Romance. Suspense. Adventure. Great stories lie buried in your family’s past. Genealogy is the second-most popular hobby in America. How can you find your family’s story? And what do you with it once you learn it? We’ll be talking with Anne Norton, a research librarian and educator who specializes in investigating …
How Illustrations Tell Stories
Art tells a story. The harmony between illustrations and text conveys and completes stories. How did storytelling evolve from a purely visual medium to one now containing words? Tim Davis, an artist, author and teacher, joins Cynthia Faber Smith, the former art director for both Highlights for Children and Science …
From STEM to Story
How can your students learn about the cutting-edge of popular science through the art of stories? To talk about that, we invited Jenny Dehlinger and Thomas Locke (Davis Bunn) to join the podcast. Jenny serves as an instructional coach at one of the largest elementary schools in upstate South Carolina. She’s a …
Back to the Literary Future: Why Your Local Librarian Is Better Than Google in 2019
When Andrew Carnegie gave money to launch public libraries, the idea made sense. What about today, though? In the age of the internet, who needs libraries? Stacie Gardner, a public school librarian in Greenville, SC, and Melinda Long, New York Times bestselling author of How I Became a Pirate, join the …
Including Readers with Disabilities
How do authors present a positive or negative message of inclusion and acceptance toward those with disabilities? To talk about that, we invited Dr. Julia Wilkins and Lucy and Hartley Plyler to join the podcast. Julia is a professor of education at Presbyterian College, Lucy is a social worker with the …