Field Dispatch
How Audiobooks Help Kids Love Reading (A 9-Year-Old's Prespective)
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Welcome to Episode Four of the Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors podcast. (This podcast show can be found on Kaboose on the Rocky Mountain Bear website.)
This podcast episode is about our youngest grandson, Cooper and starting a new school year.
Papa Rick interviews Cooper about starting a new school experience.
As Children's Book readers, we hope you enjoy this podcast and hear how Cooper was inspired to become a children's book author and narrator.
If you can support us in any way, please click on the Tips in the Cookie Jar: " link; we appreciate all contributions.
There are many great children's book authors, and readers couldn't possibly read every book written.
Our dedication to introducing children's book authors like our grandson Cooper shows that the path to writing children's books can start at any age.
Cooper is a contributor behind the story Laughter in Learning and is the narrator of the audiobook Laughter in Learning.
Because our stories take place in the fictional town of Big Head, in the Rocky Mountains, Cooper picked an animal that is natural to the area.
Cooper's character in our story is a red fox.
Cheers, and Enjoy the Listen!
The episode unfolds a charming narrative as Cooper, a young boy, steps into the spotlight as the narrator of 'Laughter and Learning.'
His enthusiasm is infectious as he shares his experiences, from picking the character of a red fox—an animal he admires—to discovering the art of voice acting for the first time.
The podcast captures a unique blend of innocence and wisdom as Cooper discusses his daily life, including the excitement of a new school year filled with gym activities and electronics lessons. His candidness about making friends and learning new things paints a vivid picture of childhood, emphasizing the joy and challenges of growing up.
Cooper's reflections on the character of Cooper the Red Fox provide deeper insights into how storytelling can mirror real-life experiences.
Both he and Cooper the Red Fox use humour to forge connections and navigate social landscapes, illustrating the power of laughter as a unifying force among friends. As Cooper recounts a moment of conflict with a friend that was resolved through jokes, listeners are reminded of the importance of humour in relationships.
This theme resonates throughout the episode, showcasing how laughter can ease tensions and bring people together, making it a heartwarming listen for children and adults.
As the conversation progresses, Cooper shares valuable lessons learned through his storytelling journey. He emphasizes the significance of kindness, helpfulness, and a good personality in forming friendships. His newfound identity as a storyteller enriches the narrative, encouraging young listeners to embrace their creativity.
The episode concludes with Cooper imparting wisdom on the importance of humour and kindness, leaving the audience with a delightful reminder that storytelling is not just about entertainment but also about connection and personal growth. Overall, the podcast offers a delightful exploration of childhood creativity and the values of friendship, making it an engaging and enriching experience.
Takeaways:
- Cooper enjoyed narrating the audiobook, marking his first experience in voice acting.
- He chose a red fox as his character because foxes are one of his favourite animals.
- Cooper finds humour essential in making friends and diffusing difficult situations in life.
- Kindness and a good personality were highlighted as keys to making friends.
- Through the story, Cooper sees reflections on his own experiences, especially with his sister.
- Cooper is excited about new school activities, especially learning about electronics later this year.
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Getting to Know Cooper
Bailey Introduction to Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors
Introduction to a Family of Children's Book Authors
Welcome to the Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors podcast. Although a show focuses on children's book authors, our goal is to connect with children's book readers. With many podcast shows in the world, why this podcast? It's all about the story behind the story. The big difference between children's book authors and most authors, we all start out as children's book readers. Most of us have heard or read the stories of Mother Goose, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Sleeping Beauty, and many more children's stories. If our podcast show can let children's book authors share how they brought their stories to life, including the inspiration behind the story, the characters, the lessons, and the moral of the story, our goal can be achieved. This introduction helps readers reaffirm if this is a children's book they wish to support and bring into their home library. In the first 10 episodes we will introduce you to the unique group of children's book authors, a grandpa, a grandma, and five grandchildren. Does this sound like a children's book? It's actually our story. Together, we are the authors and co authors of The Adventures of Kaboose, the Rocky Mountain Bear children's book series. Furthermore, we have also taken on the roles, narrators, contributors, and editors for print, digital, and audio books evolving into self published book authors. It is like we are the Cinderellas in our own story. Our journey as children's book authors has been a continuous learning experience and we are thrilled to share the skills we've acquired with other authors in the field. These skills will encompass various aspects of children's book publishing, marketing, distribution, and sales. Although we hope you will consider purchasing our children's book, The Adventures of Kaboose the Rocky Mountain Bear, we understand that as parents or grandparents, you may seek different lessons and morals and perspectives in the stories you support. As authors, we acknowledge that considering our diverse world, we can't cater to all readers preferences. Nonetheless, we aspire to bring the world of children's literature to your reading space. We trust that you will enjoy and find value in this podcast show. We have a strong desire to grow and get better. We'd love a rating and review of each episode. It's a simple process. Scroll down past all episodes to rating and review section. We'd love to hear from you. Cheers and now on with the show.
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:05:08</time>
<p>Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:05:24</time>
<p>Hi, folks.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:05:25</time>
<p>How you doing?</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:05:26</time>
<p>You're listening to the story behind the story, Laughter and Learning.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:05:31</time>
<p>I'm pleased to introduce you to our youngest grandson, Cooper.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:05:34</time>
<p>Cooper is the inspiration and a contributor behind the story Laughter and Learning and is the narrator of the audiobook, Laughter and Learning.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:05:46</time>
<p>Because our stories take place in the fictional town of Big Head in the Rocky Mountains, Cooper picked an animal that is natural to the area.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:05:55</time>
<p>His character in our story is a red fox.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:05:58</time>
<p>Hello, Cooper.</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:06:00</time>
<p>Hi.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:06:01</time>
<p>Thanks for joining us on this segment of our audiobook, Laughter and Learning.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:06:06</time>
<p>Did you enjoy being the narrator of the audiobook?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:06:09</time>
<p>Very much.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:06:11</time>
<p>And what did you like about it?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:06:13</time>
<p>I liked how I could voice act, and I've never done something like that ever in my life.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:06:17</time>
<p>Yeah, you did an awesome job.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:06:19</time>
<p>That was fantastic.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:06:20</time>
<p>And you had some really good inflections and some laughter and all of that kind of neat stuff, right?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:06:27</time>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:06:28</time>
<p>So can you tell me why did you pick a red fox to be your character?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:06:33</time>
<p>I just saw it and I thought it was really cool.</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:06:36</time>
<p>And foxes is, like, one of my favorite animals.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:06:40</time>
<p>One of your favorite animals.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:06:41</time>
<p>And they're smart, right?</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:06:43</time>
<p>Very smart animal.</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:06:44</time>
<p>Yes, definitely.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:06:46</time>
<p>Now, did you see things or when you were going through the story, narrating, did you notice things in the story that reflected something about your life and what's happening in your life?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:06:59</time>
<p>Yes.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:07:00</time>
<p>So what were some of those things that you saw or heard?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:07:03</time>
<p>On my first day, I think my sister waited for me and she actually picked me up and she actually asked those exact words.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:07:14</time>
<p>Those exact.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:07:15</time>
<p>So Cooper's talking about his sister Bailey.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:07:19</time>
<p>Bailey has been one of the narrators of some of the stories in the Adventures of Caboose, the Rocky Mountain Bear.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:07:26</time>
<p>So with that in mind, Cooper, you started a new school year.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:07:31</time>
<p>Just started a new school year.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:07:33</time>
<p>So what.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:07:34</time>
<p>What are you liking about school so far?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:07:36</time>
<p>I'm thinking that we can do more gym activities, and later on in the year, we can do electronics, so we can build things like reboot a calculator with no battery, or you can build.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:07:52</time>
<p>A calculator with no batteries?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:07:53</time>
<p>Yeah, but that's later on once we learn electricians.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:07:57</time>
<p>That sounds pretty darn exciting.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:07:59</time>
<p>And is there any other new things that you're learning about this year that you've never done before at school?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:08:05</time>
<p>Not really yet.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:06</time>
<p>Not yet.</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:08:07</time>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:09</time>
<p>So just until you get to that new electronic session, right?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:08:13</time>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:14</time>
<p>That's neat.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:15</time>
<p>And so.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:16</time>
<p>And are there new kids at school that you're becoming friends with?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:08:20</time>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:21</time>
<p>You're making new friends or you have most of the same friends you had from last year?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:08:27</time>
<p>Most are the same friends, but think I have a new friend.</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:08:34</time>
<p>His name is Justin.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:35</time>
<p>Oh, her name is Justin.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:37</time>
<p>Cool.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:37</time>
<p>And is Justin new to the school?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:08:40</time>
<p>No.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:40</time>
<p>No, you just.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:42</time>
<p>He's finally in your class.</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:08:44</time>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:44</time>
<p>Okay, I get it.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:46</time>
<p>And is there anything you're doing that's a challenge this year?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:08:50</time>
<p>Not really yet.</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:08:51</time>
<p>It's hard.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:08:53</time>
<p>And now you started basketball this year?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:08:58</time>
<p>I did.</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:08:58</time>
<p>And my first practice was on Monday.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:01</time>
<p>Was on Monday.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:02</time>
<p>And that's something that's outside of school.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:04</time>
<p>Why you're not.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:05</time>
<p>You don't have basketball?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:09:07</time>
<p>I have basketball outside school, but if we can do free time or like a basketball lesson, then I can play basketball during gym.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:16</time>
<p>Where you are.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:16</time>
<p>Right on school.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:18</time>
<p>And you used to have a gym in your daycare, right?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:09:21</time>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:22</time>
<p>Was there any desk wall hoops there?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:09:25</time>
<p>There was, but we'd rarely go down into the gym.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:28</time>
<p>Oh, okay.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:29</time>
<p>So you really didn't play much basketball at daycare?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:09:33</time>
<p>No.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:35</time>
<p>And you know what?</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:36</time>
<p>In the story, Cooper is a red fox in this story, right?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:09:40</time>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:41</time>
<p>And he has a good sense of humor and uses his sense of humor to make friends and get his teachers to take a liking to him.</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:09:49</time>
<p>Yep.</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:09:50</time>
<p>Just like me.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:51</time>
<p>Just like what?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:09:52</time>
<p>Me just like you.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:54</time>
<p>I thought so.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:55</time>
<p>Do you see yourself in the character Koopa the Red Fox?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:09:59</time>
<p>Yep.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:09:59</time>
<p>And what are some of the similarities between you and Koopa the Red Fox?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:10:04</time>
<p>How he has fun humor and how he makes a lot of friends really easily.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:10:11</time>
<p>Do you see Using humor can help you in difficult situations and make them a little easier to deal with.</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:10:21</time>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:10:22</time>
<p>Can you think of times that's happened to you?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:10:25</time>
<p>Once, me and my best friend, we had a fight, but it all worked out because I started telling really funny jokes.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:10:33</time>
<p>Ah.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:10:33</time>
<p>So who started telling the funny jokes?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:10:36</time>
<p>I did.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:10:37</time>
<p>You did.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:10:37</time>
<p>And he started laughing.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:10:39</time>
<p>And so that kind of made the whole bad situation into a good situation.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:10:45</time>
<p>And you guys weren't mad at each other after that.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:10:48</time>
<p>Now, is there anything else you want to add about this experience as a storyteller?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:10:54</time>
<p>No.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:10:55</time>
<p>You never thought of yourself as a storyteller?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:10:58</time>
<p>No.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:10:59</time>
<p>You never thought of yourself as a narrator of a book, an audio book?</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:11:03</time>
<p>Nope.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:11:04</time>
<p>So it was a pretty cool experience Happened, right?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:11:07</time>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:11:08</time>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:11:08</time>
<p>And is there any lessons learned as we went through the reading of the story and the recording of the story that sticks with you?</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:11:17</time>
<p>If you're kind, helpful, or have a good personality, Huber will be your friend.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:11:24</time>
<p>Right on.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:11:24</time>
<p>And that's one of bad qualities to have.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:11:27</time>
<p>Right.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:11:28</time>
<p>Thank you, Cooper.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:11:29</time>
<p>I appreciate your time today.</p>
<cite>Cooper</cite>
<time>00:11:31</time>
<p>Thanks for inviting me.</p>
<cite>Narrator</cite>
<time>00:11:33</time>
<p>All right, see you, folks.</p>
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