{"id":82028,"date":"2024-04-09T14:27:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T04:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/?p=82028"},"modified":"2024-04-09T14:36:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T04:36:41","slug":"your-kids-next-read-podcast-celebrates-150-episodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2024\/04\/your-kids-next-read-podcast-celebrates-150-episodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Kid’s Next Read podcast celebrates 150 episodes"},"content":{"rendered":"

As usual, I’m late to my own party because the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast<\/a><\/strong> celebrated 150 episodes<\/strong> on March 27th and here I am sharing the news right before episode 152 drops tomorrow.<\/p>\n

You can listen to episode 150 here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I’m sure you’ll be unsurprised by this situation \u2013 after all, I’m a known under-celebrator from way back \u2013 but I’m feeling bad about this one.<\/p>\n

The truth is, I’m really proud of this podcast.<\/p>\n

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My co-host Megan Daley<\/strong><\/a> and I began the podcast as a natural extension of the Your Kid’s Next Read Facebook community<\/a>,<\/strong> which we founded in 2017, along with author Allison Rushby<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

We thought the podcast would give a voice to the conversations and engagement from our thriving group \u2013 and it turns out we were right.<\/p>\n

At the time the podcast began, I was still co-hosting the So You Want To Be A Writer podcast with Valerie Khoo<\/strong>, and I loved doing both, but I’d been with SYWTBAW for seven years and I was, frankly, tired.<\/p>\n

My first love is children’s literature and I was watching the spaces given over to the discussion and promotion of Australia’s children’s literature shrinking.<\/p>\n

I was also watching our literacy rates and results dropping, and an increasing number of desperate parents\/carers\/educators\/other interested parties flocking to the Your Kid’s Next Read community to try to find ways (and books) to keep their kids interested in reading.<\/p>\n

So I decided to focus on the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast and I truly believe that Megan and I have created something special.<\/p>\n

Yes, we discuss children’s books (from board books to YA), reading, and writing, but our conversations (the Quality Waffle) take us upwards, downwards and sideways into parenting, teacher-librarian life and advocacy, education, honey, cooking, gardening, the joys (and challenges) of teens, our wonderful author interviews and so much more.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t yet had a listen, it’s a great time to jump on board.<\/p>\n

And if you are a part of our community of listeners, thank you SO much for being part of our conversations.<\/p>\n

We love that we go walking with you, and fold the washing with you, and ferry the kids around with you.<\/p>\n

We love it when you talk back to us via reviews and via the Facebook community.<\/p>\n

We love making Australian children’s literature a part of your week.<\/p>\n

Even if we do forget to celebrate that sometimes…<\/p>\n

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\"a<\/a>Are you new here? Welcome to my blog! I\u2019m Allison Tait, aka A.L. Tait, and I\u2019m the author of middle-grade series, The Mapmaker Chronicles, The Ateban Cipher, and the Maven & Reeve Mysteries. My latest novel THE FIRST SUMMER OF CALLIE McGEE is out now. You can find out\u00a0<\/b><\/em>more about me here<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/a>, and\u00a0<\/b><\/em>more about my books here<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/a>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for book recommendations for young readers, join the\u00a0<\/b><\/em>Your Kid\u2019s Next Read Facebook community<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/a>, tune in to the <\/b><\/em>Your Kid\u2019s Next Read podcast<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/a> and sign up for the <\/i><\/b>Your Kid’s Next Read newsletter<\/i><\/b><\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As usual, I’m late to my own party because the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast celebrated 150 episodes on March 27th and here I am sharing the news right before episode 152 drops tomorrow. You can listen to episode 150 here. 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