Authors
Often the best books are the ones that you have never heard of. Every month, The Book Badger will post an interview with a featured author. These authors will typically be independent and self published hidden gems.
“Bathtime Fun!” with Kathleen Gauer
Last year, the Book Badger Blog had the honor of featuring children’s author Kathleen Gauer, author of The Wish Carvers and For No Reason. If you missed those posts, be sure and check them out! Today, we are happy to share a review of her newest book “Bathtime Fun!”. “Bathtime Fun!” For Everyone! This joyful and friendly tour of bathtub playtime is a flawless rhyming text accompanied by creative traditional style illustrations. Readers will enjoy this imaginative journey, told with a diverse range of colorful characters. “Bathtime Fun!” Celebrates Imagination The overall mood and theme of the book is positive and bright, making this a great read aloud before bed…
Hungry Hudson Has a Choice
This week on the Book Badger, we’re talking with Leslie Mitchell Assini about her book “Hungry Hudson Has a Choice”. This is a great fun read for kids, all about making selfless choices. ( Read all the way to the end of this post for a FREE PRINTABLE!” Hungry Hudson Has a Choice The story is about a lovable little dog names Hudson who means well, but has one big weakness: FOOD. Hudson can’t resist food, and often it ends in disaster. But when the food in question is the birthday cake of his favorite friend, will Hudson make a selfless choice? A simple book with a powerful message The sweet…
Telling Dad Jokes w/Jacob Eckeberger
Father’s Day is upon us! And you know what that means! Dad jokes! And this weeks guest, Jacob Eckeberger, has some doozies. Jacob’s book, “My Dad’s Jokes are Very (Terribly, Awfully, Painfully) Bad!”, is a great homage to that most honored of fatherhood traditions: cringeworthy, pun-filled, dad jokes. A Fun Book to share with Dad Not only is this book filled with punny fuel for dad’s joke repertoire, it also highlights the bond between father and child. No matter how bad the dad jokes get, the boy in the book can’t help but laugh. The child’s insistence that one should not laugh at dad’s horrible jokes is adorably familiar and…
Meditation For Kids with Mystic Bunny Boy
Teaching meditation to your kids can be a powerful tool to help regulate sleep, stop tantrums in their tracks, and aid in big transitions. This week on the Book Badger Blog, we talk with children’s author Jodie Webber about her book “Mystic Bunny Boy Walks The Rainbow” about the power of meditation for kids and how it has helped her own child sleep and cope with big changes. “Mystic Bunny Boy Walks The Rainbow” “Mystic Bunny Boy Walks the Rainbow” is a story of child who cannot get to sleep and the magical “Mystic Bunny Boy” who helps her “Walk The Rainbow” and meditate on good thoughts and feelings. Each…
Wealthful Adventures : Inspiring Young Entrepreneurs
Looking for a book to teach your kids about the value of working for yourself? Author Jalen “J Mac” Thompson has you covered. In a world where traditional ideals of employment and financial success are evolving, how to do we start the conversations with our kids. How do we inspire the young entrepreneurs of tomorrow? Teaching kids about financial independence can be a daunting task. But it doesn’t have to be. “Wealthful Adventures” is a new series of books to inspire young entrepreneurs. The first book in the “Wealthful Adventures” series, “You’re the Boss!” Teaches kids about the concept of owning your own business using colorful illustrations and simple rhyming…
Getting Muddy W/ Allison Bakkum
Did you ever make mud pies as a kid? There’s something about getting messy and muddy that just makes things more fun, no matter what age you are. “My Mud Kitchen is Rad” is a fun rhyming book about getting outside and having good not-so-clean fun in a “mud kitchen”! Fun foods, rhyming, and adorable illustrations make it an awesome book to accompany some fun and messy sensory play! Here’s what we liked the most about “My Mud Kitchen is Rad”! There are a wide variety of foods in this kitchen! A variety of fun and interesting foods from various cultures are mentioned in the book, which is a great way…
Teaching Kids “Mindful Mantras” with Laurie Wright
In a time when negative self image messages bombard our children via social media, children’s author Laurie Wright’ “Mindful Mantras” series has positive self talk down to a T, and she is pretty great at marketing it too! Teach kids positive self talk and problem solving with “Mindful Mantras” Laurie Wright’s “Mindful Mantras” series is one of the most unique set of books out there for kids who struggle with big feelings, negative self image, and everyday changes. Each book walks kids through basic scenarios that they may struggle with in their day to day encounters, then offers them both solutions (some rather silly) as well as a positive message (“I…
“What I’m Feeling is Okay!”
Join us as we sit down for a Q&A with Laura Shiff , Author of "What I'm Feeling is Okay!" and chat about the pandemic, big feelings, and more!
The Busy Fox |A Kid’s Book About Forest Bathing
Wait. Did that say “forest bathing“? Yes. Forest bathing. It’s a thing. This month on The Book Badger Blog, we are going to take a look at books that support and inspire children’s mental health. Each week will focus on a different book that introduces concepts of mindfulness and emotional awareness to kids. This week’s picture book of the week, “The Busy Fox” by Isaac Madge is a bright and colorful introduction to the mindfulness concept of forest bathing. What exactly is forest bathing? Well, it doesn’t really have anything to do with a bath, if that’s what you are thinking. It’s actually just about being in nature and taking…
Superpower: Imagination
Taking the step to move from reading picture books to books without pictures can be a daunting one for early readers. Many early reader chapter books incorporate images here and there to aid children in staying on topic and keep them engaged in the story. But the skill of using their imagination to make the pictures for them is one that must be honed and developed, much like a Superpower. This week’s book of the week is all about honing that creative “superpower”. The book “Superpower: Imagination” by Jacqui Shepherd is a book without illustrations, but certainly not a boring one. It is its own guided adventure, walking the reader…
