It's our final week of school and I cannot stop thinking about books. I'll be in a new library next year with new students and a...

Jacob Grant joins me today to share the book trailer for BEAR OUT THERE, the sequel to his 2018 picture book BEAR'S SCARE. Here's a...

Oh my word there are SO MANY excellent books coming out! What an excellent time to be a reader. Today I'm excited to welcome Marcie...

Celebrating friends is kinda the best. Katrina Moore and I opened an elementary school 6 years ago. I still remember going out to lunch...

Sometimes you start a conversation with a stranger and you have no idea where it might take you. June Smalls is an author I met on...

Keith Negley and I first connected on the podcast a full two years ago (back when it was still called the Let's Get Busy podcast!) when...

Today it is my great pleasure to welcome author and friend of the podcast (episode #444) Mitali Perkins and illustrator Sara Palacios to...

Today it is my great pleasure to welcome author illustrator Tina Kügler to the blog to share a first look at the newest installment in...

Sara O'Leary (This is Sadie, The Boy and the Blue Moon) and Jacob Grant (Cat Knit, Through with the Zoo) have a book coming out together!...

Today I'm welcoming author Maryann Macdonald and illustrator Rahele Jomepour Bell to the blog to share the cover of their upcoming...

Today it is my great pleasure to welcome author illustrator Evan Turk to the blog to share a first look at his newest work, YOU ARE HOME....

Today it is my pleasure to welcome author illustrator Lynn Curlee to the blog today to share a first look at his newest work THE GREAT...

I am so excited to welcome illustratorDebbie Ridpath Ohi to the blog today to share a first look at her newest picture book with Michael...

Today I'm welcoming author Barry Wittenstein and illustrator Keith Mallett to the blog to share the cover of their upcoming picture book,...

I am so excited to welcome author Cathy Breisacher to the blog today to share the cover of her upcoming picture book, entitled CAVEKID...