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Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom

Viewers will meet creative people of all ages who inspire future generations with their work. Guests have included Cartoonists, Olympic champions, NASA scientists, ballerinas, children"s authors, and more! Hosted by Tracy Blom, awarding-winning author of over thirty books, plays, and screenplays.

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00:23:35

Books, Kids & Creations Interview with...

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/08/22

KAROL RUTH SILVERSTEIN (she/her/disabled) is a screenwriter and writer of various genres of children’s books. Karol’s debut young adult novel, Cursed (Charlesbridge Teen), was loosely drawn from her experience of being diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at thirteen. A funny, frank and unsentimental take on the “sick kid” genre, Cursed won the prestigious Schneider Family Book Award in 2020. Karol has identified as disabled since the age of 21 and is active on the Writer’s Guild of American

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00:24:06

Interview with award-winning Author Laurie Wallmark

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/08/07

Award-winning author Laurie Wallmark writes picture book biographies of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) as well as fiction. Her books have earned multiple starred trade reviews, been chosen as Junior Library Guild Selections, and received awards such as Outstanding Science Trade Book, Best STEM Book, Crystal Kite Award, Cook Prize Honor, and Parents’ Choice Gold Medal. Her titles include ADA BYRON LOVELACE AND THE THINKING MACHINE, GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE,

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00:22:33

Books, Kids & Creations Interview with Author and...

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/07/16

In this episode, Tracy sits down with author, teacher, and theatre enthusiast Dianne Pede to discuss her newest book, My Dancing Feet. Dianne Koebel-Pede’s life-long calling is turning work into play. Whether teaching, writing, reading, or reviewing children’s books, her adventures have been rewarded and sprinkled with tons of love, laughter, gratitude, and awe. (And a few zillion mistakes, which she prefers to call opportunities for growth!) . Her favorite former gig was accidentally owning a dance

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00:23:22

Interview with Award-Winning Cartoonist Steenz

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/06/29

Join Tracy as she interviews Steenz, a St. Louis-based cartoonist, editor, and professor. They’re the cartoonist on the Ringo Award-Nominated syndicated comic strip ‘Heart Of The City’, the co-creator of Dwayne McDuffie Award-Winning GN Archival Quality, and is featured in short story anthologies such as Eisner and Ignatz Award-Winning Elements: Fire, Mine!, and Dead Beats. Steenz also launched and edited the popular RPG periodical Rolled & Told. They participate in and create community building

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00:19:31

Interview With Melissa Shapiro

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/06/07

Tracy sits down with veterinarian and author Melissa Shapiro to discuss her new children's book, Piglet Comes Home. Piglet’s story has been featured in PEOPLE Magazine, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS, CNN, GMA3, CBS NEWS, THE DODO and more! PIGLET’S REAL-LIFE STORY: Piglet, the deaf-blind pink puppy is a double dapple dachshund chihuahua mix rescued from a hoarding situation. When veterinarian Melissa Shapiro learned about the tiny deaf-blind puppy, she and her husband Warren agreed to foster him until his

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00:22:26

Interview with author, composer, and TEDX speaker...

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/06/05

Kathleen Macferran is a facilitator, author, teacher, Certified Trainer and Assessor for the Center for Nonviolent Communication and the owner of Strength of Connection. She has spent much of her life bringing harmony to communities through music, including two decades as a classical music conductor and seven years as a public-school music teacher. Kathleen loves children and believes music and giraffes (the main characters in her children’s books) have much to teach us about interdependent social

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00:24:52

Interview with Miry Whitehill and Jennifer Jackson...

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/06/05

Join Tracy as she sits down with Miry Whitehill and Jennifer Jackson, creators of the new book, Our World is a Family. From the creators of Miry’s List, the nonprofit that has helped thousands of people arriving in the U.S. as refugees comes an all-ages story about compassion and human connection. Our World is a Family is a bea Our World is a Family is a picture book exploring the complicated topic of human migration in a gentle, loving, and affirming way. It lightly touches on the reason people

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00:29:21

Interview with Award-Winning Author Jennifer Swanson

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/05/03

Join Tracy as she sits down with award-winning author, Jennifer Swanson. Science Rocks! And so do Jennifer Swanson’s books. She is the award-winning author of over 45 nonfiction books for children. Using her background in science and history that she received from the U.S. Naval Academy, and her M.S. in Education, Jennifer excels at taking complex facts and making them accessible, compelling, and humorous for young readers. Jennifer's passion for science resonates in in all her books but

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00:27:28

Interview with Author Kim Tomsic- The Elephants Come...

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/04/08

Do you love elephants? Yeah, we do too! Join Tracy as she interviews author Kim Tomsic, discussing her beautifully written, captivating book, The Elephants Come Home. Kim Tomsic is a word wrangler, exclamation point enthusiast, and parallel parking champion who loves animals, especially her dog Sushi. Kim is the author of the Crystal Kite award-winning novel,The 11:11 Wish,followed byThe 12th Candleboth published byKatherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins.Her critically acclaimed nonfiction picture

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00:24:10

Interview with Author, Jean Derespina

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/03/19

After holding corporate marketing positions for over 30 years, Jean Derespina fulfilled a dream in 2014 and founded The Marketing Gig LLC. An avid writer, her business focus is on digital content. Jean provides blogs, email campaigns, flyers & brochures, white papers, case studies, newsletters, and web copy for her clients. In January 2015, Jean’s life was changed when she was a victim in a serious accident. Unwilling to succumb to her injuries, Jean worked hard during her lengthy recovery. Her

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00:17:52

Interview with Author Seana Walsh

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/03/12

Join Tracy as she interviews children's author, theatre teacher, and director, Seana Walsh. Seána Walsh lives in a little house called Dandelion Burrow in the wilds of Western Massachusetts. She’s worked as an elementary school teacher for the last twenty years and runs a program teaching children to write and produce their own musicals. She also runs a camp called Shiprock and Anchordog. Her newest book, Maisie and the Clootie Tree is a magical, immersive, voyage through love and loss, adventure

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00:11:48

Books, Kids & Creations Interview with Author Anna...

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/03/04

Anna Lazowski wrote her first picture book for a sixth-grade assignment and has been creating stories ever since. Anna is the author of T-Rexes Can't Tie Their Shoes, a hilarious ABC book for kids. Learn more about Anna’s writing at annalazowskibooks.com, and follow her on Twitter at @anna_lazowski

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00:30:31

Interview with Creek Stewart, Survival Instructor,...

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2022/02/07

CREEK Stewart: Survival Instructor, Author, Host Creek’s life-long study of outdoor living and survival skills is backed by 1000′s of man-hours in the field. He has been featured on/in The TODAY Show, INSIDE EDITION, Fox & Friends, Men’s Fitness Magazine, Backpacker Magazine, Outdoor Life Magazine, WGN-TV, WISH-TV 8, The Weather Channel, LIVING READY Magazine, American Survival Guide, and countless radio and on-line events. He has contributed to the hugely popular men’s interest blog

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00:11:11

Holiday Train Exhibit at The Krohn Conservatory in...

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2021/12/18

Holiday Train Exhibit at The Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Krohn Conservatory is a plant lover’s dream, featuring over 1000 varieties of plants from all over the world. During the Holiday season, it transforms into a botanical winter wonderland featuring colorful poinsettias, train exhibits, and miniature replicas of Cincinnati landmarks created by Applied Imagination. Join Tracy as she interviews manager, Mark House, and discusses how the holiday exhibit came to be. The holiday

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00:31:40

Interview with Egyptologist Kara Cooney on her new...

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2021/12/15

Dr. Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney is a professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at UCLA and chair of its Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Her academic work focuses on death preparations, social competition, and gender studies. She appeared as a lead expert in the popular Discovery Channel special "The Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen" and produced and wrote Discovery's Out of Egypt. The author of The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World (2021), When Women Ruled

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00:23:32

Tracy Blom welcomes TWINTASTIC Author Jacqueline Kopito

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2021/11/29

Jacqueline Davidson Kopito received a B.A. from Syracuse University and a Master’s in Corporate and Public Communications, with honors, from Seton Hall University. She has written numerous articles for TWINS Magazine, the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and local newspapers. An identical twin herself, when Jacqueline is not binge-watching Netflix, talking to her sisters (and Mom & Dad), practicing qi gong, or rooting for the NY Rangers, she loves talking and writing about all things twin

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00:21:42

Artist Thomas Dambo interviewed by Tracy Blom

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2021/11/17

Thomas Dambo is considered the world’s leading recycle artist and is famous for his various art installations worldwide, most notably his recycled troll sculptures. Thomas’s vision is to create art that inspires people to explore and have adventures in nature while showing people that trash can be turned into something beautiful. His work has reached millions of people through photos, videos and stories shared online and through international media sources such as BBC, National Geographic, NPR, The

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00:43:16

Tracy Blom welcomes author Florenza Lee

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2021/10/30

FLORENZA LEE is an author, publisher, narrative coach, transformational speaker, radio talk show host, Master Storyteller, wife, mother, and advocate for our Nation's Veterans. Her Children's books focus on Social-Emotional Learning. Her dynamic characters immediately capture the readers' attention, and her lessons remain long after the book is closed. The tagline for her coaching business is, "…like having glasses for your mind." Florenza believes Christ uses everyday principles to bring about

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00:35:41

Interview with New York Times Bestselling Author and...

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2021/09/11

Geoff Rodkey is the New York Times best-selling author of ten children’s books, including a collaboration with comedian Kevin Hart, Marcus Makes a Movie that just hit The New York Times Bestseller list. Geoff’s also the Emmy-nominated screenwriter of Daddy Day Care and RV, among other films. His new novel, Lights Out in Lincolnwood, poses the question: who are we when the lights go out? And when everything else that keeps our day-to-day lives humming: internet, cell phones, cars, planes, trains,

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00:31:07

Tracy Long, Director of Marketing & Development for...

Books, Kids & Creations with Tracy Blom ·

2021/09/02

Tracy has over 20 years’ experience in marketing and branding in nonprofit, hospitality and consumer goods industries. Today she is part of a small team of 15 that have the privilege of working for the Dollywood Foundation, in particular Dolly’s flagship program, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. This early childhood literacy program began in 1995 and helps to inspire the love of reading in over 1.8 million children each month in the U.S, Canada, the U.K, the Republic of Ireland, and Australia

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