Episodes
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Marley Dias Gets It Done...and Princess Truly, Too!
February 8th, 2018 | 35 mins 51 secs
books, children's books, kids, parenting, teaching
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Christopher Paul Curtis: Learning from History
January 25th, 2018 | 20 mins 41 secs
books, children's books, history, literature, reading
We talk with award-winning author Christopher Paul Curtis about his latest book, The Journey of Little Charlie.
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Children's Book Trends to Watch for in 2018
December 21st, 2017 | 25 mins 44 secs
2018, books, children's books, education, literature, parenting, reading, trends
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The New Jedi Master Behind Star Wars: Jedi Academy
December 14th, 2017 | 21 mins 40 secs
books, children's books, comics, education, graphic novels, jedi academy, parenting, reading, star wars
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A Song, a Feminist Princess, and a Conversation with Julia Donaldson
November 29th, 2017 | 17 mins 47 secs
books, childrens books, julia donaldson, kid lit, picture books, reading
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We the People
November 17th, 2017 | 39 mins 32 secs
children's books, civics, civics education, education, elementary education, parenting, teaching
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Talking Wonderstruck with Brian Selznick
November 9th, 2017 | 34 mins 21 secs
brian selznick, children's books, family movies, kid lit, wonderstruck
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I Exist: Why Representation in Children's Books Matters
October 26th, 2017 | 27 mins 45 secs
books, children's books, diversity, literature, reading, representation, we need diverse books
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Everything is a Metaphor: A Conversation with Maggie Stiefvater
October 2nd, 2017 | 32 mins
books, children's literature, literature, maggie stiefvater, ya books, young adult books
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Art, Tragedy, and Ghost Stories: A Conversation with Daniel José Older
September 21st, 2017 | 25 mins 44 secs
books, daniel jose older, reading, teens, we need diverse books, ya, young adult books
This week, we're joined in the studio by Daniel José Older, author of the New York Times bestselling Shadowshaper, an urban fantasy for young adults that follows the adventures of Sierra Santiago, a Brooklyn teen with supernatural powers.
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Getting Families Engaged in the Classroom
September 7th, 2017 | 33 mins 17 secs
education, parenting, parents, teacher, teaching
Research tells us that when families are engaged in their children's learning, great things happen. But what does it look like when families and educators are working together? To find out, we're talking with Dr. Karen L. Mapp from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (and co-author of Powerful Partnerships: A Teacher’s Guide to Engaging Families for Student Success).
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Summer Short: Middle Grade Read-Alouds
August 24th, 2017 | 14 mins 13 secs
books, children's books, parenting, read aloud, reading
This week, we’re excited to share another short episode full of read-alouds with you! Here at Scholastic, we know that reading aloud with your child is one of the most important things you can do to, and it shouldn’t stop once they can read on their own.
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Summer Short: Picture Book Read-Alouds
August 10th, 2017 | 19 mins 9 secs
books, children's books, parenting, picture book, read aloud, reading
This week, we have something special — and a little different. We know from research that reading aloud is one of the best ways to turn kids into lifelong readers, and over the past 40 plus episodes, we’ve asked A LOT of talented authors to read aloud from their work. Today, we’ve stitched our picture book read-alouds together into one short episode that’s perfect for your 3- to 8-year-old!
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Making Magic with Wings of Fire
July 27th, 2017 | 27 mins 41 secs
books, children, children's books, education, parenting, reading, teaching
This week, we're talking with author Tui Sutherland about her New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, Wings of Fire.
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25 Years of Goosebumps
July 13th, 2017 | 31 mins 10 secs
books, children, children's books, education, goosebumps, parenting, reading, rl stine
In July 1992, Scholastic introduced a monthly book series by R.L. Stine called Goosebumps with Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House. Twenty-five years (and several generations of frightened kids later), Goosebumps is now one of the best-selling children's series of all time with more than 350 million English language books in print. To celebrate this milestone, we invited R.L. Stine into the studio to reflect on the last 25 years and to give us a look at what's still to come for the master of horror.
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Telling the Stories of Refugees
June 23rd, 2017 | 59 mins 12 secs
books, children's books, current events, education, literature, parenting, refugee crisis, refugees, world events
Actors Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody, and author Alan Gratz join us this week to talk about the refugee crisis, and how they are giving voice to the children affected.