How To Talk About the Hard Stuff

Nicole and Matthew talk about working with children through challenging questions with truthful answers. Joining us is special guest Jelani Memory, author of A Kids Book About Racism and co-founder and CEO of A Kids Book About.

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Relevant Links:

• A Kids Book About (homepage)
• Jelani Memory and Company on making books and leaving messages for their childhood selves (The Children’s Book Podcast)
• Kids Meet a Transgender Soldier (HiHo channel, YouTube)
• Kids Meet a Person with Cerebral Palsey
• Kids Meet a Person with Alopecia
• Kids Meet a Person with Tourette’s
• Kids Meet a Drag Queen
• Kids Meet a Young Adult in Hospice
• Kids Meet a Nurse on the Frontlines of COVID-19
• Kids Meet a Virologist
• Down Syndrome Answers series (Canadian Down Syndrome channel, YouTube)
• “Really Long Distance” podcast episode (This American Life)
• How to Survive the End of the World (podcast)

BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: PICTURE BOOKS

• The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden by Heather Smith and illustrated by Rachel Wada
• Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor; illustrated by Rafael López
• The End of Something Wonderful: A Practical Guide to a Backyard Funeral by Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic, illustrated by George Ermos
• Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask about Having a Disability by Shane Burcaw; illustrated by Matt Carr
• This Is Your Time by Ruby Bridges

MIDDLE GRADE

• Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
• When You Know What I Know by Sonja K. Solter
• The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller

CLOSING NOTE:

Let us know what books or topics you’ve been sharing this week, or if you have a suggestion or book recommendation for an upcoming episode. Find us on email ([email protected]) or Twitter (@MatthewWinner and @ittybittyny).

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