BookHuddle with Readgab
Welcome to Book Huddle with Readgab where you get to hear from authors of children's books and others having to do with children's literacy. We chat not only about what inspired these amazing authors, but also time relevant themes in their books and how kids can benefit from these themes. Each guest also recommends one of their favorite children's books at the end of the episode so you will constantly be building a wonderful list of books for the kids in your life.
BookHuddle with Readgab
58: Kim and Penn Holderness Author Interview - A Picture Book For Everyone With ADHD and Without It!
Do you have ADHD? Does someone you love have ADHD? Do you know anyone at all who has ADHD (yes, you do!) Then this picture book, All You Can Be With ADHD, is for you. It is a powerful picture book for kids with ADHD, but everyone who reads it will be better for it. Listen in to hear about how Penn and Kim Holderness created this brilliant book and how you could use it in your classroom or family.
Find Kim and Penn Holderness
https://theholdernessfamily.com/
https://theholdernessfamily.com/podcast/
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https://www.facebook.com/TheHoldernessfamily
https://www.youtube.com/ @holdernessfamilylaughs
https://www.youtube.com/ @theholdernessfamily
All You Can Be With ADHD by Penn and Kim Holderness and Vin Vogel as illustrator
https://www.amazon.com/All-You-Can-Be-ADHD/dp/0316597678/
ADHD is Awesome: A Guide To (Mostly) Thriving With ADHD by Penn Holderness and Kim Holderness (Authors), Edward Hallowell (Foreword)
Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better at It? by Kim and Penn Holderness
Chapters
00:00 Meet Kim and Penn Holderness
05:07 What is All You Can Be With ADHD picture book about?
06:44 Why did Penn and Kim Holderness create a picture book about ADHD?
11:35 What’s your advice for adults helping other adults understand individuals with ADHD?
16:55 The process creating the Holderness ADHD picture book.
23:46 Working with an illustrator to create the images in All You Can Be With ADHD - Vin Vogel
27:37 Penn and Kim Holderness favorite image or line in All You Can Be With ADHD
29:22 Was there a part that was difficult to put into the book?
30:57 All You Can Be With ADHD is not just for kids with ADHD.
32:03 How do you balance being compassionate with everyone around you who is neurodiverse and also with yourself?
34:41 What do you tell yourself on the hard days?
36:24 What do you hope others will say or think toward you during your hard moments?
37:15 Kim and Penn Holderness children’s book recommendations