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Every book Tish Rabe recommended on podcasts
Tish Rabe appeared on the How I Write podcast to discuss the craft and process of writing children's literature. Throughout the conversation, Tish Rabe presented several of her own books, beginning with Kindness Is Caring, Friendship Is Sharing, which she created in collaboration with the Trumbull Rotary Club to promote a kinder world. Tish Rabe also introduced Sweet Dreams Ahead Time for Bed, a book designed to help young children slow down, and Sometimes Apart, Always in My Heart, a project developed alongside the nonprofit United Through Reading to support military families during deployments. Additionally, Tish Rabe highlighted her contributions to the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library series, specifically mentioning There's No Place Like Space! All About Our Solar System, Is a Camel a Mammal?, and Fine Feathered Friends. Discussing the broader context of children's publishing, Tish Rabe referenced Dr. Seuss's classic work The Cat in the Hat and reminisced about her mother reading L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz during her childhood. Through these examples, Tish Rabe illustrated the thematic diversity and collaborative nature of writing for young audiences.
Books recommended by Tish Rabe
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Fine Feathered Friends
Discussed“Random House developed the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library and the first two books they asked me to do was Is a Camel a Mammal and Fine Feathered Friends.”
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Goodnight Moon 60th Anniversary Edition
Discussed“They're reading Goodnight Moon. They were reading Very Hungry Caterpillar. It was wonderful.”
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Horton Hatches the Egg
Discussed“I went and wrote Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg and Yertle the Turtle and Thidwick the Moose and I read them all.”
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Horton Hears a Who!
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Discussed“I went and wrote Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg and Yertle the Turtle and Thidwick the Moose and I read them all.”
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Is a Camel a Mammal?
Discussed“Random House developed the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library and the first two books they asked me to do was Is a Camel a Mammal and Fine Feathered Friends.”
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Kindness Is Caring, Friendship Is Sharing
Discussed“This is a book of mine that just came out, Kindness is Caring, Friendship is Sharing, which I wrote with Trumbull Rotary Club, and they're an organization that tries to make the world a kinder, gentler place.”
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Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr.
Discussed“I have a book that's a runaway bestseller called Oh, Baby, the Places You'll Go. And it was the only time I heard from Dr. Seuss's widow, Audrey Geisel, and she called me herself.”
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Sometimes Apart, Always in My Heart
Discussed“This is Sometimes Apart, Always in My Heart, helping military families send love from far away. And I wrote this with a nonprofit called United Through Reading.”
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Sweet Dreams Ahead Time for Bed
Discussed“This is uh some Sorry, this is Sweet Dreams Ahead, Time for Bed. And it is helping kids slow down.”
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The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat by Dr.
Discussed“Well, for those of you out there that might have picked up on this, those last two lines were in the original Cat in the Hat book.”
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Discussed“They're reading Goodnight Moon. They were reading Very Hungry Caterpillar. It was wonderful.”
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.
Discussed“my mother used to read us The Wizard of Oz, the original re well, Wizard of Oz.”
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There's No Place Like Space! All About Our Solar System
Discussed“There's No Place Like Space all about our solar system. And it opens up pretty fast.”
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Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
Discussed“I went and wrote Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg and Yertle the Turtle and Thidwick the Moose and I read them all.”
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Yertle the Turtle
Discussed“I went and wrote Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg and Yertle the Turtle and Thidwick the Moose and I read them all.”
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Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
Discussed“I went and wrote Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg and Yertle the Turtle and Thidwick the Moose and I read them all.”
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Books Tish Rabe wrote
- Fine Feathered Friends
- Is a Camel a Mammal?
- Kindness Is Caring, Friendship Is Sharing
- Sometimes Apart, Always in My Heart
- Sweet Dreams Ahead Time for Bed
- There's No Place Like Space! All About Our Solar System
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Tish Rabe: How to Write Children’s Books | How I Write | How I Write | 2026-04-22 | 17 |