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August 9, 2025 4 mins

Merriam Sarcia Saunders, author of You Can Say Hi with Only a Smile (Magination Press), illustrated by Tracy Nishimura Bishop, shares what is giving her hope today: children are paying attention to each other. Not to the noise or the division, but each other.

 

This is a new miniseries of indefinite length in which I invite my friends from the kidlit community to share what is giving them hope today. 

    

For a full transcript, episode takeaways, quotes, and more, visit DeepCast.fm and search “The Children’s Book Podcast” or click on the link in the show notes.

 

Learn more about the Highlights Foundation and their upcoming programs by visiting www.highlightsfoundation.org

 

Learn more about Magination Press and their upcoming releases by visiting www.apa.org/pubs/magination

 

Our podcast logo was created by Duke Stebbins (https://stebs.design/). 

 

Our music is by Podington Bear. 

 

Podcast hosting by Libsyn. 

 

You can support the show and buy me a coffee at matthewcwinner.com or by clicking the link in the show notes.

 

Be well. Read on. And don’t lose hope.

 

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