1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,359 Speaker 1: Aerow dot net. It's more than just a podcast, It's 2 00:00:03,439 --> 00:00:06,719 a podcast network. One of the featured of the twenty 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,359 is CTCs. What does it like to work in a 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:16,320 grocery store? The authentic steps, experiences, the robbers, the steelers, 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,000 those that you think you've got a relationship with, and 6 00:00:19,039 --> 00:00:23,359 all of a sudden you have been grocery stored CTCs 7 00:00:23,359 --> 00:00:28,160 on Aero dot net, Arroe dot Net. Enjoy your exploration. 8 00:00:28,719 --> 00:00:31,239 Good morning, Sandra, welcome back to this show. You know 9 00:00:31,359 --> 00:00:32,439 I love you so much. 10 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 2: Well, I love you too. Thank you for having me back. 11 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:37,600 It is so sweet. 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you though I realized this is a 13 00:00:40,399 --> 00:00:42,920 YA book, but in all honesty, I want it to 14 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,439 be in the Hallmark section because every adult on this 15 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,600 planet wants would love to have this as being their 16 00:00:47,679 --> 00:00:48,719 Valentine's Day card. 17 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 2: I have to say that this has been the theme 18 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:54,960 of the whole morning. I can't wait to tell my editor. 19 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,799 Every person I've spoken with has said you saying, this 20 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,920 is for adults. You know, an adult more than ever. 21 00:01:01,479 --> 00:01:03,560 If that's what an honor that was is here that 22 00:01:03,799 --> 00:01:04,879 well that I couldn't agree more. 23 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: That was the vibe I picked up on it by 24 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,040 going from page to page to page. I kept thinking 25 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,959 to myself, Oh my god, I could activate this right 26 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,480 now in life. Whereas as a YA reader might say, well, 27 00:01:16,519 --> 00:01:18,719 when I fall in love one day, I'm going to 28 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:19,480 use this. 29 00:01:20,879 --> 00:01:23,359 Speaker 2: Exactly. Well, and we've really been worded for a little kids. 30 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,840 It's a board book, you know, for a year to four, 31 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,599 you know, so it's really for it's the beginning of 32 00:01:28,599 --> 00:01:32,719 that emotional learning, and we're learning ABC is usually in 33 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,480 these books up and now we're learning about love and 34 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,239 kindness and thoughtfulness. 35 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,439 Speaker 1: Well, I mean you've always been in touch with that, 36 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,640 with that fun, loving side of life period, because I mean, 37 00:01:43,799 --> 00:01:45,319 I mean one of the things that I really love 38 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:47,640 is that when it comes to love, wiggle and giggle. 39 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,280 I mean I mean saying, you put words together that 40 00:01:50,519 --> 00:01:52,879 we don't even think but when we read them, I'm going, oh, 41 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,879 I'm using that. I'm going to totally borrow that from Sandra. 42 00:01:57,439 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 2: We know what I love that you said that is 43 00:01:58,959 --> 00:02:02,480 that this book is about because love is action. Yes, 44 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,920 And I can imagine assume the reader leading to a 45 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:08,280 little one and when they get to that line, you know, 46 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,159 let's wiggle and giggle. I can see a sickle session 47 00:02:11,199 --> 00:02:14,400 going on and very though the book is now doing 48 00:02:14,439 --> 00:02:17,360 what it's meant to be. It becomes an action, it becomes, 49 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,080 you know, a not just words on a pace deer 50 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,560 move to doing something beautiful. And that was the whole 51 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,360 point of doing it in this format. 52 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,759 Speaker 1: Well, one way that you got to my heart instantly, 53 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,199 my entire life. And if you were in this studio, 54 00:02:31,319 --> 00:02:33,960 you would see how many blue elephants I have in here. 55 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,400 That is my weakness in life as an adult and 56 00:02:36,439 --> 00:02:39,240 as a child. And right there in the most important 57 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,520 part of a book cover where you put your thumbs 58 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:45,159 in your fingerprints, what is it? It's a blue elephant. 59 00:02:45,439 --> 00:02:47,439 You got me from word one. 60 00:02:49,439 --> 00:02:52,479 Speaker 2: Well, I'm a girl who have this loovea blue elephant myself. 61 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,879 Elephants put it, they're so kind to one another. They 62 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,639 take their their neighbors and their friends, and in each other. 63 00:03:00,879 --> 00:03:04,800 They perfect each other. They're amazing creatures out in the wild. 64 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,960 And I have always loved all of them. 65 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,599 Speaker 1: One of the reasons why I love promoting you and 66 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,759 talking about you everywhere I go, And the reason why 67 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,599 is because you really do hook up people to words 68 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,199 that are powerful words. And you prove that true on 69 00:03:18,319 --> 00:03:21,280 page number two my word. I swear to God, I 70 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,639 live by this word in all things that I do, 71 00:03:24,039 --> 00:03:27,719 the word enjoy. And when I saw that in there, 72 00:03:27,759 --> 00:03:31,360 I went, she's connected. We're connected somehow, some way. She 73 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,800 knows that word enjoy is very important to me. 74 00:03:35,719 --> 00:03:38,759 Speaker 2: Well, it is important. And I think one of the 75 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,039 things that I help with teaching children through this book 76 00:03:41,439 --> 00:03:45,280 and by mentoring and reading, is to learn to love themselves, 77 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,360 you know. And so there are all these gentle ways 78 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,039 to give kids clues that it's important to love yourself 79 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,039 and take care of yourself and believe in yourself, Enjoy 80 00:03:55,159 --> 00:03:58,039 the things in life, Notice the things in life, See 81 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,560 the things in life that bring us pleasure and comfort, 82 00:04:01,319 --> 00:04:05,479 and trust in kindness. And so this book is layered 83 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:07,840 with that. It's the reader is sharing how much they 84 00:04:07,919 --> 00:04:11,000 love the little ones, and the little one is learning 85 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,360 how to love themselves and learn to begin to communicate 86 00:04:14,479 --> 00:04:18,800 love to others. And that could be more important as 87 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,480 we grow as human beings, whether you're two years old 88 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,439 or you know, two hundred years old, we need both 89 00:04:24,439 --> 00:04:26,879 of us to love and be loved. And this is 90 00:04:26,879 --> 00:04:31,040 the book that I hope shares those actions and give 91 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,439 folks to gentleminders that it's not the big stust that 92 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,079 we do over day that says I love you little things. 93 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:40,199 Speaker 1: Yeah, Now, one thing that listeners are probably just discovering 94 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:41,959 you today, But what they need to do is go 95 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,079 and discover your entire collection of things. And they're going 96 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,800 to quickly learn right off the bat that you deal 97 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,199 with three D book covers. This one doesn't have that 98 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,199 three D effect. But as far as I'm concerned, the 99 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,199 way that you work the words and the way that 100 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,279 you work the illustration, Oh, the three D effect is 101 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:03,480 going to be in mind, imagination and in my heart. 102 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,959 Speaker 2: And in your actions. You're gonna be pickling the person 103 00:05:05,959 --> 00:05:07,839 you're reading to. You're going to be reaching for the star. 104 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,000 You're gonna you know, Darance, you know when the spirit 105 00:05:11,079 --> 00:05:12,800 moves you, when it gives you these sums all the 106 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,240 way through, so you're gonna laugh. So that's the thing 107 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:18,959 that we did here, the three D elements. It's you 108 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:22,199 is the action, and you're right. Often you see Bunny 109 00:05:22,199 --> 00:05:25,079 ears with I love you, honey, Bunny, or I'll love 110 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,639 you even when you're Prabby has a clamp crowd clause 111 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,959 at the top of it. I'm known for creating these 112 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:34,800 three dimensional elements that draw the child into the story 113 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,319 more and it gives them something to hold on to say, 114 00:05:37,639 --> 00:05:40,000 Now you are the piece of art in the book. 115 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,720 Your actions are are that? Is that technique and is 116 00:05:43,759 --> 00:05:48,439 that really important element that makes the book come to life? 117 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,959 Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with Sandra Maximine coming 118 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:56,079 up next. This time around, her book is called one 119 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,560 hundred Words to Say I Love You from author Sandra Maximine. 120 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,360 You get very creative on the book cover. In the 121 00:06:03,399 --> 00:06:05,319 way of it here, I am bringing up the book 122 00:06:05,319 --> 00:06:07,639 cover again. I'm not judging your book by its cover, 123 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,959 but I'm fascinated by it because it serves as a 124 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,519 ticket to ride. I'm stealing from the Beatles when I 125 00:06:12,519 --> 00:06:16,680 say that one hundred words to say I love you, 126 00:06:16,759 --> 00:06:19,800 not one hundred words of you know a way to 127 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,160 say I love you? It is to say there's your 128 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,319 action that you were talking about. 129 00:06:25,199 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 2: Yes. And on the first page of the book, the 130 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,199 little poem is love. 131 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: Is all around us, Yes it is. 132 00:06:32,199 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 2: Let's find one hundred words and ways to say I 133 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:39,600 love you with the books and then each chapter, each 134 00:06:39,639 --> 00:06:42,399 page is like a little chapter, if you will. Using 135 00:06:42,439 --> 00:06:45,600 the word very badly, and we go from morning night 136 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,560 to it's the child's world, you know, the zoo or 137 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,360 the garden, the playground, even out of space bed time. 138 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:57,920 So every page places the child in an environment where 139 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:02,800 they can practice loving and feeling that they aren't loved 140 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:03,720 all the way through. 141 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: Yeah. 142 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,439 Speaker 2: So in the past what we talked about was Pilly 143 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:12,040 rich and you remember there are stitches stitching, like the 144 00:07:13,439 --> 00:07:16,240 images were stitched like on a quilt throughout the book. 145 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:22,879 And now I'm doing a much bolder graphic contrasting big 146 00:07:22,879 --> 00:07:26,240 eyed characters that are engaged and are action and they're 147 00:07:26,319 --> 00:07:29,879 almost animated, like you can almost feel the butterflies and 148 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,360 the fireflies taking flight. So we use a different style 149 00:07:33,399 --> 00:07:36,319 of illustration that I've created with my daughter Hannah, who's 150 00:07:36,319 --> 00:07:39,560 working with me now, to really make it even more 151 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,959 playful and nearly about movement and action. And I call 152 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,319 it cuddle mobility. They wanted to cuddle up with this book. 153 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: Did you know that when you put this book together, 154 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,600 that each one of these pages can be a place 155 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:55,800 of creativity for every imagination that lands here. In other words, 156 00:07:55,879 --> 00:07:58,360 you get like, for instance, like you've got be the 157 00:07:58,399 --> 00:08:00,959 best you Now I can tell that over here too. 158 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,120 You can be the best you if you create your 159 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,439 own sunshine, if you have a buddy, if you're staying 160 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,319 with care inside your heart, if you enjoy your day, 161 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,079 every one of these pictures on each one of these 162 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:16,079 stories can create a story all its own inside that 163 00:08:16,079 --> 00:08:17,879 that why a reader's mind. 164 00:08:19,439 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, well I hope so. I mean, you know, even 165 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,879 if you move to the gardens, but keep growing, And 166 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,279 how do you keep growing well by hopping in the fun, 167 00:08:27,439 --> 00:08:31,319 by listening with their by spreading joy, by being helpful, 168 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:35,519 by thinking about others, you know. So it really is 169 00:08:35,639 --> 00:08:42,039 this kind of woven together idea of imagery and birth 170 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,720 and action. That is love, you know, and it's the 171 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,919 living and all the while we're creating, you know, helping 172 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,639 to give kids this emotional intelligence. And the one hundred 173 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,480 word format is one that I love, and that's why 174 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,840 I chose it for this project, because it is that 175 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,679 it's the early education for our children. It's the first word, 176 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,960 numbers of first colors, all of these things. And now 177 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:07,159 I was talking about first ways we looked at feeling 178 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:12,639 and looking at ourselves and staring for ourselves feels great. 179 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: If you're doing the illustration, what comes first the illustration 180 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:21,120 or things like cuddle up, hang together, trust you can. 181 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 2: The entire the whole book is written as a sup 182 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,600 of poetry. First, I do every book that I write 183 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:32,440 a piece of poetry. And then the imagery and those formats, 184 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,360 the layout of the way this book is laid out, 185 00:09:34,399 --> 00:09:37,960 and these fun quote grid like patterns back to my 186 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,960 quote love. That was a way that I could get 187 00:09:41,039 --> 00:09:45,159 large images and small images and lots of activity given 188 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,159 the characters. But then I began to decide to be 189 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,360 a good buddy. I thought that the owls dancing together 190 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,679 in the sky made a good image for that because 191 00:09:55,039 --> 00:09:59,840 they are just, you know, so happily sharing space and 192 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,480 like enjoyed the day. You know, we have a little 193 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:08,320 pigrit jessup as a chef serving cupcakes. And you know, 194 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:13,480 the idea that you can use characters and animals and 195 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:15,600 you know, all the things that make a good illustration 196 00:10:15,759 --> 00:10:19,440 to share the story and bring a feeling was it's 197 00:10:19,639 --> 00:10:22,240 It's done after I write the poem, and then it 198 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,519 becomes you know, it's like you bring the thing to life. 199 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,720 You know, it's becomes something that actually carries the message 200 00:10:30,759 --> 00:10:31,279 that I want. 201 00:10:31,759 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: It is such the great book and I know that 202 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,519 I'm running out of time here if i haven't already 203 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:36,679 done it, but I've got to tell you about those 204 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,879 owls because you touched on it with being good buddies. 205 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,600 I live in a forest on the far right hand 206 00:10:41,639 --> 00:10:46,039 side of the forest, you'll hear and way way, way, 207 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,919 way way on the other side of the forest. So 208 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,200 they are good buddies. You are spot on when you 209 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,240 talk about them being good buddies because they are no 210 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,919 matter how close they are or distant, owls are buddies. 211 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 2: They are and in fact, their communication is showing that 212 00:11:04,399 --> 00:11:07,519 they care and that's the basis of love. And then 213 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:09,799 on the next page you turn in the gardens listen 214 00:11:09,879 --> 00:11:12,960 with there, so you're listening what's there, so you're respecting 215 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,639 mature that's become a part of you as they're communicating, 216 00:11:16,799 --> 00:11:19,480 and you know it's all connected and that's you know, 217 00:11:19,519 --> 00:11:22,960 hopefully that's the thread too. We're off connected and our 218 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,919 actions are off connected, and they can work as a 219 00:11:25,919 --> 00:11:31,279 tsunami of love, kindness, and generosity with just a little 220 00:11:31,279 --> 00:11:31,799 bit of effort. 221 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: Where can people go to find out more about you? 222 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,120 Because like I said, you've got a whole entire collection 223 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:38,240 inside this catalog. 224 00:11:39,799 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 2: Well, if I have an Instagram account, I also have 225 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,279 a website which is my name that they're mag Famine. 226 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,320 And on that website there are lots of principal things 227 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,600 for teachers and parents differnt out. There's a whole lot 228 00:11:51,639 --> 00:11:54,200 of New Valentine's Sake far as you can prints and 229 00:11:54,279 --> 00:11:56,519 making color and you can give them the people your love. 230 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: You got to come back, but you got to come back. 231 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:00,559 You know, the door is always going to be open 232 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:02,799 for you. Sounder, You know I have. I really enjoy 233 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:04,039 sharing conversations with you. 234 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 2: I do too. It really is so meaningful and I'm 235 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,600 so grateful. I feel like you really see me in 236 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,480 my work and and that is really very loving and 237 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,799 I'm so appreciative. So thank you. 238 00:12:14,799 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: You'd be brilliant today. 239 00:12:16,039 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 2: Okay, thank you, and you have a beautiful day.