Penn and Kim Holderness, ALL YOU CAN BE WITH ADHD

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Recorded live at Zibby’s Bookshop pop-up in NYC, guest host and author Emma Rosenblum interviews viral content creators and New York Times bestselling authors Kim and Penn Holderness about their joyful new picture book, ALL YOU CAN BE WITH ADHD. They share the inspiration behind writing a kids’ edition after the success of their adult book, reflect on the families and young readers who motivated them, and talk about the importance of helping children feel seen, confident, and understood. Penn also opens up about his own childhood experiences with undiagnosed ADHD, and how having a book like this might have changed everything for him.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive
0:24.0	look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't
0:29.3	have to.
0:30.3	Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day.
0:36.2	For more information, go to zibbmedia.com and follow me on Instagram
0:40.2	at Zibby Owens. Penn and Kim Holderness are the authors of All You Can Be with ADHD. This is a special
0:50.9	episode. I have already interviewed Penn and Kim in person from last year for their
0:56.2	adult book. This is now their kids' book. I was supposed to interview them at my pop-up store in New York
1:01.3	City called Minnie Rose on 73rd in Lex, but my stepfather Howard passed away and I couldn't do the
1:08.1	event. And so I asked Emma Rosenblum, the author and a friend and colleague
1:13.7	and everything if she would help out. So Emma Rosenblum, thank you for stepping up and interviewing Penn
1:19.4	and Kim Holderness for me that day. Thank you to Penn and Kim for just rolling with it. And thanks to
1:24.8	everybody who showed up that day for the live event.
1:32.2	And here is the recording of it. I hope you all enjoy, and I'm so sorry I couldn't do it myself.
1:38.0	Penn and Kim Holderness are social media creators, New York Times bestselling authors, and award-winning podcasters, game creators, and winners of the amazing race. Their viral videos have garnered
1:42.8	over 3 billion views and have
1:45.1	been featured on Good Morning America, the Today Show, Fox News Channel, and CNN. The Holderness
1:50.0	family currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with their children, Lola and PC, and their dog Sunny.
1:55.4	They invite you to join them online at the Holdernessfamily.com. So we're here to talk about the book, which is out today.
2:02.2	So congratulations.
2:03.3	Thank you.
2:04.2	So I think we should have a little taste of it, if you wouldn't mind reading like a
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