Are you afraid of words?

In today’s episode, picture book author Theresa Dabney tells Dr. Danger what happened in second grade that scarred her so much she wrote a book about it, and how that influenced her teaching. She talks about her book, The Kid Who Was Afraid of Words, illustrated by Summer Morrison, and how the main character uses a special strategy to conquer his fear of big words. We learn some amazing things about the human brain and reading! Theresa’s book is available here: https://a.co/d/24s09K9Visit Theresa’s YouTube channel, full of story read-alouds and songs: http://www.youtube.com/@readaloudstorytime14You can find Theresa on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/theresadabneyauthor/If you like the podcast, please leave a review wherever you listen! You can submit a question to be answered by the podcast here: https://emilydangremond.com/contact/Dr. Danger is on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/drdangerscience/ Get full access to Dr. Danger Science at emilydangremond.substack.com/subscribe