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Episode 2 - Life Begins With Books

The Beginning of Your Life Book Club

Release Date: 11/12/2018

Episode 12 - The End of the Beginning show art Episode 12 - The End of the Beginning

The Beginning of Your Life Book Club

Series Finale! The end of one thing + the beginning of another. Celebrating the last 100 years + looking to the future. Letting go + going on. And … there’s nothing else like a picture book.

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Episode 11 - The Power of Perspective show art Episode 11 - The Power of Perspective

The Beginning of Your Life Book Club

Artists, authors, autism and an episode where I take a closer look a different view.

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Episode 10 - Next Stop: Magic show art Episode 10 - Next Stop: Magic

The Beginning of Your Life Book Club

One of my guiding questions about the magic of books is - well, it’s kind of weird. Follow along to see where it takes us.

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Episode 9 - First Book show art Episode 9 - First Book

The Beginning of Your Life Book Club

It’s back to the beginning of life as we think about first books, family identity, & the all important read-aloud.

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Episode 8 - The Mighty Page Turn show art Episode 8 - The Mighty Page Turn

The Beginning of Your Life Book Club

"You'll know it's time to turn the page when you hear this sound." But wait. It's so much more than a page turn. 

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Episode 7 - Mirrors and WIndows show art Episode 7 - Mirrors and WIndows

The Beginning of Your Life Book Club

But wait. What if you are surrounded by so many mirrors that you can’t imagine anything beyond your own world? What if you have so many windows you never see yourself?

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Episode 6 - Differences show art Episode 6 - Differences

The Beginning of Your Life Book Club

When words and pictures come together, there’s magic. But, wait. What if you can’t read or hear the words? What if you can’t see the pictures?

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Episode 5 - Storytime show art Episode 5 - Storytime

The Beginning of Your Life Book Club

Reading together creates a sacred and important meeting space for us to bond. But wait. If we’re going to say that books are magic, is it always good magic?

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Episode 4 - Words and Pictures show art Episode 4 - Words and Pictures

The Beginning of Your Life Book Club

Picture books are comprised of words and pictures; but they’re really made up of so much more than that.

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The Beginning of Your Life Book Club

Here is the second of the two beginnings I've chosen for my exploration - and for this we'll use the magic of time travel. 

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Here is the first of two beginnings for my exploration on children's literature + something else that's magic. 

 

GUESTS:

Kelly Baker

Will Schwalbe

 

REFERENCES:

Child Psychology: A Very Short Introduction by Usha Goswami

Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, Who Explored Babies' Mental Growth, Dies at 99

USA Philatelic / Volume 23 / Fall 2018

 

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