Books That Make You Podcast - S:5 E:25 Blastoff Into Space on An Adventure with Steven Joseph. Author of Snoodles in Space

S:5 E:25 Blastoff Into Space on An Adventure with Steven Joseph. Author of Snoodles in Space

04/19/23 • 28 min

Books That Make You Launch into Outer Space – With No Less Than Snoodles

Steven Joseph, beloved children’s book author, crankiness expert and humorist, has darkened our door a fourth time to offer tongue-twisting laughs with his latest installment of the “Snoodles” Saga: Snoodles in Space: A Snoodle, The Zoodle Kidoodles, and One Happy Schmoodle.

Steven discusses how the beloved series was conceptualized and developed, further tips for managing crankiness from the ultimate authority on crankiness, and what it was like for Steve to present his book to Oscar nominees at the DPA Luxe Gift Suite the week of the Oscars.

By day, Steven is an attorney and negotiator, so he knows well the process of shifting one’s perspective to see things anew. As a result, he brings a fresh point of view to the world of children’s literature that’s as entertaining as it is emotional and intellectually stimulating.

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Books That Make You Launch into Outer Space – With No Less Than Snoodles

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S:5 E:24 Motorbikes and Coming of Age with Michael Thomas Perone author of Danger Peak

Books That Make You Charge Up a Mountain on a Motorbike

We all love coming of age stories, those tales of the struggles and obstacles to fit in, and to find yourself.

Danger Peak is the BookFest Award winner that swings us back to the 1980s with three teens members of The Wild Boars, the motorbike-racing club. With the unwitting help of their quirky technology teacher, Dr. Howard, they build Robert a faster, much-improved dirt bike—piece by piece.

Haunted by memories of his older brother Danny, who died the year prior trying to scale Danger Peak, he discovers what lies beyond the peak of the mountain...and maybe even beyond the bounds of Earth itself.

Michael Thomas Perone has written for Baltimore City Paper, The Baltimore Sun, Long Island Voice, and others. He’s also written for online outfits such as Fatherly, Yahoo!, WhatCulture!, and other websites. He lives on Long Island with his wife and two daughters, and works as a Senior Editor in Manhattan.

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Christy Texeira, mother and BookFest-award-winner, has a new book, Pink Elephants, which tells the story of a family pushed to the edge as they face the reality of their daughter’s rare, life-threatening illness. The book beautifully chronicles their private moments of tenderness, as we reconcile ourselves to the fragility of childhood innocence, and the reminder that control is an illusion.

In their struggle, the Texeira family discovered the most essential ingredients in surviving great hardship—their unwavering faith, gratitude for every day, and the strength and power found within every family member.

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