It's author and educator Andrea Caulfield on the podcast today! Andrea is World Language Curriculum Specialist for Denver Public Schools and is quadrilingual, something I (Josh) hope to be when I grow up. Andrea has partnered with Voces Digital to publish Les Zombies Attaquent Quebec, a French-language short novelette for French learners.

Andrea's perspective on language learning is refreshing and new here. Her experiences with Voces and path to publishing her book are both entertaining and enlightening, which is also all you can hope for when you're reading something educational in a language you're trying to learn!

Shout out to our friend Jan Thomas for connecting us to Andrea! This chat was absolutement un plaisir.

PS I had one good window to record my intro, found my mic settings all messed up, and then a crew started jackhammering the street right outside my window. Apologies for the very poor quality on my end!

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This episode’s book reviews: 

STILL FRIENDS, words by Troy Wilson, pictures by Mike Deas

VIGDIS: A BOOK ABOUT THE WORLD'S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT by Ran Flygenring

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