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Reading With Your Kids is all about encouraging parents to read with their kids, and cook with their kids, and do activities with their kids, and experience tv, movies and music together.
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- Sep 13, 2026
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Big Feelings, Pets, and Puerto Rican Flavor (opens the original)
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In this warm and wide–ranging episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes back two guest authors whose books celebrate culture, compassion, and kids with big feelings. First, Jy de la Vega returns to share her new early reader graphic novel, "Annalise: The Special Dish." Inspired by her own daughter, who is on the autism spectrum, J's story follows Annalise as she tries to create a "special" recipe for a school party. Along the way—through tostones, mofongo, and finally pasteles—Annalise dis
Lowrider Culture Meets Reading Culture: Two Powerful New Projects (opens the original)
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Join Jed Doherty for a heartfelt, high-energy episode featuring two creators who are all about getting kids excited to read. First, Jed chats with Laura De La Cruz, author of the picture book Lowrider for Sale. Laura introduces us to Gabby, a determined eight-year-old devastated to find a "for sale" sign on her dad's beloved lowrider. Through Gabby's efforts to save the car, kids glimpse the richness of lowrider culture—the chrome, murals, car shows, and especially the strong sense of community
Dream Big With Shannon Hale Graphic Novels, Fear and Big Feelings (opens the original)
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On this episode of Reading With Your Kids, we're celebrating two wonderful graphic novels—starting with a deep dive into Shannon Hale's new middle grade graphic novel Dream Big . Joining Jed from an Airbnb in Utah , Shannon talks about the beauty and diversity of the U.S., her travels to schools and bookstores in at least 45 states , and what it's like to live life on the road with "book people." She reflects on a career of 50+ books , translated into 25 languages, and admits she hardly lets her
Drawing Our Difficulties: David Soren on Turning Pain into Characters (opens the original)
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In this heartfelt episode, Jed welcomes back filmmaker and author David Soren to celebrate Visible: The Sort of True Story of a Not So Hidden Disease, the powerful follow-up to his middle grade novel Invisible. Drawing from his own experience growing up with Crohn's disease, David shares how his fictional stand-in, JJ Sugar, navigates life with his biker-beast disease, Norm, and how their relationship slowly shifts from fear and resentment toward understanding and even a kind of friendship. Davi
If Kids Are Having Fun They're Learning (opens the original)
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In this heartfelt episode of the Reading With Your Kids podcast, Jed welcomes Daria , musician, teaching artist, and author of the joyful new picture book Cicada Sing Along . Drawing on decades of performing in schools, Daria and Jed celebrate the magic that happens when kids aren't just sitting and listening, but making music together —banging on drums, buzzing like cicadas, and discovering instruments from around the world. Daria shares how the so‑called "cicada apocalypse" inspired her to tur
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