# David Larochelle

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Title: From Prince to Parenting: Tamron Hall on Style, Stories, and Strength

The best adventures are often found when we embrace curiosity. That’s a lesson that Tamron Hall has learned in her storied career as a cultural icon, Emmy-winning talk show host, and broadcast journalist, as well as in her role as a young parent to a son with a shy but investigative nature to explo…

'How to Draw a Tree' teaches us to slow down and observe

David LaRochelle and Colleen Muske are the writer and illustrator of the book <i>How to Draw a Tree.</i>(Contributed / Minnesota Historical Society Press) “Go outside and find a tree. Introduce yourself.” This is advice found in the new children’s book How to Draw a Tree, story by David LaRochel…

Lefty: A Story That Is Not All Right/Go and Get With Rex

Books: Lefty: A Story That Is Not All Right by Mo Wilems, illustrated by Dan Santat, published by Union Square Kids 2024 Go and Get With Rex by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka, published by Penguin Random House 2024 Resources: https://www.pigeonpresents.com/ https://school.teachin…

It’s a Dr. Seuss double feature!

We celebrate LGBTQ performers and writers on The Gaily Show. Today we talk with Janely Rodriguez who’s performing in Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It opens November 4th at Children’s Theatre Company. Plus, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner David LaRochelle is back with two new books: H…

How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans or "what should have been brussel sprouts in a mushroom cream sauce cuz thats gross"

After some forays into classics, very classic classics, historical novels, and other serious books, the Dads return to nutty silliness and qwacky whackiness to lighten it up a little with How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans, a fun and funny book by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mark Fe…

The Magic in Mistakes: What We’re Still Learning ~ 053

What if making a mistake isn’t a sign that we’re failing—but evidence that we’re learning? In this revisit, Jenny and Kristine reflect on how this lesson continues to show up whenever we are learning, creating, or trying something unfamiliar. Mistakes can feel uncomfortable at any age, but they al…

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs aka Meatheads? by Judi Barrett

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This just in. It's another classic Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, illustrated by Ron Barrett. The Dads visit the town of Chewandswallow. Your read that right—one word, one giant word. It's a super fun book in which the weather is SPOILER ALERT!! not raining men, but raining food…

116 - Sticking the Landing in Picture Book Endings with Katie Davis

Yes, your picture book's title, hook, and opening are important to getting a reader to actually pick up and READ your book, but it's the picture book ending that defines their experience. Is the ending satisfying? Does it answer all the questions asked in the story? Does it make the reader gasp (or…