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Episode 20: (Special Episode!) Ask Me Anything – Your Questions, Answered!

Episode 20: (Special Episode!) Ask Me Anything – Your Questions, Answered!

Beginning Readers· Board Books· Parenting· Picture Books· Podcast· Uncategorized

SUMMARY: In this special final episode of Season 2, I answer YOUR questions about children’s literature and reading to children.  We cover…
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Episode 19: The Twelve BOOKS of Christmas

Episode 19: The Twelve BOOKS of Christmas

Baby/Toddler· Beginning Readers· Board Books· Picture Books· Podcast

SUMMARY:  On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a gorgeous stack of books beneath the tree!  We’re…
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Episode 18: Owl At Home and Good Night Owl (Bedtime Book Series: Part 3)

Episode 18: Owl At Home and Good Night Owl (Bedtime Book Series: Part 3)

Baby/Toddler· Beginning Readers· Board Books· Picture Books

SUMMARY: In this third installment of our Bedtime Book Series, we are discussing two excellent, engaging, brain-building bedtime books in tandem:…
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Episode 3: Help Your Kids Cope with COVID-19 | Books About Separation and Anxiety to Help Your Kids Cope with Social Distancing

Episode 3: Help Your Kids Cope with COVID-19 | Books About Separation and Anxiety to Help Your Kids Cope with Social Distancing

Baby/Toddler· Beginning Readers· Middle Grade· Picture Books· Podcast· Young Adult

SUMMARY:  Today’s episode centers around picture books that deal with separation and the anxiety that can come with it.  One of the…
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Profile Exquisitely Ever After Christina Phillips Mattson

Hello! I’m Christina and I received my Ph.D. in Children’s Literature from Harvard University in 2015. I’m a writer, educator, and mother to two little boys.  I’m passionate about helping other parents and caregivers use reading to help their children become kind, intelligent, empathetic, and successful human beings. Read more about me here.

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