Celebrity guest!! Josh Gad, PICTUREFACE LIZZY
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Beloved actor Josh Gad (star of the animated hit movie FROZEN) joins Zibby to discuss PICTUREFACE LIZZY, a hilarious, energetic, and relatable picture book about a girl who won’t rest until she gets the latest cool toy: PictureFace Lizzy! Josh shares his unexpected writing journey—it all started during the pandemic when he read to kids on his social media platforms almost daily! He explains how his book addresses the impact of technology on children, particularly social media, and draws from personal experiences with his daughters to highlight the themes of consumerism, FOMO, and finding balance in a tech-driven world. Finally, Josh touches on his experiences with anxiety and the benefits of open dialogue with children about the pressures of technology and societal expectations.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books, hosted by me, Zibi Owens. |
| 0:07.6 | It's an award-winning podcast with over 1,900 episodes, all featuring authors of books you love and those you have yet to discover. |
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| 0:36.8 | It'll take you where you need to go. Thanks for listening. |
| 0:42.7 | Josh Gad is the author of the picture book, Picture Face Lizzie. Josh Gad is an award-winning |
| 0:48.8 | actor, singer, and comedian. He is known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen franchise, playing Elder Arnold Cunningham |
| 0:55.8 | in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon and Lefou in the live action adaptation of Disney's |
| 1:01.4 | Beauty and the Beast. Welcome, Josh. Thank you so much for coming on Momsdon't have time to read |
| 1:06.1 | books to discuss picture face Lizzie and everything else that you have created. Congratulations. |
| 1:11.9 | I'm so excited to be here. Thank you so much for welcoming me. I'm very jealous, by the way. |
| 1:16.9 | The listeners can't see your insanely packed bookshelf behind you. But as an avid reader, |
| 1:23.9 | I'm very jealous of what you've got going there. Oh, thank you. You should see the closet |
| 1:28.4 | right behind it. I have, I'm sure. Wall to wall. I'm like, okay, I, you know, I don't collect purses. |
| 1:33.9 | I collect books. Other people would have all their shoes there. And I have like the two pairs of |
| 1:39.4 | shoes I wear. Anyway, okay, picture face, Lizzie, fabulous, loved the book. |
| 1:44.3 | Thank you. |
| 1:44.8 | Where did this book idea come from? |
| 1:46.4 | Why write a book at all? |
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