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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 15: Goodnight Moon (Bedtime Book Series: Part 1)

Episode 15: Goodnight Moon (Bedtime Book Series: Part 1)

Baby/Toddler· Board Books· Parenting· Picture Books

SUMMARY: There is no other book more closely associated with bedtime in children’s literature than Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown…
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Episode 10: 21 Best Diverse Board Books for Babies and Toddlers (and Grown-Ups!) | Diverse Books Series (Part 2)

Episode 10: 21 Best Diverse Board Books for Babies and Toddlers (and Grown-Ups!) | Diverse Books Series (Part 2)

Baby/Toddler· Parenting· Picture Books· Podcast

SUMMARY: In this episode we discuss 21 of the best diverse board books for infants, toddlers, and even grown-ups!  Studies show that…
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Episode 9: Picture Books That Will Help You Raise An Inclusive Child

Episode 9: Picture Books That Will Help You Raise An Inclusive Child

Baby/Toddler· Parenting· Picture Books· Podcast

SUMMARY: Embracing diversity and being accepting and inclusive of all kinds of people no matter their race, religion, physical abilities, gender…
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Episode 7: How to Read Aloud to Your Active Toddler

Episode 7: How to Read Aloud to Your Active Toddler

Baby/Toddler· Board Books· Bookish Toys· Parenting· Podcast

SUMMARY:  A common dilemma for parents of toddlers is that, though they would love to read-aloud to their young children, it’s…
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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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Second to the right and straight on ‘til morning Second to the right and straight on ‘til morning! Happy Halloween from our Neverland crew to yours! 🏴‍☠️🧚🐊🎩⏰🧜🏻‍♀️🎃
Our Read-Aloud Books over the past fortnight! We w Our Read-Aloud Books over the past fortnight! We went to Boston for a quick little family trip and came back with some lovely new books and a new little friend from Beacon Hill Books & Café 🐿️🥰📚
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Yesterday’s Read-Aloud Books! I forgot to includ Yesterday’s Read-Aloud Books! I forgot to include them in the day’s stack, but my two oldest children are in the midst of reading The Questioneers series (my 1st grader is reading Ada Twist aloud to me and my Junior Kindergartener is taking turns reading aloud Rosie Revere with me) and we’re all loving them! ⚙️🧪🔬⚗️🎨
Weekend Read-Aloud Books! We read some brand new b Weekend Read-Aloud Books! We read some brand new books that came out this month and loved every one of them - hooray! And we are revisiting some old fall favorites to get us into the autumn spirit 🍁🍂🍃
Yesterday’s Read-Aloud Books! We are prepping fo Yesterday’s Read-Aloud Books! We are prepping for two new picture books coming out this week from two of our favorite authors, Mo Willems (@mo.willems.studio) and Flavia Z. Drago, by reading their backlist titles in their respective series! Can’t wait! 🐦🛷📚🧛‍♀️🎃
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