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This week we welcome Jewish Songwriter Joanie Leeds to the podcast and we chat about her song "Shayne Punim." As one of the top nationally touring kindie rock singers, New York-based Joanie Leeds has played for thousands of families all across the country. As a singer/songwriter, Joanie has won first place in the USA Songwriting Competition, an Independent Music Award, Gold Parents' Choice Award, NAPPA Gold Award and she has been a John Lennon Songwriting Award Finalist and an International Songwriting Competition Finalist. Her original music with her band Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights has been featured in People Magazine, USA Today, Parents Magazine, New York Times and Washington Post. She is currently touring the USA promoting her 8th children's CD, 'Brooklyn Baby'. Her songs are played on many radio stations nationwide climbing up the chart to #1 on Sirius-XM's Kids Place Live and WXPN's Kids Corner. Joanie's YouTube PageJoanie's SpotifyJoanie's FacebookJoanie's Website
Oct. 14, 2015. Graphic artist/author Jarrett J. Krosoczka visited the Young Readers Center with his "Platypus Police Squad" series and invited U.S. Capitol Hill Police officers Renee White and Richard Webb to perform a scene from "The Frog Who Croaked," the first in the series. Speaker Biography: Jarrett J. Krosoczka has been passionate about storytelling through words and pictures since he was a kid. His prolific work includes picture books, chapter books and graphic novels. He is a regular contributor to "The Book Report With JJK," on Sirius XM's Kids Place Live, and this TED Talk has been viewed more than a half-million times. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7153
Sep. 17, 2014. Jarrett J. Krosoczka visited the Library's Young Readers Center to introduce his popular graphic novel "Lunch Lady" series to third graders from the Maret School and the Oyster-Adams Bilingual school. Krosoczka explained his journey from art student to successful author/illustrator and taught the students how he creates and draws his characters. Speaker Biography: Jarrett J. Krosoczka has been passionate about storytelling through words and pictures since he was a kid. His prolific work includes picture books, chapter books and graphic novels. He is a regular contributor to "The Book Report With JJK," on Sirius XM's Kids Place Live, and this TED Talk has been viewed more than a half-million times. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7154
In Story Pirates first podcast, Lee Overtree (Artistic Director, Story Pirates) and Mindy Thomas (Host, Absolutely Mindy on Sirius XM's Kids Place Live) present "Marshmallow Shooter Camp," a weird adventure into the syrupy world of a marshmallowy camp! Featuring an interview with six year old author Christopher DeWeerd. Story Pirates is a group of world-class actors, comedians, improvisers and musicians who adapt stories written by kids into sketch comedy and musical theater. Story Pirates Podcast features highlights from our weekly radio show on SiriusXM's Kids Place Live. Visit www.storypirates.org for more information on how you can bring Story Pirates Live to your school or town!