This is simple. I'm Tish Oxenreider.

Hey friends, in this episode I am talking with my friend Caroline Star

Rhodes who is a children's book author she's written six books her sixth one

actually just came out and like we do here on the show every now and then, Caroline is sharing with us her good list, a thing, a habit, a work of art, and a philosophy that's making her life just a little bit sweeter.

Plus she also talks about her new book, which is totally up fourth grade Tisha's alley.

In fact, it turns out we both read the same book when we were girls that served as part of the inspiration for her newest book,

which is coincidentally Caroline's first time writing a non-fiction picture book.

So we'll get right into that, but first a quick reminder to make sure you're

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basically you get links to five things from the week I either

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links in the show notes of this episode. All right so let's get right into it.

Here is Caroline sharing with us her good list.

Okay, Caroline, we do this thing here on the podcast where we talk about your good list for things big or small that are making little bits of your life a bit sweeter. So let's start off at the top which is a thing.

Anything you want from a mug to an app to a beauty product whatever. What is one thing in your life

right now that is making your life better?

Okay, this is going to sound funny because I'm probably the last person to discover this and it's also something I swore I would never ever do, but my thing is Snapchat.

Really? Are you kidding?

No, I am not. I am not.

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