This week I'm so delighted for you to meet Kate Reynolds, also known as The Lavender Librarian. Kate is a passionate advocate of inclusive storytimes for children, and she has some innovative ideas for how to share reading time with kids.
I was initially hesitant when Kate suggested we read a children's book for this episode - afraid that we wouldn't have enough to talk about to fill the half hour. But I was so, so wrong. Talking to librarians is always a wonderful experience, but talking to this particular one about this particular book was extra-specially magic.
Host: Julie Strauss
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Guest: Kate Reynolds
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Discussed in this episode:
A Day with No Words by Tiffany Hammond
Roald Dahl
The Babysitters Club
Beverly Cleary
Mr. Rogers
Sharon, Lois and Bram
Sandwiches by Fred Penner
Je suis une Pizza by Charlotte Diamond
123 Andres
Jim Gill
Little Miss Anne
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Mouse by Art Spiegelman
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Tiffany Hammond’s Instagram
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115 Royal Books
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113 Naima Simone on "Saving Grace" by Julie Garwood
112 Valerie Francis on "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie
111 Replay! Lisa-Marie Cabrelli on "Severance" by Ling Ma
110 Jasmine Vyas on "Tastes Like War" by Grace M. Cho
109 Lauren Regenhardt on "Clockwork Angel" by Cassandra Clare
108 Thriller-Palooza with the Thrillers By the Bookclub
107 Maci Nelson on "Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wynne Jones
106 Becca Syme on "Bet Me" by Jennifer Crusie
105 Piper Huguley on "Douglass' Women" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
104 Suswati Basu on "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
103 April Bielefeldt on "A Piece of the World" by Christina Baker Kline
102 Shannon Bailey Grace on "Life With the Afterlife" by Amy Bruni
101 Cookbook-palooza with the Three Kitchens Podcast
100 Charnaie Gordon on "Atomic Habits" by James Clear
099 Kelly Pollock on "All That She Carried" by Tiya Miles
098 Sivan Hong on "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes
097 Lizbeth Meredith on "What Comes Next and How to Like It" by Abigail Thomas
096 Liam Jenkins on "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova
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