Children's Author Round Table w/ Mark McCraw and Eileen Hobbs

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 78! This month we are featuring books for kids with our first ever Children"s Author Round Table! I"m joined by two great authors to talk about their work and a ton of other books. Mark McCraw is a Former educator, AF and Air Force Reserve Veteran, corrections officer, adjunct professor, daycare teacher, migrant Head Start teacher, children"s book author, and non-profit executive. He’s the author of 12 books for children and speaks and reads to kids all over the state and across the country.  Eileen Hobbs is the author of 8 books for ages 7-11 including the Heath Cousins Series, Under the Golden Rain Tree, Stella and the Sea Stars, and The Girl from Korn. She also completed her first picture book titled "Charlie"s No Fun Day at the Beach".  Connect with Mark: website | FB | YouTube Connect with Eileen: website | FB | IG Don"t forget to subscribe to Read LOKal, our new newsletter highlighting Oklahoma new releases and bookish events. Find out more, subscribe, and submit your book (all for FREE) at readlokal.substack.com. Mentioned on the Show: Mary the Missionary: A Kenya Adventure - Yvonne M. Morgan I Move a Lot and That’s OK - Shermaine Perry-Knights The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides Inspiration in Uniform - Dona T. Mularkey Una Belle Townsend Tammi Sauer Rizzoli and Isles Series - Tess Gerritsen The Ship of Brides - Jojo Mayes Something In the Water - Catherine Steadman The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena Diana Kathryn Penn Visions: Stories and Poems from Peculiar Perspectives - Diana Kathryn Penn, ed.  The Quire: An Omnibus of Story - Diana Kathryn Penn Flights of Fantasy: Bedtime Stories and Poems for Children - Diana Kathryn Penn Dr. Seuss Little Women - Louisa May Alcott The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH