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BookWorthy Chats with Annette Whipple
Annette Whipple shares about her Quirky Critter Devotion for Kids, a great devo for animal-loving kiddos

Valerie
Feb 12, 202515 min read


BookWorthy Chats with Megan Schaulis
Valerie - Welcome to Bookworthy. Today we're talking with author Megan Schaulis about her YA duology, The Susa Chronicles. Book One...

Valerie
Feb 5, 202516 min read


BookWorthy Chats with Mark L. Redmond
oday we're talking with Mark L. Redmond about his middle-grade book, The Adventures of the Box Gang full of Western flair

Valerie
Jan 22, 202514 min read


BookWorthy Chats Again with Courtney Siebring
Today we're talking with author Courtney Sebring, about her latest book, Everybody Wonderfully Made.

Valerie
Jan 15, 202516 min read


Play it Again with Courtney Strong and Carissa Robertson
REPOST FROM December 2023- Giveaway is no longer active Valerie -All right, today we have a special treat, a blast from the past. Back...

Valerie
Dec 18, 202418 min read


Play it Again with Gayle Boss
REPOST from 11/22/2023 Valerie -Welcome to the Bookworthy Podcast. I'm children's author Valerie Fentress, and we are here to talk about...

Valerie
Dec 4, 202417 min read


BookWorthy Chats with Maria Antonia
Valerie -Welcome to Bookworthy. We are a month away from Christmas. And if you've been around Bookworthy, you know I love Christmas...

Valerie
Nov 20, 202417 min read


BookWorthy Chats with Becky Van Vleet
Valerie -Welcome to Bookworthy. Christmas is coming and if you've been around Bookworthy for a while, you know I love Christmas books....

Valerie
Nov 13, 202417 min read


BookWorthy Chats with Dominique Okonkwo
Valerie -Welcome to Bookworthy. Today we're talking with Dominique Okonkwo about her rhyming picture book, No Greater Love, which is...

Valerie
Nov 6, 202416 min read


BookWorthy Chats with Nancy Tupper-Ling
Valerie -Welcome to Bookworthy. Today we're talking with Nancy Tupperling about , Bless the Earth , which is a collection of poems for...

Valerie
Oct 30, 202413 min read


BookWorthy Chats with Rachael Hartzell
oday we're talking with Rachael Hartzell, the author of picture book, The Garden Scouts, Buzzing with Love, which is the first book in her

Valerie
Oct 23, 202420 min read


BookWorthy Chats with Jennifer Bosma
Today we're talking with the author and host of the Front Parking Spot podcast, Jennifer Bosma. Her latest children's picture book, God is T

Valerie
Oct 16, 202418 min read


BookWorthy Chats with Healey Ikerd
Valerie -Welcome to Book Worthy. Today we're talking with Healy Eichard about the author of The Red Ball, a children's book about...

Valerie
Oct 9, 202417 min read


BookWorthy Chats with Abbi Lee
Valerie -Welcome to Bookworthy. Today we're talking with Abbi Lee, the author of a middle-grade adventure, Geocache Club, Ghost Town...

Valerie
Sep 25, 202415 min read


BookWorthy Chat with Amanda Cleary Eastep
BookWorthy chats with Amanda Cleary Eastep about Book 5 of her Tree Street Kids Series- The Beastie of Brambly Bald.

Valerie
Sep 18, 202415 min read


BookWorthy Chats with Carolyn Leiloglou
Valerie - Welcome to Bookworthy. Today we're talking with Carolyn Lelioglou about her middle-grade series, The Restorationists, whose second installment, Between Flowers and Bones, is coming out this week. Carolyn is the granddaughter of art collectors and the daughter of an art teacher and a homeschooling mom of four wildly creative kids. She is an award-winning author whose poems and short stories have appeared in children's magazines around the world. Carolyn also reviews

Valerie
Sep 11, 202415 min read


BookWorthy Chats with John Hendrix
BookWorthy Chats with New York Times Best Selling Author and Illustrator John Hendrix

Valerie
Sep 4, 202420 min read


Play it Again with Laura Sassi
Laura Sassi talks about her book My Tender Heart Prayer Book. A board book for young hearts and parents wanting to teach prayer.

Valerie
Jul 31, 202413 min read


BookWorthy Interview with Allia Zobel Nolan
BookWorthy Chats with Allia Zobel Nolan about her picture book, Harriet Hurry-Up and the Oh-So-Slow Day.

Valerie
Jul 10, 202419 min read


BookWorthy Chats with Elizabeth James
BookWorthy chats with Elizabeth James about her mental health early chapter book Pippa Potter President's daughter: Pippa Speaks up.

Valerie
Jul 3, 202418 min read
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