Note: In Pod Ten, Grammy talks about reviewing picture books for the newspaper. Grammy and Eli talk about bad moods, snitfits, and feeling vulnerable. Eli interviews an EMT, Amanda Roberts, who talks
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Pod Nine: Masks, a First Reporting Job, and Rhymes
Note: In Pod Nine, Grammy and Eli talk about their masks. Grammy talks about her first job as a reporter, and she reads a poem that is her and Eli’s favorite. Grammy and Eli have fun making rhymes
Pod Eight: When We Need Encouragement, and Writing About Our Feelings
Note: In Pod Eight, Grammy and Eli talk about when we sometimes need encouragement—or inspiration from others—we hear a poem about a gymnast, and then we meet the gymnast! She is Grammy’s daughter and
Pod Seven: Thinking and Writing about the Things We Don’t Want to Do!
Note: In Pod Seven, Grammy talks about writing for her college newspaper, and she and Eli talk about when you have a total lack of inspiration and don’t want to do anything! The activity is to think
Pod Six: A Clown Poem, and an Introduction to Shel Silverstein
Note: In Pod Six, Grammy talks about writing for her high school newspaper, Eli talks about learning how to interview people, and Grammy reads two silly poems. The day’s activity is to read a book by
Pod Five: Meet Eli’s Brother Darrian and Hear How He Learned to Draw
Note: In Pod Five, Grammy and Eli talk about reading and keeping a diary, and Grammy reads two poems inspired by water. Grammy also reads a poem Eli wrote when he was very young, about his Auntie
Fun Poems and Stories for Fun People: The Poem Pod Line-up
Beginning tomorrow, I’m launching a 20-day series of free podcasts, called Poem Pods, for children and families. They are low-tech broadcasts that aim to give children home on school vacation—without
Fighting My Poem Pod Fears
Every author I have worked with gets nervous when we are finalizing the manuscript and inching toward the print phase. One of our Poem Pod guests, Judy Kelliher, talks a bit about this in episode
Poem Pods Coming for Families on June 22
Note: Please consider sharing this link using the social media buttons at the end of the post! What started off as an idea to share poems I wrote years ago with today’s young children has blossomed
Bug Byte: A Sample Poem Pod
Note: Bug Bytes are simple snippets, quick thoughts. Thanks for reading. This is one of Darrian’s illustrations for my Poem Pods, a new feature for children that will be coming to my site this