Ice Cream with Authors: Christian Books for Kids 7-13

In this episode of Ice Cream with Authors, we are visiting with Philip Ulrich. Philip is an Australian living in Greenville, South Carolina with his family and a Boingle named Raina. He is the author of The Growly Book series and The Backstage Heroes.

Ice Cream with Authors is the podcast that brings mini-author visits straight to your home or car! Perfect for kids ages 7 through 13 and their grown-ups, each episode serves up delightful conversations with authors who create faith-filled chapter books and middle grade adventures.

If you enjoyed this author visit, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your ratings and reviews help us reach more families who are searching for great stories for their kids!

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If you are listening to this before Thursday, December 3, 2026, it’s not too late to enter to win our last Season 4 giveaway bundle! Continental U.S. entrants only. Must be 18 or older to win. Enter at icecreamwithauthors.com.

In this episode of Ice Cream with Authors, we are visiting with Annette Whipple. Annette has written more than 40 books and was named the 2025 Outstanding Pennsylvania Author by school librarians in her state. She thinks facts are fun and celebrates curiosity in her nonfiction books.

Ice Cream with Authors is the podcast that brings mini-author visits straight to your home or car! Perfect for kids ages 7 through 13 and their grown-ups, each episode serves up delightful conversations with authors who create faith-filled chapter books and middle grade adventures.

If you enjoyed this author visit, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your ratings and reviews help us reach more families who are searching for great stories for their kids!

To watch this episode on YouTube, head over to our YouTube channel and be sure to like and subscribe.

If you are listening to this before Thursday, December 3, 2026, it’s not too late to enter to win our last Season 4 giveaway bundle! Continental U.S. entrants only. Must be 18 or older to win. Enter at icecreamwithauthors.com. 

In this episode of Ice Cream with Authors, we are visiting with Mindy Baker. Mindy can’t remember a time when she wasn’t an avid reader and she has always said that her library card is one of her most valuable possessions. She resides in Indiana where she is a high school Spanish teacher. Her first book entitled Mouse’s Christmas Gift was published by Zonderkidz in 2018. Through her writing, she hopes to plant seeds of truth in the hearts of her readers.

Ice Cream with Authors is the podcast that brings mini-author visits straight to your home or car! Perfect for kids ages 7 through 13 and their grown-ups, each episode serves up delightful conversations with authors who create faith-filled chapter books and middle grade adventures.

If you enjoyed this author visit, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your ratings and reviews help us reach more families who are searching for great stories for their kids!

To watch this episode on YouTube, head over to our YouTube channel and be sure to like and subscribe.

If you are listening to this before Thursday, December 3, 2026, it’s not too late to enter to win our last Season 4 giveaway bundle! Continental U.S. entrants only. Must be 18 or older to win. Enter at icecreamwithauthors.com. 

In this episode of Ice Cream with Authors, we are visiting with JJ Johnson. JJ is an award-winning middle-grade author, explorer of imaginary worlds, and occasional traveler in a beat-up Dalorean. He writes stories for kids (and the kid in all of us) and weekly essays about unplugging from screens, rediscovering joy, and living simply. His faith, his family, and his love for books, coffee, and the outdoors shape everything he does. If his words bring you back to stillness, connection, or wonder, then he’s done his job.

Ice Cream with Authors is the podcast that brings mini-author visits straight to your home or car! Perfect for kids ages 7 through 13 and their grown-ups, each episode serves up delightful conversations with authors who create faith-filled chapter books and middle grade adventures.

If you enjoyed this author visit, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your ratings and reviews help us reach more families who are searching for great stories for their kids!

To watch this episode on YouTube, head over to our YouTube channel and be sure to like and subscribe.

If you are listening to this before Thursday, December 3, 2026, it’s not too late to enter to win our last Season 4 giveaway bundle! Continental U.S. entrants only. Must be 18 or older to win. Enter at icecreamwithauthors.com.

In this episode of Ice Cream with Authors, we are doing a special episode with Kelsey and Christian Hauer, where they’ll share the inside scoop on writing comic books. Kelsey and Christian are a sibling team who want to share their love of the good, the true, and the beautiful through comic books that stoke questions and promote the Moral Imagination.

Ice Cream with Authors is the podcast that brings mini-author visits straight to your home or car! Perfect for kids ages 7 through 13 and their grown-ups, each episode serves up delightful conversations with authors who create faith-filled chapter books and middle grade adventures.

If you enjoyed this author visit, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your ratings and reviews help us reach more families who are searching for great stories for their kids!

To watch this episode on YouTube, head over to our YouTube channel and be sure to like and subscribe.

If you are listening to this before Thursday, December 3, 2026, it’s not too late to enter to win our last Season 4 giveaway bundle! Continental U.S. entrants only. Must be 18 or older to win. Enter at icecreamwithauthors.com.

In this episode of Ice Cream with Authors, we are visiting with Tricia Goyer. Tricia is a bestselling author of more than ninety books who weaves deep faith and heartfelt encouragement into every story she shares. As a busy grandmother and homeschooling mom, she delights in helping other writers find their unique voice while balancing the beautiful chaos of daily life.

Ice Cream with Authors is the podcast that brings mini-author visits straight to your home or car! Perfect for kids ages 7 through 13 and their grown-ups, each episode serves up delightful conversations with authors who create faith-filled chapter books and middle grade adventures.

If you enjoyed this author visit, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your ratings and reviews help us reach more families who are searching for great stories for their kids!

To watch this episode on YouTube, head over to our YouTube channel and be sure to like and subscribe.

If you are listening to this before Thursday, October 1, 2026, it’s not too late to enter to win our first Season 4 giveaway bundle! Continental U.S. entrants only. Must be 18 or older to win. Enter at icecreamwithauthors.com.

In this episode of Ice Cream with Authors, we are visiting with Vanessa E. Howard. Vanessa writes quirky, whimsical tales for middle graders and young adults. She has been a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, and college English teacher, and is currently a homeschool mom to four children and teaches at a homeschool co-op. While she has many short fiction credits, Emmett and the Epic Word Searches is her debut novel.

Ice Cream with Authors is the podcast that brings mini-author visits straight to your home or car! Perfect for kids ages 7 through 13 and their grown-ups, each episode serves up delightful conversations with authors who create faith-filled chapter books and middle grade adventures.

If you enjoyed this author visit, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your ratings and reviews help us reach more families who are searching for great stories for their kids!

To watch this episode on YouTube, head over to our YouTube channel and be sure to like and subscribe.

If you are listening to this before Thursday, October 1, 2026, it’s not too late to enter to win our first Season 4 giveaway bundle! Continental U.S. entrants only. Must be 18 or older to win. Enter at icecreamwithauthors.com. 

In this episode of Ice Cream with Authors, we are visiting with Joshua Cooley. Joshua is an editor, a speaker, and a New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 books for kids, teens, and adults. His mission is to equip people to grow in their Christian faith.

Ice Cream with Authors is the podcast that brings mini-author visits straight to your home or car! Perfect for kids ages 7 through 13 and their grown-ups, each episode serves up delightful conversations with authors who create faith-filled chapter books and middle grade adventures.

If you enjoyed this author visit, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your ratings and reviews help us reach more families who are searching for great stories for their kids!

To watch this episode on YouTube, head over to our YouTube channel and be sure to like and subscribe.

If you are listening to this before Thursday, October 1, 2026, it’s not too late to enter to win our first Season 4 giveaway bundle! Continental U.S. entrants only. Must be 18 or older to win. Enter at icecreamwithauthors.com. 

In this episode of Ice Cream with Authors, we are visiting with Adare Elyse. Adare writes middle grade and young adult fantasy and science fiction novels when she isn’t busy dressing in medieval costume, contriving puns with her clever husband, or singing showtunes to her little Shireling. Her fantasy novel, On Hidden Wings, won both the Realm Award and the American Christian Fiction Writers Kingdom Kidlit award for published middle grade books.

Ice Cream with Authors is the podcast that brings mini-author visits straight to your home or car! Perfect for kids ages 7 through 13 and their grown-ups, each episode serves up delightful conversations with authors who create faith-filled chapter books and middle grade adventures.

If you enjoyed this author visit, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your ratings and reviews help us reach more families who are searching for great stories for their kids!

To watch this episode on YouTube, head over to our YouTube channel and be sure to like and subscribe.

If you are listening to this before Thursday, October 1, 2026, it’s not too late to enter to win our first Season 4 giveaway bundle! Continental U.S. entrants only. Must be 18 or older to win. Enter at icecreamwithauthors.com. 

In this episode of Ice Cream with Authors, we are visiting again with Kristen Joy Wilks. Kristen writes from a remote mountain meadow that alternates between quiet and chaos. The mom of three sons, a cat named Whisper Persnickety, and Nessie Karu their giant Newfoundland dog, she lives with her camp director husband at Camas Meadows Bible Camp where she chases chaos with a camera and writes frolicsome tales that highlight the humor and grace God gives amidst the detritus of life. 

Ice Cream with Authors is the podcast that brings mini-author visits straight to your home or car! Perfect for kids ages 7 through 13 and their grown-ups, each episode serves up delightful conversations with authors who create faith-filled chapter books and middle grade adventures.

If you enjoyed this author visit, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your ratings and reviews help us reach more families who are searching for great stories for their kids!

To watch this episode on YouTube, head over to our YouTube channel and be sure to like and subscribe.

If you are listening to this before Thursday, October 1, 2026, it’s not too late to enter to win our first Season 4 giveaway bundle! Continental U.S. entrants only. Must be 18 or older to win. Enter at icecreamwithauthors.com.