Look Listen Love I have known Noreen for many years and loved her first children’s book, I’ll Tell You Why…I Can’t Wear Those Clothes! To read my review and short online interview with Noreen, click here. Do you want to focus on mindfulness and acceptance with your children? For anyone not familiar with EFT tapping, […] The post Episode #99: Interview with Educator and Author, Noreen O’Sullivan appeared first on Language During Mealtime ..read more

The Way I Say It The Way I Say It written by Nancy Tandon is a middle grade novel about sixth grader, Rory who can’t say his r’s. How can Rory get through sixth grade without saying his name clearly? Rory struggles with an articulation disorder which affects his confidence and makes him prone to […] The post Episode #97: Interview with Author of The Way I Say It, Nancy Tandon appeared first on Language During Mealtime ..read more

My Brain is Powerful My Brain is Powerful is a picture book written by school psychologist, Lauren Monroe.  Sam is a young boy who struggles with ADHD and overall emotional regulation. At times, it is hard for Sam to control his body, pay attention and learn like everyone else. His parents decide that Sam should […] The post My Brain is Powerful appeared first on Language During Mealtime ..read more

Living with Viola Living with Viola written and illustrated by the talented Rosena Fung is a wonderful graphic novel about a young name Livy who is having trouble fitting into her new school. She also has a lot of anxiety, which is represented as a shadowy twin named Viola. When visiting Toronto, I found a […] The post Episode #98: Interview with Rosena Fung, Author and Ilustrator of Living with Viola appeared first on Language During Mealtime ..read more

October is AAC Awareness Month! What is AAC? AAC stands for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Individuals who use AAC have complex communication needs. To celebrate AAC awareness, I wanted to highlight some picture books with characters that use AAC. To check out my post including children’s book with characters with varying different abilities, click here.  […] The post AAC Awareness Month- Children’s Books representing AAC Communicators appeared first on Language During Mealtime ..read more

Books by Lavelle Carlson Lavelle was born in Texas and lived in England and Norway for ten years. Following her return from overseas she received her Masters in the field of speech/language pathology. During her career she worked with a variety of special children. These children as well as her grandchildren have been her inspiration […] The post Books by Lavelle Carlson, SLP and Children’s Book Author appeared first on Language During Mealtime ..read more

Free Lunch Free Lunch written by Rex Ogle is one of the best-written middle-grade books that I have read in a long time! When I am looking for a book at a bookstore, I believe that books find me, not the other way around! I found Free Lunch in the young reader section at my […] The post Free Lunch appeared first on Language During Mealtime ..read more

Three Pockets Full Three Pockets Full written by Cindy L. Rodriquez and illustrated by Begoña Fernández Corbalán is a story about family, tradition, and love. This beautifully illustrated book published by Cardinal Rule Press includes a special quick tips section at the beginning of the book to help parents and educators optimize reading time with […] The post Three Pockets Full appeared first on Language During Mealtime ..read more

Oscar Goes To The Moon Oscar Goes to the Moon, written and illustrated by Helen Tanner, is a beautiful story of a bunny who goes on a journey to find a friend. This beautifully illustrated book is a perfect bedtime story for your little ones! Oscar wants to go places and he daydreams about visiting […] The post Oscar Goes To The Moon appeared first on Language During Mealtime ..read more

Would you like to teach your child about humanizing homelessness? Check out these two wonderful children’s books, Knock Knock Give a Sock and Knock Knock, Where’s My Sock? These two books are part of the Pair of Books Project, which helps to “turn transactions into interactions.” Knock Knock, Give a Sock is about a young […] The post Episode #96: Interview with Founder of Knock Knock Give a Sock, Adina Lichtman appeared first on Language During Mealtime ..read more