who has taken over from Andy Wolverton as co-host with Gwen Tarbox on the Young Readers show. Everyone at The Comics Alternative family will miss Andy's wise and engaging reviews and perspectives on children's and young adult comics. In their first show together, Gwen and Paul discuss the newest volume in First Second Books' Science Comics series, Falynn Christine Koch's Bats: Learning to Fly, as well as Ru Xu's fiction (“diesel-punk,” as Paul terms it) graphic novel NewsPrints, published by the GRAPHIX imprint at Scholastic Books. Since its launch in 2016, the Science Comics series has included volumes on coral reefs, volcanoes, and dinosaurs. Geared towards upper elementary and middle school aged readers, Science Comics take advantage of the elements of visual storytelling to put forward scientific information. As the editors point out: “With the increasing ubiquity of visual information,” young readers need to “learn to process and respond to visual content, and comics are an incredibly effective medium for exploring visual literacy.” Regular listeners to the podcast may remember that Gwen and Andy reviewed Dinosaurs by M.K. Reed and Joe Flood in their March 2016 YR show, and many of the elements that they praised, including the accessibility of scientific information, as well as the use of humor, appear in Koch's volume, as well. Bats: Learning to Fly encourages young readers to understand the important role that bats play in the ecosystem, to overcome their fear of bats, and to learn how they can become involved in protecting and caring for bats. In addition to providing a great deal of information on various species of Bats, Koch creates a narrative in which a teenage girl, Sarah, volunteers at a bat rehabilitation center after her parents overreact to a bat and injure it. Lil' Brown, as the bat is known, is both a character in that narrative and a narrative presence in his own right, as he directly addresses the reader at various points regarding his own anatomy and role in the ecosystem. As part of their discussion, Paul and Gwen consider how young readers might respond to the way information is imparted in the comic, and they look forward to Koch's upcoming volume for the Science Comics series, Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield, due out in August, 2017. Koch recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and Gwen and Paul discuss how her precision drawings and humor-filled text combine to create a text that will delight readers, while encouraging them to appreciate how they can play a role in scientific study by volunteering to rehabilitate bats or building bat houses for their backyards. Next, Gwen and Paul discuss another debut comic from a SCAD graduate. NewsPrints is written and drawn by Ru Xu, a comics creator who was born in Beijing, immigrated to Indianapolis as a young child, and has had a lifelong love of comics from a variety of traditions, including manga, European comics, and even superhero comics. NewsPrints takes place in a fictional diesel-punk world where the land of Nautilene is torn by war and a newspaper called The Bugle is the only media outlet left that is still reporting the truth. The protagonist, Blue, is a rare kind of newsboy in a society that counts on its newsboys to shout out the headlines and sell papers…and that's because Blue is not a boy, but a girl, orphaned by the war and adopted by the family who owns the newspaper. Blue sets out to provide that one doesn't have to be a boy to be vital in the news business, and along the way, readers are introduced to a cast of characters such as Jack, the eccentric and secretive inventor; Crow, a strange kid who remains wrapped in a scarf and in mysteries of his own; and Goldie, Blue's loyal canary, who matches Blue's welcoming of people and spirit of flight. As part of their discussion, Paul and Gwen praise Xu's mastery of many genres of comics, including her ability to meld various traditional forms into an entirely unique story world. Thus, while the text shares much in common with recent fantasy releases, including Faith Erin Hicks' The Nameless City and Jorge Corona's Feathers, NewsPrints stands on its own, with a vast, inviting story space and a focus on issues of truth and representation that are ever more a part of our own political and social climate. Paul praised Xu's deft handling of interactions among characters, and Gwen expressed her admiration for Xu's use of color and shading to help set the mood and to ease transitions across the comic. Given the book's indeterminate ending, Paul and Gwen look forward to the series continuing into additional volumes, and they dwell on Xu's treatment of gender and ethnicity in thoughtful ways. Get your copies of the titles discussed on this episode:  

Joylynn M. Ross now writing as BLESSEDselling Author E.N. Joy (Everybody Needs Joy) BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy is the author behind the “New Day Divas,” “Still Divas,” “Always Divas” and “Forever Divas" series, all which have been coined “Soap Operas in Print.” She is an Essence Magazine Bestselling Author who wrote secular books under the names Joylynn M. Jossel and JOY. Her title, If I Ruled the World, earned her a book blurb from Grammy Award Winning Artist, Erykah Badu. An All Night Man, an anthology she penned with New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Jackson, earned the Borders bestselling African American romance award. Her Urban Fiction title, Dollar Bill (Triple Crown Publications), appeared in Newsweek and has been translated to Japanese. Her children’s book titled The Secret Olivia Told Me, written under the name N. Joy, received a Coretta Scott King Honor from the American Library Association. The book was also acquired by Scholastic Books and has sold almost 100,000 copies. Elementary and middle school children have fallen in love with reading and creative writing as a result of the readings and workshops E. N. Joy instructs in schools nationwide. After being the first content development editor for Triple Crown Publications and ten years as the acquisitions editor for Carl Weber's Urban Christian imprint, E. N. Joy now does freelance editing, ghostwriting, write-behinds and literary consulting. Her clients have included New York Times Bestselling authors, entertainers, aspiring authors, as well as first-time authors. Some notable literary consulting clients include actor Christian Keyes, singer Olivia Longott and Reality Television star Shereé M. Whitfield. You can visit BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy at www.enjoywrites.com or email her at enjoywrites@aol.com.  

BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy is the author behind the “New Day Divas,” “Still Divas,” “Always Divas” and “Forever Divas” series, all which have been coined “Soap Operas in Print.” She is an Essence Magazine Bestselling Author who wrote secular books under the names Joylynn M. Jossel and JOY. Her title, If I Ruled the World, earned her a book blurb from Grammy Award Winning Artist, Erykah Badu. An All Night Man, an anthology she penned with New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Jackson, earned the Borders bestselling African American romance award. Her Urban Fiction title, Dollar Bill (Triple Crown Publications), appeared in Newsweek and has been translated to Japanese. After thirteen years of being a paralegal in the insurance industry, E. N. Joy divorced her career and married her mistress and her passion; writing. In 2000, she formed her own publishing company where she published her books until landing a book deal with St. Martin’s Press. This award winning author has been sharing her literary expertise on conference panels in her home town of Columbus, Ohio as well as cities across the country. She also conducts publishing/writing workshops for aspiring writers. Her children’s book titled The Secret Olivia Told Me, written under the name N. Joy, received a Coretta Scott King Honor from the American Library Association. The book was also acquired by Scholastic Books and has sold almost 100,000 copies. Elementary and middle school children have fallen in love with reading and creative writing as a result of the readings and workshops E. N. Joy instructs in schools nationwide.

Known as the “Wizard of Storytelling,” David Farland (who also writes under the name David Wolverton) is the author and editor of more than fifty books, including his Philip K. Dick Award winning novel On My Way to Paradise and the well-known Runelords series. A long-time mentor to writers, David spend many years teaching writing at Bringham Young University and has also mentored such writers as Stephanie Meyer, Brandon Sanderson, Eric Flint and James Dashner. KWL Director Mark Lefebvre had the chance to sit down and chat with David about these things and much more at the 2016 annual Superstars Writing Seminars conference in Colorado Springs where David is one of the founding faculty members of a group of international bestselling authors who spend several information-packed days teaching newer writers the business of writing and publishing. In their conversation, Mark and David discuss: David's love of writing, which started when he was nine years old and had his first writing published in a local newspaper The fact that David had planned on becoming a doctor and was taken aside by a very astute teacher when he was seventeen who told him, “Dave, you're a writer. You don't it yet, but you're a writer and you can't get away from that. It's going to come out some day.” When he was studying pre-med and spent three days working on a poem that just wouldn't leave his mind. Winning third place in a college writing contest for a short story and how that inspired him to write more and submit them to other contests, where he won first place in all of them, including first prize in the L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future contest How winning that contest led to a three novel contract with Bantam right there at the Writers of the Future ceremony David's current role in helping to kick-start new writers careers as the lead editor for the Writers of the Future annual contest Tips on what David is looking for when reading submissions to this contest David's role as a writer coach and how, as an advisor to Scholastic Books in the United States, David had suggested they take a serious look at a then-unknown author of the Harry Potter series The secret to how David can intuit a writer's chances of success without even having to have read any of their work How his real name of David Wolverton became associated with his science fiction novels (starting with his first award winning novel, and how he landed on the pseudonym of David Farland by standing in a bookstore and looking at the placement of books on the shelves and determining the best “eye-level” last name to employ David's natural storyteller ability as a Dungeon Master taking care of twenty to thirty people at once for role playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, and how that led to his interest and participation in game development David's work doing screenplays and movie production, and the difference and similarities between writing novels, writing video games and writing screenplays David's work writing in the Star Wars universe, including The Courtship of Princess Leia as well as the YA and middle grade books for Scholastic The collaborative spirit and mentality required when working on licensed properties, video games, etc The differences between “Hollywood” and “New York Publishing” for a writer David's advice for writers and on being a professional writer: Deciding what you want to be and then beginning to live and BE that part   As part of his dedication to helping other writers, David writes the David Farland's #WritingTips, an email bulletin for writers. Many authors rave about how it has helped them. Out of devotion, he provides his #WritingTips for free. You can subscribe to David's #WritingTips here. LINKS OF INTEREST David's Website: http://davidfarland.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/authordavidfarland Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidfarland David's Great Resources for writers, including a signup to his “Daily Kick in the Pants” emails: www.mystorydoctor.com YouTube Video mentioned in the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWEP3aBVpAw

The Global War on Terror launched in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the United States has had a series of perverse effects. At its most egregious, it has licensed the return of torture and political assassination (now known as ‘targeted killing’), as well as the widespread degradation of personal privacy. Closely tied to these effects has been a growing militarisation of Western societies. In Canada this militarisation has been most noticeable in public acts, such as the designation of a stretch of Canada’s busiest highway as ‘the Highway of Heroes’, and the escalating presence of the military at sporting events. It is, however, a much more widespread phenomenon. This talk begins to explore the militarisation of Canadian society in and through its popular culture, jumping off from an analysis of two particular artefacts: an ‘award winning’ CBC Radio drama, Afghanada, and a children’s book, Road to Afghanistan, which is distributed by Scholastic Books to schools across the country. David Mutimer is Professor of International Politics and Chair of the Department of Political Science at York University, and is the Founding Editor of Critical Studies on Security. His research considers issues of contemporary international security through lenses provided by critical social theory, as well as inquiring into the reproduction of security in and through popular culture. Much of that work has focused on weapons proliferation as a reconfigured security concern in the post-cold war era, and has tried to open possibilities for alternative means of thinking about the security problems related to arms more generally. In the past few years this programme of research has concentrated on small arms and light weapons. More recently he has turned his attention to the politics of the global war on terror, and of the regional wars around the world presently being fought by Canada and its allies. He also writes about the history and sociology of Critical Security Studies.

n the galaxy of graphic novels, Craig Thompson is a singular talent. His books don't just tell different stories: they take place in entirely different universes.He burst onto the scene with the semi-autobiographical work about his move to Portland called “Goodbye, Chunky Rice.” Its delightfully quirky writing and cartoony style won him the Harvey Award for Best New Talent. He followed up with the incredible autobiography “Blankets,” about growing up in a fundamentalist Christian family in Wisconsin. The 600-page tome was a game-changer, sweeping the comic awards and redefining the literary depths a graphic novel memoir could plumb. Then Thompson completely changed gears with “Habibi,” an epic allegory set in a modern Arabian Nights fantasia. Now, he just released “Space Dumplins” on Scholastic Books. It's the zany adventure of a girl who has to save her family from giant planet-eating whales whose excrement has replaced oil as the universe's fuel. Did we mention there's a sartorial talking chicken named Elliot?We reached Thompson in his home in Los Angeles, where he moved earlier this year. Our conversation spanned his blue-collar roots, the friends who inspired the characters in “Space Dumplins,” and what attracted him to writing a children's book. Also, he reads his manifesto in the voice of the character Gar, the lumberjack father who harvests space whale, well, “dumplings."

Aug. 30, 2014. Jeff Smith appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Cartoonist Jeff Smith is best known for creating the comic book and graphic novel series "Bone," a publication characterized by both light-hearted comedy and dark fantasy. The idea for the Bone cousins, lead characters in the series, began to formulate when Smith was just a kid, inspired by the cartoons and comics he read; these characters stuck with him throughout his adult life and led to his lifelong career as a cartoonist. Smith successfully self-published the "Bone" series through his own company, Cartoon Books, before it was picked up years later by major publishing house Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Books. For his work on "Bone," Smith has received various awards, including 10 Eisner awards and 11 Harveys. Two of his most recent series are "RASL" and "Tuki Save the Humans." For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6372

This episode of Galaxy Moonbeam Night Site features a story on Great Movie Star Screen Couples of the past. We all have our favorite screen couples from the golden age of cinema, and we look back at some of them. Who are your favorites? Maybe Bogie and Bacall, William Powell and Myrna Loy, or perhaps Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. Whoever your favorites are, we'll remember them here, and also look back at why they were so appealing in those great films we know and love. Next we look back at Scholastic Books. Do you remember when you were in school, and you could order books from the Scholastic Book Company? Once or twice a year, the students were invited to order books from a catalog and everyone waited for the big day when the teacher would have the big box of books on the desk and hand out those books that everyone waited weeks to receive. For many, this instilled a love of reading that remains to this day. We also look back at some of the popular publications for young people from back in the day such as "My Weekly Reader", and "Highlights for Children". Finally we look at some of the electric and metal toys of the 50s and 60s. We look back at the electric football and hockey games that were prevalent back then. We also look back at the Easy Bake Oven, and how little girls would bake cakes and goodies in those little ovens that inspired a whole generation of cooks and bakers. Our Retro-Commercials are for De Soto and of course, the Easy Bake Ovens. Join us on Galaxy Moonbeam Night Site!

Especially for the arrival of the autumn equinox, alias fall, we bring you “Moonlight Over Cassia Peak” a nature myth from China explaining the abundance of cassia trees around Lingyin Temple in the Wulin Mountains. The version we have borrowed presents the legend as a tale within a tale. We come to you from Fall River, MA, where we gear up for another haunting season in Salem. We've completed our 21st summer season, which took us from Monterey, CA to Medford, MA. Along the way, we performed for the American Library Association's annual conference on behalf of Scholastic Books (held in Chicago this year) and biked the Katy Trail in Missouri. And Dennis began writing about some of our travel adventures for examiner.com. Oh yes, and we have a guest star this time who's hardly a stranger to our podcasts or our shows: our son Zephyr, who now lives in Massachusetts and hadn't done a podcast with us since January. Happy Listening! Dennis (De Wing), Kimberly (Narrator, Queen) and Zephyr (Abbot, Wu Gang)

Click here to listen to: The Watermelon Seed Hi All, We are hoping you are enjoying the start of your summer! In our last post we listed a few reading programs we found helpful and illuminating to keep you reading all summer long. Here is one more program from Scholastic Books that we just discovered! What did you say? A word of the day! That is right! In our story there aremany juicy words that are fun to learn and say! astute: smart, quick, perceptive awry: away from the expected or proper direction; amiss; wrong protruding: to thrust forward sweltering: oppressively hot and humid viable: able to live and grow JUST ADD IMAGINATION!Try these activities to keep your imagination glowing after hearing the story.1. Write a letter to someone you love about what you plan to do this summer. Don't forget the FIVE parts of a letter: Heading, Greeting, Body, Closing, and Your Signature. 2. Make your own observations. Save a seed from any kind of fruit you eat, such as a watermelon, an apple or a pear. Give it a few days to dry. Plant the seed in a cup of soil. Place it in the sun and water it daily. What changes do you see happening? Write them down or draw them out. COMPREHENSION CHALLENGEAfter listening to the story, can you recall the details to answer these questions?1. What did the boy first notice was changing in his mom? 2. Why did the boy think the mom was growing a watermelon in her belly? 3. List 3 observations the boy made about his Momma's belly that he wrote his Grandma about? BRIGHT BIRTHDAY WISHESWe want to send out bright birthday wishes to:John D of Valencia, SpainKerry W of Cambridge, MASue H of East Amherst, NYSamantha R of Bedford, MAWe hope your day SPARKLED! If you know someone who has a birthday coming up and you'd like to send them a Night Light Birthday wish, send us an email at nightlightstories@gmail.com. Please send us your loved one's first name and the first initial of their last name only and we'll pass along the birthday wish. There are no age limits! POST ITWe hope you have some wonderful summer time plans, whether it is playing in your yard or traveling to the beach, we'd love to hear about them. Feel free to post fun summer time activities on the blog.As always, I look forward to watching the glow grow brighter with the many stories we can share together.