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Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite book? Guess what children's book

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Speaker 1: is the most popular one in the world. Stay tuned

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Speaker 1: to find out later in the episode. Hey kids at Home,

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Speaker 1: did you know that this episode is episode number twenty eight?

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Speaker 1: This means that we've already had twenty seven amazing guests

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Speaker 1: who've joined us here and twenty seven amazing professions we

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Speaker 1: but now I have a favorite to ask. We would

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Speaker 1: love to hear your thoughts about this show. What did

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Speaker 1: you like or maybe what you didn't like? What was

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Speaker 1: more of all? This will be great help for our

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Speaker 1: second season of the grown Up Podcast. Yep, you heard it.

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Speaker 1: Second season is coming and we want your voice heard.

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Speaker 1: So send us an email to podcasts at Lingo kids

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Speaker 1: dot com ask a grown.

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Speaker 2: Up for help.

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Speaker 3: Now?

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Speaker 4: Do you love stories? If you've dreamed of being an.

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Speaker 1: Author, you won't want to miss this episode. Will meet

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Speaker 1: Matt de la Penna, an author and creative writing teacher

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Speaker 1: who has captured the heart of young adults with riveting

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Speaker 1: tales that draw from the love of sports and his

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Speaker 1: Mexican heritage. What do you know about being an author?

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Speaker 5: They write stories about adventures, They know how to spell.

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Speaker 4: Let's find out more.

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Speaker 1: How you Hi and welcome to Grown Up with Emily,

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Speaker 1: a Lingo kids podcast that helps kids discover how to

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Speaker 1: be whatever they want to be. Are you ready to

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Speaker 1: make writing your superpower? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Rowan rowan up?

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Speaker 4: Hey over here.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for I thought the Bookworm Cafe would be the

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Speaker 1: perfect spot to meet for the Lingo Kids Read for

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Speaker 1: a Month challenge.

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Speaker 4: Did you finish your first book?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm on the last chapter of my book.

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Speaker 2: So is this like a book club?

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Speaker 1: Book clubs usually meet to discuss the same book, but

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Speaker 1: people have been getting together to talk about literature for

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Speaker 1: over twenty four hundred years, and the beginning it was

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Speaker 1: mostly men discussing philosophy and politics. I heard that even

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Speaker 1: six minutes of reading can cut stress in half. Reading

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Speaker 1: and talking about it helps your brain connect ideas, build imagination,

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Speaker 4: To your vocabulary.

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Speaker 1: So to get started, let's share the title, the author,

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Speaker 2: My book is called Amazing Animals by Claire Hibers.

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Speaker 1: It gets back about animals, But did you know some

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Speaker 4: That's a fun fact.

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Speaker 5: I read a comic book called Kawa by Akira Toriana.

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Speaker 5: It's about three monsters in a sumo wrestler on a

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Speaker 1: I'm reading Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks by John Koran. It

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Speaker 2: Now, what's the luggage ever found? Yep?

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Speaker 1: Turned out to be an open and shatcase. Get it, luggage,

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Speaker 1: The animal book is all facts, that's all non fiction.

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Speaker 1: They say it takes a great reader to become a

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Speaker 2: Hey, you wrote a few books right.

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Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, I have. I actually have

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Speaker 1: Want to hear a piece of it? Sure, the more

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Speaker 1: for things that are very hard to do. You may succeed,

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Speaker 1: It can take a long time before any work is published.

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Speaker 1: Some writers start with personal journals, short stories, or poems.

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Speaker 1: Maya Angelou didn't attend university, yet she's a highly celebrated

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Speaker 1: The answer is Lopoti Prompts or The Little Prince. It

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Speaker 1: Since nineteen forty three, it has sold one hundred and

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Speaker 2: We'd be lucky just to meet one.

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Speaker 1: Well, it just so happens. An author is about to

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Speaker 4: Do you have time to answer some questions?

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Speaker 6: when I was around, say, thirteen, I started to write poems.

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Speaker 6: I grew up in a community where I didn't think

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Speaker 6: So I grew up playing basketball, and I got really

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Speaker 3: And then, you know, you get a little bit.

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Speaker 3: Matt.

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Speaker 1: All of our guests have to answer this question. What

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Speaker 3: First? Discipline?

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Speaker 6: You know, if you want to complete a project, you

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Speaker 6: wait for this rush of inspiration. You have to have discipline, right,

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Speaker 6: first thing, is discipline. The second thing is the greatest

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Speaker 6: I think you have to be a real reader. You

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Speaker 6: great listener to be a writer. So I always say writers,

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Speaker 2: Matt, how many books have you written?

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Speaker 6: Of what a lot of young people aren't aware of

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Speaker 3: But here's what happened.

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Speaker 6: she said, she didn't ask me if I wrote the book.

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Speaker 6: I think the hardest part for me as a writer

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Speaker 1: Do you write stories with Matt da Lapagna as a character.

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Speaker 6: I actually put myself into every character I've ever written,

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Speaker 6: Like I put pieces of myself into every single character

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I feel like there's nothing special in

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Speaker 6: So sometimes when you're young, you think, oh, my story

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Speaker 3: A book about me or make a movie about my life.

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Speaker 6: But you think it's ordinary because you're living it every day.

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Speaker 6: So when you do come up with stories, don't be

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Speaker 6: but other people might be fascinated by the way you're

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Speaker 3: So own your own story.

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Speaker 4: Will you remember this?

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Speaker 7: Kids?

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Speaker 1: Your story is very special. Thanks for sharing that, Matt.

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Speaker 1: What can kids do now while they're still growing up

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Speaker 6: You know, I think one of the most important things

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Speaker 6: I always recommend if you want to be a writer

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Speaker 3: Outside of your interests. So read.

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Speaker 6: If you want to write fantasy, then you should read

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Speaker 6: you play, you know, play with language, play with different stories.

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Speaker 6: Write a story that you're never going to share with anyone,

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Speaker 6: but you're just experimenting. Also, copy or imitate favorite authors.

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Speaker 6: So if there's a story you really love, take the

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Speaker 6: imitating that writer's voice or the way they tell a story.

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Speaker 6: I think it's great to imitate your favorite authors.

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Speaker 1: Matt, meeting you today has inspired me to read and

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Speaker 1: write more.

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Speaker 5: Once the Lingo Kids read for a month, a challenge

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Speaker 5: is over.

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Speaker 4: I'm going to make my own.

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Speaker 5: Comic book, and I may start with the story about

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Speaker 1: I'm going to buy a copy of your book, Matt.

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Speaker 1: I hope you'll sign it. Of course, we hope you've

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Speaker 1: enjoyed this episode of the grown Up Podcast. Even if

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Speaker 1: you never plan to be an author, you can start

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Speaker 1: a book club to support existing writers, or create your

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Speaker 4: How many books can you read in a month? Let

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Speaker 1: Send an email to podcast at Lingo Kids dot com

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Speaker 1: and to.

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Speaker 2: Live a full interactive learning adventure.

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Speaker 5: Check out our Lingo Kids up with tons of games

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Speaker 5: and activities for endless fun.

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Speaker 7: It's so fun to learn what you can be growing up,

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Speaker 7: growing up, So come and join us. Come everyone, so

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Speaker 7: we can learn while having lots of fun. Because it's

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Speaker 7: so funcular what you can be.

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Speaker 3: Yes, it's so funcular what.

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Speaker 7: You can be growing up, growing up, growing up.

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