From Bored to Bookworm: How to Turn Summer Break into a Book Bonanza! with guest Melanie Notaras

In today's episode, I go to "the land down under" to speak with author Melanie Notaras. She wrote the children's book "The Art Show that Came to Life" and it stars Your School! Find out all about this custom made book can help your local school put the "FUN" in FUNdraising! Melanie and I also share some tips about how to encourage kids to read, especially during the summer break.

And stay tuned, because coming up in a few days, I'll have a two part episode where I'll talk about how to encourage kids in their writing! Make sure to subscribe so you can have all the tips and information for those future authors.

Get ready to read and write this summer!

Find out more here: https://www.myschooladventure.com/

Books Mentioned:
The Hundred Secret Sense by Amy Tan
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 
Brain Rules by John Medina?
Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen

Timestamps:
01:30 What are you reading/what books have inspired you
07:54 Her Journey to Publication
25:00 The Importance of Reading
27:23 Tips for encouraging Kids to read

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-I'm now a bookshop.org affiliate - check out my shop and find your next great read! https://bookshop.org/shop/bookshelfodyssey
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