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The Curious Compassionate Podcast
by Picture Book Peeps
If you’re compassionate, learning and doing more for yourself isn’t enough–you care about the effect you and your actions have on others and the world we live in. For us, we do that through our books. We’re a group of picture book (and multi-genre) writers who recognize the power of story. You can expect monthly episodes from us that highlight a curated list of books addressing a theme each month as well as related resources including educational and supportive. At the heart of our show will be how to foster curiosity within children and ourselves to open and build the bridges between us all. There will be occasional guest authors who dive into the meaning behind their work and multiple hosts. Thank you for sharing this journey with us! picturebookpeeps.substack.com
Episodes
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Cutthroat Kite Competitions and Winning at Writing
Today we welcome Suhasini Gupta of the Picture Book Peeps to the Curious Compassionate Podcast. Suhasini talks about the launch of her debut picture book, Kai Po Che: Mini’s Perfect Kite, how kites are like dreams, and how she got kids to fly kites inside. Suhasini describes how she went from...
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Stuck in La Brea tar pits with author Joyce Uglow
In this episode of the Curious Compassionate, Emily Dangremond and Joyce Uglow discuss Joyce’s new book, STUCK: the Story of La Brea Tar Pits. We discuss the process of finding a topic to write about related to tar pits and fossils; scientific research and working with scientists that vetted the...
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Hunger Action Month and How to Empower Your Relationship with Food with Author Gina Soldano-Herrle
Hunger. It’s something all of us feel at some point in our lives but our experiences vary almost infinitely. In this episode of The Curious Compassionate, author Roxanne Chester talks with author Gina Soldano-Herrle about her picture book, Nia’s Rescue Box, and the inspiration behind it. “I…
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The Curious Compassionate Meets Author Roxanne Chester
“A book is only 32 pages so I really need to be concise with words. Each word holds weight. I would say–I would argue that creative writing is even harder because it’s not just about clarity, it really is about beauty, and the art, and the flow. That is creative writing.” – Roxanne Chester A Few...
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The Power of Community
If you’ve ever been or considered what it is like to be unhoused, you won’t want to miss this episode. As a topic that is often avoided or literally hidden from view, we dive into the reality of homelessness in the United States. It looks different than you’d expect and is more prevalent than you...
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The Curious Compassionate Meets Author Wendy Goldstein
“When you tell a story enough times, it needs to be written down.” — Wendy Goldstein A Few Highlights: * Oscar’s dance moves and the legacy they’ve inspired as a therapy dog.💃🦮🐕🦺 * What happens when circumstances conspire to make achieving your therapy dog certification impossible? * What…
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Animals and What They Can Mean to Us
In this episode, Picture Book Peeps members Christine J. Ko and Wendy Goldstein talk about animals, particularly domesticated ones such as dogs, and what they mean to us. Wendy is the author-illustrator of Oscar’s Blue Bandana which is inspired by her own Havanese dog Oscar and his adventures in...
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The Curious Compassionate Meets Author Emily Dangremond
“Plants are people too! Trees are individual beings that are alive, they have their own lifetimes. They can’t run and hide, they can’t attack the way we think of animals doing that. But they are living beings.” - Emily Dangremond A Few Highlights: * Caterpillar outbreaks, defoliated trees, and...
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Fostering Positive Relationships with Nature through Meet the Trees by Emily Dangremond
In this episode, Roxanne Chester and Gina Soldano-Herrle talk about co-Picture Book Peep Member Emily Dangremond’s book, Meet the Trees. Emily’s book inspires a personal connection with readers to each of the trees depicted (Juneberry, Aspen, Oak) as their stories unfold. As nature is such a huge...
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The Curious Compassionate Meets Author Christine J. Ko
We are so happy to feature one of our own Picture Book Peeps, Christine J. Ko today. She is in conversation with Gina Soldano-Herrle about her book Sound Switch Wonder (coauthored with Owen Whang and illustrated by Katie Crumpton) as well as her writing journey. 🖋️ I just wanted a book with a…
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Books as Bridges with Sound Switch Wonder by Christine J. Ko and Owen Whang
In this episode, Roxanne Chester and Gina Soldano-Herrle talk about co-Picture Book Peep Member Christine J. Ko’s book, Sound Switch Wonder. Christine’s book creates a bridge toward an unhearing experience told through the POV of a boy with cochlear implants (like her son, Owen Whang, also her...
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The Curious Compassionate Podcast Debut
As promised in the last post, here is a hint of what’s to come with our podcast, The Curious Compassionate. While we are and always will be Picture Book Peeps (raise your hand if you love picture books!📚📚), we want to use what we can—our words—to do more for this world. 🌏🌎🌍 Let’s get started...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
If you’re compassionate, learning and doing more for yourself isn’t enough–you care about the effect you and your actions have on others and the world we live in. For us, we do that through our books. We’re a group of picture book (and multi-genre) writers who recognize the power of story. You can expect monthly episodes from us that highlight a curated list of books addressing a theme each month as well as related resources including educational and supportive. At the heart of our show will be how to foster curiosity within children and ourselves to open and build the bridges between us all. There will be occasional guest authors who dive into the meaning behind their work and multiple hosts. Thank you for sharing this journey with us!
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If you’re compassionate, learning and doing more for yourself isn’t enough–you care about the effect you and your actions have on others and the world we live in. For us, we do that through our books. We’re a group of picture book (and multi-genre) writers who recognize the power of story. You can...
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