June: A Month for Reading and Hearing from Authors

We are well into June now! The month is almost halfway over and where I live, schools are letting out soon! This month is a fun month for me on the podcast, and I hope it is for you as well. I had the opportunity to speak with Lessa Kananiʻopua Pelayo-Lozada, who is the president of the American Library Association (ALA). She is wonderful and has so many great ideas to share about reading and books. You can definitely get a sense of her energy on the episode. Here’s the link so that you can listen! We discuss how librarians are a wonderful resource for kids. If you feel that your child is struggling to find books that she enjoys, it may be more beneficial to ask a librarian rather than the classroom teacher. Lessa explains that librarians are removed from the classroom and sometimes that is helpful for kids when looking for books.

We also discuss the upcoming conference that the ALA is hosting and wow, it sounds amazing! It is being held in Chicago and there are so many great authors who are speaking during the week. Lessa mentions a few of the authors, but there are definitely more who will be in attendance!

I hope you will check out this episode and get ready for the next two episodes this month. I am speaking with two other children’s authors and they have great ideas for reading and writing. Hopefully this will be a good transition to summer reading!