Ocean's Heart, Land's Heart with Jilanne Hoffman

About this episode

Jilanne Hoffman returns to discuss her new book 'The Ocean's Heart' and upcoming projects, along with insights into the educational market.

Jilanne Hofmann is back (here's her first episode)! She has some updates from several things we discussed in our first chat, namely that now The Ocean's Heart is out in the world, and HeartLand is soon to be born! We talk about both of these as well as her work with the educational market. And lots more! Stay tuned for passion and... heart? _________ This episode’s book reviews (all author-illustrators this week!): THE OCEAN'S HEART by Jill herself, illustrated by Khoa Le CALVIN GETS THE LAST WORD by Margo Sorenson, illustrated by Mike Deas --------- The artwork for You May Contribute a Verse features our quokka mascot, Versey, and was generously created by the great Maddie Frost! Find her on IG @hellomaddiefrost or on her website Maddie-Frost.com Our theme music is So Happy by Scott Holmes. You can find more of his music at scottholmesmusic.com Love the podcast and wanna support more episodes like this? Find Community Shoutouts, Merch and our Patreon here!! Find us on Bluesky @joshmonkwords, @brennajeanneret, and @jonseym0ur and as always, let us know what you think via a rating, review, or comment!

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Monken, Brenna Jeanneret

Guest: Jilanne Hoffman

Topics covered

• children's literature
• book reviews
• educational market
• author interviews
• illustration

Keywords

• Jilanne Hoffman
• The Ocean's Heart
• HeartLand
• children's books
• book reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Maddie Frost

Books & works: The Ocean's Heart, HeartLand, CALVIN GETS THE LAST WORD

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