Eva Pilgrim, WALTER DOES HIS BEST: A Frenchie Adventure in Kindness and Muddy Paws

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Good Morning America weekend co-anchor and ABC News correspondent Eva Pilgrim joins Zibby to discuss her first picture book, Walter Does His Best, which was inspired by her beloved French bulldog. Eva shares how her mom's lessons about kindness have shaped both her parenting goals and the story she wanted this book to tell. She also reveals the interaction that still stands out from her years of reporting and what she's most looking forward to with the birth of her first child.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
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0:39.9	Eva Pilgrim is the author of Walter Does His Best, a French adventure in kindness and muddy paws. Eva is an ABC correspondent
0:45.7	and co-host of Good Morning America weekend edition. Eva is building her life and career on kindness.
0:51.1	From a young age, Eva's mom taught her that kind was the best thing she could be, and Eva still lives by that philosophy. Eva and her colleagues at Good Morning America have developed by hashtag Nice Girls Movement, and she believes that it makes the newsroom a happier place and that it produces better work. She wants young people to know that kindness is a strength, and we all have an opportunity to make the world brighter one action at a time.
1:11.7	Welcome, Eva.
1:13.4	Thank you so much for coming on moms.
1:17.4	Don't have time to read books to discuss Walter does his best, your children's book.
1:18.6	Thanks for having me.
1:19.8	It's my pleasure.
1:24.7	Yes, I've read this now several times to my kids, and they are huge fans. So thank you for, you know, spicing up our bedtime last night and other nights.
1:30.7	I appreciate it.
1:32.3	They were like over the moon excited that Walter was actually your dog, which they did not realize it first.
1:38.4	Well, and some of the stories in that book are actual real life Walter stories.
1:43.0	Oh, my gosh.
1:43.5	I was like, you guys, Walter has his own
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