This week on the podcast, I am joined by author Chelsea Lin Wallace.

Chelsea Lin Wallace is a poet, a school theater director, and an award-winning children’s author with an impressive lineup of books including Ode to a Bad Day, The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary, and Dare to be Daring. When she's not penning stories, she's passionately involved in guiding kids through theater productions, coaching volleyball, and being a source of support through all their ups and downs. Shelives in Los Angeles with her husband, daughter, and dog. You can also visit her at www.chelsealinwallace.com.

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This week on the podcast, Hollie Michaels joins me to discuss her favorite childhood book, Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary.

Hollie Michaels is an author, illustrator, playwright, theater teacher, and director. She is the author of a new chapter book series Golda and Ezra, published by Capstone. Recently she was a finalist for the Cornerstone Writer-in-Residence Program at Wilton Library, a RUCCL mentee two years in a row, and her illustration portfolio won the Tassy Walden Award for New Voices in 2023.

Hollie has a background in theater and film. She holds two masters, one in Creative Writing Scripts from City University of London, and the other in Educational Theater from City College of New York. Before the pandemic Hollie was a k-12 theater educator. Currently Hollie is focused on writing for children full time. She is also a published youth playwright. Her middle grade play Children of Hooverville is published by YOUTHplays and is performed around the country by middleschool students. She is an active member of 12X12, SCBWI, and Kids Comics Unite. She lives in New England with her two kids, one corgi and one former ally cat.

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About the show:

You can find all of the books from Turning Back the Pageson Bookshop.org.

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Thank you to ⁠Juqboxmusic⁠ and ⁠zXennial_Music⁠ for the show music

Today, author Tami Lehman-Wilzig joins me to discuss the classic childhood book Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans.

⁠Tami Lehman-Wilzig⁠ is an award-winning author of 13 published Jewish content picture books, and threemore on the way this year. Her titles include the award winning books: SOOSIE, The Horse That Saved Shabbat; Keeping The Promise; NathanBlows Out the Hanukkah Candles; Passover Around the World and Green Bible Stories for Children. She is also the creator of a unique, digital story/lesson plan series entitled Shabbat Around the World. PJ Library has selected five of her books for its English speaking market, and hastranslated three of her books into Spanish and one of her books into Russian for those language markets.

Living in Israel for over forty-five years, Tami served as one of the country’s leading English language advertising copywriters for thirty-five years, creating the marketingimage of numerous Israeli exporters. Tami lives in Kfar Saba with her husband. A busy Savta (grandmother), she spends her time writing stories, creating glass and ceramic art, and going on photography shoots.

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⁠On the Wings of Eagles⁠ out now!

⁠Video about Bemelmans' art⁠

About the show:

You can find all of the books from Turning Back the Pageson ⁠Bookshop.org⁠.

Follow ⁠⁠Ally⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠

Thank you to ⁠⁠Juqboxmusic⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠zXennial_Music⁠⁠ for the show music