Books
What I'm reading — mostly listening to, really. Audiobooks from the library, the odd ebook, and a paper one now and then.
Audiobook · Finished
When I Was Your Age
by Kenan Thompson
- Status
- Finished
- Format
- Audiobook
- Started
- October 8, 2026
- Finished
- October 8, 2026
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
Subjects
About the book
Kenan is a master storyteller with extraordinary stories to tell. I wouldn’t miss this for the world. - Leslie Jones
When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard knocks, from SNL’s longest-serving actor, Kenan Thompson
Kenan Thompson is Saturday Night Live’s longest-ever-serving cast member and a star of such pioneering sketches as “Black Jeopardy” and is hugely beloved thanks to a tidal wave of nostalgic fans who grew up on early 2000s classics All That, Good Burger, and Kenan & Kel on Nickelodeon.
He’s also a dad (to two girls) in his mid-40s living in suburbia, and whose universal, relatable, family-friendly humor has created unbelievable appeal and engagement from fans from middle America to coastal elites. Becoming a dad sucked the cool right out of him - and he’s OK with that!
When I Was Your Age is packed with hilarious yet poignant essays that are aimed to offer any reader valuable advice on parenting, focusing on positivity, and having fun in life. Kids, new parents, fellow fathers, budding comics, and aunties who want to pinch his cheeks, can all learn from his biggest mistakes and most triumphant victories. There’s something for everybody here!
Audiobook · Finished
Big Kids, Bigger Feelings
by Alyssa Blask Campbell · read by Rachel Stuart Lounder
- Status
- Finished
- Format
- Audiobook
- Started
- October 4, 2026
- Finished
- October 4, 2026
- Released
- September 16, 2025
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
Subjects
My thoughts
This book literally changed my life
About the book
**Narrated by the Author**
From the coauthor of Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, a guide to supporting children’s social and emotional growth through the elementary school years (ages 5 - 12), a critical but often-overlooked developmental stage.
TOO OLD FOR TANTRUMS
TOO YOUNG FOR TEENAGE DRAMA
Meltdowns. Name-calling. Hitting, kicking, and hair-pulling. Except, these aren’t the toddler years. Why is your elementary-school-age child still having these outbursts?
Long thought of as the time when parents can finally enjoy calmer kids and deal with less emotional volatility and tears, the elementary school years are anything but. During this pivotal time, our children navigate a new set of social and emotional challenges. From playground bullying to cliques and exclusion, ever-increasing academic challenges, and plenty of physical growth and hormonal changes thrown into the mix - the elementary school years are more complicated than most parents realize.
Big Kids, Bigger Feelings is the guide you need to help your child thrive during these developmentally complex and wonderful years. The social and emotional skills you provide your children with now will prepare them for a lifetime of self-advocacy and stronger emotional intelligence. Campbell’s revolutionary Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) method, used in preschool and elementary school environments, teaches you how to work with your children to help them understand how they are feeling and process their big emotions in healthy, constructive ways. Discover how to:
· Teach kids to handle unkind behaviors and set boundaries
· Help kids learn to regulate themselves when they feel angry, sad, or upset
· Manage technology use in a safe and healthy way
· Navigate puberty, body changes, sex, drugs, and other important topics
· Develop a deeper connection with your child
The elementary school years are rife with change - from changing bodies to changing social structures - and there’s never a better time to help your kids handle these ever-increasing challenges so they can thrive today and tomorrow.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.