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Congratulations to Publisher - EAKIN PRESS -
 since the KNLE -THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW-
2009 BOOK OF THE YEAR is
RIVER OF THE ARMS OF GOD
by Irene Sandell
whose interview aired December 16, 2009
 
 

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Wednesday, April 21st show, at 5:30pm CST, will featured an interview with nationally respected author Barbara Rocha; author of GETTING OVER YOURSELF: A GUIDE TO PAINLESS PUBLIC SPEAKING...AND MORE, which is in its second edition and conveys easy ways to overcome fear, make a positive impact, and better connect with your listeners when speaking & reaching out to others.   

Book Review of 
Barbara Rocha's GETTING OVER YOURSELF: A GUIDE TO PAINLESS PUBLIC SPEAKING ...AND MORE

THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (out of five stars)

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Wednesday, January 20th show feature
d an interview with award winning author Barbara Youngblood-Carr; author of WINDSONGS AND MOON SPIRITS which is the eighth book in the ancestor series and honors ancestors through spirituality inspired poetry. 

Book Review of  Barbara Youngblood-Carr's WINDSONGS AND MOON SPIRITS

THE INSIDE VIEW
TM  RATING     (out of five stars)
 


“Barbara Youngblood-Carr’s 8th book in the Ancestor Series is entitled WINDSONGS AND MOON SPIRITS and is unforgettable because it brings back a time that history itself might have eventually forgotten.
  Her writings in WINDSONGS AND MOON SPIRITS will evoke others to yearn to remember, cherish, and honor their heritage and to visit places history was made and time forgot. 

Why? WINDSONGS AND MOON SPIRITS is enjoyable to read.  It has a well balanced order of poems all of which bring delight-in-escapism to new meaning.  From (poem) Spring Promises which melds the human soul together where the bluebonnets and the clouds meet to (poem) Sunday in the Canyon where time seems to stand still in respect for those that passed those lands. And, then there is the poem Our Ancestors Remain With Us Always; which bellows with a joint reliance between the past and present.   

Compassion for ancestors, and the strife they acquired, gives us their lost voices in all we have today; both at geographic landmarks and in how we live the memory of their care for others. This is how the mix words in WINDSONGS AND MOON SPIRITS will haunt readers; to want to visit the places described and relive for themselves the feelings Barbara Youngblood-Carr’s words bring forth.
  These now unforgettable places are those such as: Forth Davis, McDonald Observatory, Sawtooth Mountain, Sitting Bull Canyon, El Capitan in West Texas, Three Rivers Petroglyph National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, White House Ruins in Canyon de Chelly, National Monument, Paint Rock, Texas, Hueco Tanks, Near El Paso, Peavine Hollow, Fort Phantom Hill near the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Custer Battlefield National Monument, Palo Duro Canyon in West Texas, Illinois River Bank Near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the sublime at UFO Museum in Roswell, New Mexico, going to the Chappell Hill Café (on Highway 290), the once forgotten lot of land which is that small country cemetery between Winedale and Round Top, Texas, and who could ever forget Youngblood-Carr’s words that etched a spiritual-altitude in one’s head when standing at the Quieting Stone on top of Hanging Rock Bluff and looking down at Peavine Hollow and seeing off in the yonder below that which was Molly Field Cemetery.  As sure as the vibrant colors she paints with words of blue bonnets drape spaces at Molly Field cemetery, Youngblood-Carr’s words all us to hear the echo of our people’s past. 

 To the moon and back, the poem Our Ancestors Remain With us Always is Youngblood-Carr’s best work yet.  This poem is vintage Barbara Youngblood-Carr; yet with an extra dose of concentrated compassion that jumps off the page as a deepened meaning because it shows the genuine reciprocal nature between ancestors and those of this day; not only from a heritage standpoint but a vantage of that which happens daily as an inner-to-outer ongoing connectedness.  It is a poem whose landscape spans a capacity of all-ness and how that has to do with all knowing love, one for all, that no other poem in literature has captured. It is a poem that brings unique promise to readers that there is not a separatism between ancestors and current day life.

Youngblood-Carr followers and new fans alike will not be disappointed with
WINDSONGS AND MOON SPIRITS.
  While its tone is as a song favorite song stuck in one’s head, WINDSONGS AND MOON SPIRITS stands mountains above Barbara Youngblood-Carr’s prior award winning works!”

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

 
 
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Wednesday, December 16th show featured an interview with noted author Irene Sandell whose novel RIVER OF THE ARMS OF GOD tells the plight for survival by two woman nine decades apart.  The interview was about this novel filled with encouragement for those who experienced unearned suffering. 

Book Review of  Irene Sandell's RIVER OF THE ARMS OF GOD [Eakin Press]

THE INSIDE VIEW
TM  RATING     (out of five stars)
and the 2009 BOOK OF THE YEAR
 


“If you are looking for a new experience in reading, RIVER OF THE ARMS OF GOD is it! 

RIVER OF THE ARMS OF GOD is a heart-wrenching, touching novel about the undying loving tenderness of two mothers nine decades apart; who both overcame a struggle for liberation, and whose trials of solitude, loneliness, and aloneness, were at the hands of men who were the role models of what not to be.  Set back in the times 100 years before and during the boom of growth in Wheeler, Texas, RIVER OF THE ARMS OF GOD, each woman is led into captivity.  Both are brought together by fate in the mid-1900s as Kate Walters discovers Sarah Graham’s diary/journal from the mid-1800s.  

As the novel opens, Kate Walters wallows through boredom; all to leave her father [Fletcher Bryant]and marry Colby Walters who owns the Pantera Ranch just West of Wheeler, Texas
.  The first day tour of the ranch included Colby showing Kate the secret places he always went as a kid; near a station house back against the bluff near where the Butterfield Stage Coach use to come through back before the Civil War. They find several small sculptures in the nearby cave in which had the outcroppings of gypsum rock, and Kate adores them all, including the one sculpture of a bird; which Colby gives her as a souvenir of her first day on Pantera.  Little did Kate know then that the sculpture was created by Sarah Graham who Kate would later find out was abandoned there as a slave with her son Edward; after Sarah was sold as a slave by her father to Eli Dodd.  As the novel see-saws back and forth from the 1900s to the 1800s, between Kate’s initial wonderment of the Pantera Ranch to when Kate finds Sarah’s diary in that cave, the novel takes an adventurous turn.  Readers will realize then that Kate is learning from Sarah’s writings about Sarah’s own struggle to escape from being captive, a slave to Eli Dodd, the man in charge if the mule teams for the station line.  Since being at Pandera, Kate had a lot of reading time and read to Mattie, Colby’s Aunt, until she dies.  About the time of the end of Kate’s pregnancy, Kate comes to the end of the diary and it ends abruptly with a blank page, Kate assumes Sarah and her son met ill fate, and names her daughter after Sarah and her middle name after Mattie (Matilda).  A whirlwind of deceitful happenings preoccupied Kate’s mind during and after Kate’s ill-filled recovery from a hard birth of Sarah Matilda; including Luis [ranch hand] being kicked off the ranch for having part in getting a letter from Kate to Kate’s father, and Kate finds out her husband is party to an illegal immigrant smuggling ring.  After confronting Colby about why he ignores his daughter [Sarah Matilda] for months, and again about getting Luis back on the ranch, the smuggling ring is busted and Raul [Maria’s husband] not Colby goes to jail, and Colby tells Kate she wants nothing to do with correcting Sarah Matilda’s deformed legs & feet because of his longstanding lack of respect for doctors.  Colby’s sole purpose for marrying Kate was to have a male heir to the Pantera.  After Kate finds out Colby kept information from her about her Dad dying, Kate felt captive against her will at the ranch.  She realized her opinions and passion for Colby were taken for granted by Colby, and then too that she didn’t have it any better on the ranch than she had it living with her father.  Kate leaves the Pantera with Maria [Luis’s Aunt and the ranch’s cook], goes back to Wheeler to seek a doctor for Sarah Matilda and, thereafter, in Wheeler, Kate settles the business of inheritance from the passing of her father, arranges for Sarah Matilda to get medical attention and braces to correct the disorder with her legs, and then the novel takes on a most satisfying flavor of both women’s liberation: as Kate grows up as a woman on her [and Maria’s] trip to bring Luis back to Wheeler; to great success while, at the same time, readers are kept in suspense to learn ‘the rest of the story’ of what really happened to Sarah Graham.  All to learn Kate loses herself in her work, and so does Sarah Graham; both to much success, and coupled by the irony of how Luis’s college education complimented the plans for the expansion of Kate’s family [and extended family] hardware business as well as Luis’s influence on Sarah Matilda’s staying in school; instead of skipping school to ride her favorite horse Blackie.  The taunt of a social life keeps Kate at odds with herself until she meets Dr. Frazier Grant; who is best friends with her lifetime friend Doc Crandell. Many redemptive heart-sinking surprises unfold with tearful chagrin, such as Colby showing up in Wheeler describing how he now sees Kate as a success; with implications that Kate is an example that a woman can be a successful heir to a business.  And, with 6 month to live after being diagnosed with cancer, Colby asks for permission from Kate to have him get to know his daughter [Sarah Matilda] again in order for her to be the heir of the Pandera.   RIVER OF THE ARMS OF GOD is as a testament for the pre-woman’s lib [liberation] movement that began to get recognition at the same time [1970s] the novel’s character Kate Walter’s national success in business [with Bryant Hardware] is recognized with an award at the state [of Texas] level. 

RIVER OF THE ARMS OF GOD showcases that the only way to find yourself after getting lost in the expectations of others is to get lost in your own dream of what life could hold through hope and devoting your life to a future.  Both woman [Kate and Sarah Graham] learned two sides of what solitude brings: (1) pleasure to be alone when being creative and innovative, and (2) that fear is only brought on by loneliness when one cannot fend for themselves.  By this, readers will learn the moral of the story on the top of page 173, in Kate Walters own words: ‘A woman can’t depend on someone else to make her life complete or to give her freedom. A person must do that on their own, man or woman.  I am not looking for Edward to save me anymore. I’ll save myself.’

 RIVER OF THE ARMS OF GOD bestows another moral: the lonesome heart of a loving woman not liberated is as a statuesque dove in the sky with no dignified place to land.  Sarah Graham learns this when the peacefulness she finds sculpting is what reassures her from the memories of her captivity once with Eli.  What Sarah Graham realizes about Eli Dodd is a life lesson: that people hide their lack of courage behind their indignation of others.  

RIVER OF THE ARMS OF GOD is never dull.” 

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

 
 
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Wednesday, April 1st, show feature
d an interview with noted author Nancy Linden whose strong Christian testimony on air will come through loud and clear; about how her strong faith and those who cared about her led her to write BOOK AND BRAIN reading.  Listen to this interview filled with gratitude to God and accounts of how Nancy remembers listening to KNLE as a student at the University of Texas; and her faith grew.  Now she travels the world teaching the learning techniques in her book: BOOK AND BRAIN READING. 


Book Review of  Nancy Linden's BOOK AND BRAIN READING: Test Taking Strategies. 

THE INSIDE VIEW
TM  RATING   
ó  (four star rating)
 


BOOK AND BRAIN READING: TEST TAKING STRATEGIES is a tool to teach how to read and meet the challenge of testing, to apply to life, not only what is learned but also the significance of whether it applies to a pattern or patterns within the text that can be applied to influence one's life.  Learning to read when she was eighteen was no small feat. 

In
BOOK AND BRAIN READING, by Nancy Linden, pays conscientiousness to what readers go through from the inside outside.  A dedicated Christian, Nancy Linden even directs readers of the BOOK AND BRAIN READING to the biblical basis for her use of guiding readers to seek a pattern in reading. 

Now, to answer the question, ‘What was the worse I ever did on any test?’ it only needs reading BOOK AND BRAIN READING to know the answer.

A gem that shines for all to see, one just needs to care about someone important in your life to know if they have a problem excelling in school or life’s comprehensions, they need to read BOOK AND BRAIN READING

By its title, it sounds overly technical because it has the word ‘brain’ in it but it was not.  To read it was a shear joy and the first book I reviewed where I sent the author money, which was well worth the life changing influence."      

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

 

To get yours, visit BOOK AND BRAIN READING.    
 

 

The June airing of the show featured an interview with acclaimed author Rick Renner, author of DRESSED TO KILL: A Spiritual Approach to Spiritual Warfare and Armor. The book addresses the armor of God as described in Eph. 6 comparing it to ancient Roman armor with its function and purpose.  The book also addresses the power of prayer, spiritual warfare--real vs wacky and more and has sold over 500,000 copies and hit no #1 in several categories on Amazon (dot) Com this year.

Explore also were the six different types of prayer; including the prayer of Thanksgiving. 

 

Book Review of
Rick Renner's DRESSED TO KILL: A Spiritual Approach to
Spiritual Warfare and Armor

THE INSIDE VIEW
TM  RATING     (five star rating)

 

"
In DRESSED TO KILL, author Rick Renner, builds a spiritual momentum that lingers long after DRESSED TO KILL is read.  Renner’s emphasis on context of words allows readers to know this Biblical support is unequivocal.  It places readers face to face with an increased mental accountability to use the newly discovered mental weaponry; even while reading this book.  If there was one book to be called a time capsule into Paul’s perspective and a Biblical support to how we each ready to kill Satan’s influence, DRESSED TO KILL is that book."
                                      
                                 
 
                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

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The Wednesday, October 15th show
featured an interview with
noted author
Tim Lott , author of GROWING UP CATHOLIC.
GROWING UP CATHOLIC is a stirring account of one person finding
spiritual completeness amongst the tribulations of maturing FROM
an education basis in Catholicism TO the trial of venturing out in
religious directions condoned by those closer to him. His candor and
lessons learned (in application of tradition to morals when life's trials
test one's faith and character) gives readers of all ages a surety that they
are not alone when it comes to the growing pains involved with the
maturing process that comes with applied religion.

Click here to read the written book review for GROWING UP CATHOLIC

THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating) GROWING UP CATHOLIC:
From Tradition to Satisfaction
 

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The Wednesday, February 20th show featured an interview with noted author Stephen Post, co-author of Why Good Things Happen To Good People:  


Book Review of
Stephen Post & Jill Neimark's WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN 
TO GOOD PEOPLE (Foreword by Reverend Otis Moss, Jr.)
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating) and the 2008 BOOK OF THE YEAR
 

"
WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE, by Stephen Post and Jill Neimark, reflects on WHY pure intentions in GIVING of one’s self result in better health and longer life

I felt that the number of review copies I received of
WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE was not enough for as many people with whom I wanted to share this book’s message.  Post & Neimark tag teamed to write a great book. Post & Neimark introduce GIVING as expression that comes in several ways or manners. That paradigm provides for a courageous basis for wrapping ones arms around the gamut of outward expression itself. In that, the book, WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE takes WAYS (aka manners) of GIVING that leads to GOOD THINGS. For instance, to GIVE of one’s self is to see ourselves in others; just as God sees us as being in his image.  Because God is GOOD, and all things that are GOOD are God, with a tiny play on words and meanings, the title WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE could be translated as WHY GOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE.

I loved how readers get to score their answers to questions in the book. I couldn’t help but think Stephen Post and Jill Neimark intentionally left the reader hanging at the very end of the book by not having a sum total of all the scores, though. I applaud that Post and Neimark did not take the easy way out which would have been to have a test at the end of the entire book tallying the parts of the book readers are led to score themselves on. Instead, Post and Neimark allow each reader’s outlook on their own life to be the bearer of how the sum total of all the scored questions in the book are used in one’s life. What better love is there than for people to encourage others to have courage to impact their own life through GIVING.

WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE is (as an influential book) GREAT because it is a GOOD influence on how GREAT GOD becomes by how we GIVE unto others!"

                                                                         

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit  Amazon.   
Learn more: www.whygoodthingshappen.com

 

 

The Wednesday, November 14th show featured an interview with noted author  Bob Bevington and offered Christian believers a greater understanding and appreciation for the atoning work of Jesus Christ:  


Book Review of
Jerry Bridges & Bob Bevington's THE GREAT EXCHANGE: MY SIN FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (Foreword by Sinclair Ferguson).
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)

 A LOVE AFFAIR WITH ATONEMENT
Book Becomes Seeing Eye Dog for the Spiritually Blind 

“Our Grandmother use to teach us that if ever the Bible falls to the ground, to pick it up and kiss it because the Bible is never suppose to touch a floor or the ground.  That is a practice I’ve continued to this day.  Without it falling to the floor or ground, I kissed THE GREAT EXCHANGE because it is certain that over time, it will help others keep the Bible close to heart.   

Yes.  For the spiritually challenged, THE GREAT EXCHANGE brings history into life and gives a chance for the seeds of God’s mercy to bloom.  For the spiritually sound, those as blessed will continue to rejoice in the tune for God’s honor.  Readers of all walks of life will rejoice to no end at the book’s (THE GREAT EXCHANGE’s) ending and feel inspired that they got to know the basis of atonement all the better than ever before. 

THE GREAT EXCHANGE will bring you to the foot of the cross!  Readers will feel that there was no opportunity costs, per se, at all in their taking the time to read this 290 page marvel of literary wonder called THE GREAT EXCHANGE, by Jerry Bridges & Bob Bevington (Foreward by Sinclair Ferguson).  Why? ‘What better exchange (than their time reading this book) could readers get, in the honor of God, than their time for a chance at touching the glory of God by reading THE GREAT EXCHANGE?’  Only the Bible itself would show readers such fullness of atonement in his Glory, and that is what the book THE GREAT EXCHANGE will do: make devout Christians remember the first time they fell in love with the Bible and why. 

THE GREAT EXCHANGE brings readers closer what the disciples went through and, in doing so, gives readers a rare glimpse back-in-time to what it must have been like for the disciples to keep faith under extenuating circumstances.  It doesn’t take having a great spiritual vision to see the outlandish value in this book.  THE GREAT EXCHANGE will have the spiritually blind wanting to choose again when grabbing for ‘man’s best friend.’

 Insightful!”                                                                        

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.


    

To get yours, visit  Amazon.   
Learn more: Crossway Books
 


The Wednesday, October 17th, show featured an interview with noted author Nancy Linden and how life changed when she learned to read at 19.  A University Texas Student, she listened to KNLE for inspiration, and through her faith became an author.

 

The Wednesday, September 26th, show featured an interview with Gina D, president of the Reading Across America Program and noted author/contributor and of highly praised DVD content related to The GINA D KIDS CLUB SHOW; which she hosts.   The transcripts from this interview are at the bottom of this web page.  The "Gina D Kids Club" Show is syndicated to over 233 Television stations in the USA and has won numerous awards for children educational television, and has Christian values in mind.:

Review of
Gina D's KIDS CLUB and SING ALONG WITH GINA
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)

 
“Gina D's DVDs (KIDS CLUB and SING ALONG WITH GINA D.) are wholesome and for the whole family to enjoy.   The content is Christian-based and brings a unique twist of wit and creativity to children of all ages.

It's no doubt, Gina D's Kids Club is wholesome television!  GINA D's dynamic, endearing, clubhouse cast provides engaging entertainment with an educational twist sensitive to children's needs.

The music is positive, upbeat, and if you close your eyes, may even replace your morning cup of coffee to give you that extra kick start.”

 
                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.
 

For more information, www.GinaDsKidsClub.com
 

Excerpt from the written review:

“One can only think that Raven Moon Entertainment, Inc. producers, Joey & Bernadette DiFrancesco and writers are trying to engage children like no other time in television history: by asking them to help their parents and themselves by following the tips in the episode ‘Let’s Get Fit.’  It is not too often I want to play a DVD and scan to the same part to play over and over and over as I did with the ‘Let’s Shape Up’ song. I am no spring chicken but had to get up to dance to it. It would have been more a feat to get me to do that with others in the room. Alone, I was compelled to jumping- in -place in tandem with those on the screen. More people ought to realize if this episode (#15, ‘Let’s Get Fit’) has such an impact on adults, it should be available on every network for children of all ages to be influenced by.”

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

Read the complete version of the FIVE STAR REVIEW OF "LET'S GET FIT "
DVD released to Christian books stores this month
 

 

The Wednesday, August 29th, show featured an interview with noted author  Dave Harvey:  

Book Review of
Dave Harvey's WHEN SINNERS SAY "I DO"
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)


When Sinners Say `I DO' by Dave Harvey (Foreword by Paul David Tripp) is a keeper.

Just as the Gospel is a marriage between people and God, the strongest suit of the book When Sinners Say `I DO' is how it describes SIN and how it describes GIVING SHAPE TO MERCY to allow for God's intervention.

By giving the gift of the book When Sinners Say `I DO' to a newly married couple, you will be giving them a chance at longevity in their relationship because, should they read and apply it, they will learn how their loss based on sin is preparatory for what will come in their marriage and how God's mercy finds their vulnerabilities.

Newlywed or not, without this book, couples may instead divest of the fallibilities of sin in their marriage.  Whereas, with the book When Sinners Say `I DO' they at least have a chance to learn their susceptibility to sin and also learn about the hope they could hold with the shape of mercy is there; because they'll discover the power of the Gospel for their own marriage.  

This is no ordinary book: When Sinners Say `I DO' is reminiscent of the (love) potency of Dr. Gary Smalley's writings.

When asking yourself, `Should I go out and get the book When Sinners Say `I DO', say `I DO,' because you will not regret it!”

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit Amazon.    



The Wednesday, July 18, show featured an interview with noted author  Ed Gungor:  

Book Review of
Ed Gungor's THERE IS MORE TO THE SECRET
                        A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)
and the 2006 BOOK OF THE YEAR


There is MORE to THE SECRET, by Ed Gungor, is pure genius!  As I read its 125 pages, all of only a half-inch thick, I flicked its pages in disbelief that that much meaning was packed into it by the hand of one author; all to come to realize (as I did) that more than Ed Gungor was talking through this book.

Riveting.  A jolt of clear, distinct, revival to what accompanies attraction in people's lives.  `For if we are only what we attract, there is the rest of the world we are missing' is, in my own words, what resonates in me when I read There is MORE to THE SECRET.  I was delighted page after page to see it grow before my very eyes as being more than a repertoire of retort.  In my own words, `The eye of the beholder is limited to not only that beheld but (by the actuality) that God exist as well' is the second thing I think when reading (again and again) There is MORE to THE SECRET.

Ed Gungor gives a jolt of synthesis otherwise unmatched without There is MORE to THE SECRET.  What There is MORE to THE SECRET contains is more than you can whisper in someone's ear; which is why there is more (in this book) than whispered into ears by THE SECRET (that book).   Ed Gungor's genius is also in taming down the initial cynicism someone may be thinking when pondering that this book is drawing attention (ironically enough) to credible gaps without coming across as being at the expense of any other publisher but the almighty; while at the same time this book's strength in reach is that it could do nothing but find another market (Christians) for the message in THE SECRET.  People will want to buy both to see what the other is talking about.  Whereas THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrnes, is one piece of a puzzle, Ed Gungor's There is MORE to THE SECRET springboards towards the reader to show the entire board on which the puzzle sets.  It also plays the readers hand on the next move being their choice to include God or not include God.  There is MORE to THE SECRET is not only an overview of what other puzzle pieces have settled on that board but also what pieces are springing up such as the correlations in (the sister book) THE SECRET.

There is MORE to THE SECRET is a joy ride from beginning to end.  From its frame of references dabbling in Genies, a man from the future, to the reference to puppets and a reference to the limitations of the God as portrayed in the movie BRUCE ALMIGHTY, There is MORE to THE SECRET is also very entertaining and not over indulgent in the `I am here and you are there' mentality which unknowingly fence in sloughs of writers in the Christian books' market.  There is MORE to THE SECRET exquisitely rebellions (without throwing a stone) with truths but in a complimentary fashion; form fitted to realize (a market towards) those set off course by what they might attract when possibly relinquishing their attention on only one aspect of life, an aspect other than that born of God.

I am not one for comparing books, and needless to say that Ed Gungor's last book RELIGIOUSLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES was nominated for and won BOOK OF THE YEAR (from THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW) for 2006 but, as if it was thought that `it couldn't be done, There is MORE to THE SECRET is even better yet because it is more meaningful than purpose itself because it climbs outside church walls and it tells us to remember to remember God too because he does not forget us.

There is MORE to the SECRET is deeply compelling only because it only begins to describe not only how but also the reasons for which There is MORE to THE SECRET.  After all, as There is MORE to THE SECRET describes: that is why you are not to just be attracted to it as a book and why you are not only to live it to (be) more than what you want to be attracted towards, but too for what God wants for you; including those you love and the best interests of the rest of the world.

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

   
To get yours, visit Amazon.   



The Wednesday, May 30th, show  featured an interview with noted author  John J. Dwyer:  

Book Review of
John J. Dwyer's WHEN THE BLUEBONNETS COME
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)


If you liked LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE or THE WALTONS, you'll love WHEN THE BLUE BONNETS COME.  

WHEN THE BLUEBONNETS COME, by John J. Dwyer, is a caring, heartfelt book which allows readers to experience life and death through the eyes of a little child, a preacher's daughter, Katie Shanahan of Cotton Patch, Texas.  

John J. Dwyer's writing style reads as though we are in the mind of a child out in the country thinking to her self and is rich with empathy; particularly notable on page 121 where he describes the credence of a child's sadness.  Little Katie has many questions about life and the answers are lived out through what she learns from others and the events in this small town.  Dwyer masterfully succeeds in the believability-factor that sets the reader back in a time when ears hung tight on what was said on the radio and indiscretions were mostly talked through amongst family members and amongst a close-knit town's people.  As Katie's values about religion evolve, so does the reader's insight into little Katie: her rationale about people in her little town, what she thinks about a town's upheaval, tornados, influences from the world outside the town, and even what she thinks about death.  

Written in the tone as if it was a diary of sorts, WHEN THE BLUEBONNETS COME, by John J. Dwyer, takes readers through the growth of spirituality in a small town, relives its uproars and the eventual role of religion on a small town.   With its strongest jolt of wisdom at the book's end, WHEN THE BLUEBONNETS COME is packed with endearment as little Katie grows her memories into a lifelong understanding that the memories and stories of those we love, linger with us long after they pass.  

Her great deal of respect for her Father marks times in his life and creates anchors for her experiences in the thrill of sports, empathy in defeat, uncertainty, influences of the spoke word, influences from the Bible, and by story's end lives to tell about it all to her Son who learns what the fields of Blue Bonnets and Indian Paintbrushes meant to his Grandpa Ethan.  Ethan Shanahan, her Father, lived and died between the covers of this book, but by book's end, readers get to know what he meant to little Katie and what she later relayed to her Son.  As she reflects on her life and what a field of bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrushes meant to her Dad, she relinquishes this wisdom to her own Son and, by that, embellishes the meaning of having the circle of life come full-circle.

With WHEN THE BLUE BONNETS COME, Dwyer gives (readers) back a taste of where Texas hospitality got its roots!  WHEN THE BLUE BONNETS COME will remind readers of all ages that life is a nurturing process minded by simple relationships that, when looked back on, builds meaning in each others lives.”

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit Amazon.   
Learn more:  www.bluebonnetpress.com.



The Wednesday, April 25th, show featured an interview with acclaimed author  Michelle Katz (of ABC) and host of Today's Health:  

Book Review of
Michelle Katz's, HEALTHCARE for LESS: Getting the Care You Need--Without Breaking the Bank
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)


It most likely was not too long ago when you needed tips for saving and getting healthcare for less.  The inevitable (resource), Michelle Katz's book HEALTHCARE FOR LESS: Getting the Care You Need Without Breaking the Bank, answers head-on the antagonistic issue we must each face: How do we each come to grips that our body will deteriorate and we will get ill?

HEALTHCARE FOR LESS is a tremendous resource each doctor's office and each family ought to have in their home because it helps answer the million dollar question, `Why is healthcare so expensive and what can we do to save?'

Its ready-made tips are simple to apply.  And, why not, as healthcare costs loom as the enemy, go out and get HEALTHCARE FOR LESS?

Yes, every now and then along comes a book that can easily be your family's best friend when it comes time to bridging the gap between what would otherwise be technical lingo and that which stands between you and saving money.

HEALTHCARE FOR LESS gives us a tool for introspection on our own self value enough to have us want to ask the questions of the healthcare system.

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit Amazon.   
Learn more: Random House



The March 28th show featured the February 7th interview with noted author Timothy Lane.  Special Thanks to Listeners for supporting the show and to Bennigan's for underwriting the show.


The February 7th show featured an interview with insightful author Timothy Lane.

Book Review of
Timothy Lane and Paul David Tripp's book, HOW PEOPLE CHANGE.
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating):


“In a world where it seems the only people that like change are babies in diapers,    
Timothy S. Lane's & Paul David Tripp's new book, HOW PEOPLE CHANGE, will
not only help others grow in grace, each as an individuals with a community of faith, but also will help people grow in knowledge about Jesus Christ because it's filled with its gospel-centered glory and Christ-centered wisdom.   If you want change to have a lasting influence in your life, spare some change and get HOW PEOPLE CHANGE for your congregation or family.  It will be money well spent on your community of faith.

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit Amazon.   
Learn more:  www.cceg.org.



The January 25th show featured the announcement of the BOOK OF THE YEAR (Ed Gungor's Religiously Transmitted Diseases) and AUDIO BOOK OF THE YEAR (John McCutheon's Christmas in the Trenches)



The December 20th show featured an interview with author Ed Gungor whose new book RELIGIOUSLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES was nominated and then won THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW's "best of the best" BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD also called the MAPS Award.  An excerpt from one of the many nominations read: "This book may change our community forever."

Book Review of
Ed Gungor's book, RELIGIOUSLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)


Ed Gungor's RELIGIOUSLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES is a `connect the dots'  between some dots in human nature called distractions and another called human judgment.

He draws a picture that distraction away from God is not the disease.  Instead human nature itself is the disease that thwarts the progress of a group of people supposedly joined in common purpose.  

Ed Gungor methodically carves away at flaws in human nature and artfully displays how subjectivity in judging others pulls us away from a focus on God while at church.  Proving that self-righteousness was never so wrong.  

Although the title sounds religion-specific, it offers a lesson that does not need
religion to make the lesson have credence: that human nature itself has an affinity towards a premature judgment of people wherever people gather.  Moral of the story, do not take your eye off the people for they may be the very ones whose behavior holds the cure to a church's infection aka distraction away from God.  Gungor's genius is in displaying how an infected church is full of people distracted with pre-guessing about what God wants for his people.  

What lingers on after this read is that church is not the place to judge each other as to the level we each conform.  Instead, we can each see the signs and symptoms when a body of people have susceptibility to the frailties of human nature itself.  

RELIGIOUSLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES is a delightful morsel for those who always knew their church was infected and it had less to do with religion than met the eye.  While many focus on how the disease is transmitted, Gungor shows the solution to preventing it from spreading is more about seeing the early signs and symptoms of the infection.

Although clapping in church is not acceptable in some churches, it is very likely there will be many closet-clappers in churches across the globe after reading
RELIGIOUSLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit  Amazon.   
Learn more from Thomas Nelson Books.



For November, we had a special, a recorded tribute to all those who support the show and a phone drive that thanked those publishers, and sponsors; wishing them and theirs a fruitful Holiday Season.  



The October 24th show, at 8:30 am CST, featured an interview with notable author, folksinger, songwriter and musician John McCutcheon.  Congrats to Peachtree Press and author John McCutcheon.  We've received word that since being on THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW, John McCutcheon  is a 2007 Grammy Award nominee (December 8, 2006) for CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES (Peachtree Publishers, 2006) in the category of Best Spoken Word Album for Children.

Book Review of
John McCutcheon's book CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES (audio book with two songs).  
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING    (five star rating)


“John McCutcheon's CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES captures the spirit of fellowship in the most unlikeliest of settings.  An inspirational story set in war time one Christmas Eve, centers around a bold man walking across the battlefield with a Christmas Tree in hand, daring it all and his life, to show that a spirit of fellowship around the Holiday season can rise above political affairs and rise above all obstacles no matter how impossible they seem.  An unlikely celebration took place.

The hardcover edition includes a CD of the audio book (Track 1) read by the author and two songs: `Silent Night' and `Christmas in the Trenches' sung by the author.  With a combination of song and literature, in a folklore tone, John McCutcheon takes us back in time.  The reminiscing began as the story began, as a Grandfather is asked by his Grandson `what was your favorite Christmas?' (of all time), and then the story unfolds as the Grandfather reminisces with his Grandson.  The song on Track 2, `Silent Night,' is notably punctuated by Track 3's `Christmas in the Trenches' that describes how the two armies were singing Holiday cheers to each other across the battlefield as Christmas Eve turned into Christmas Day.   The song tracks allow the reader to relive and reminisce about the message in the story; as opposing sides set down their arms to sing together and pay tribute to the Holiday spirit as their unlikely time-out reminded all there just what the Holiday spirit is all about.  John McCutcheon's soothing, calming voice, and his storytelling ability, adds a dimension worth listening to over and over and over again.  I did, for 4 straight hours (story is six minutes and there are nine minutes of songs.)

CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES is a `must read' and the BONUS CD, with songs and the story, exudes an essence where one can easily imagine reading and listening to CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES each year as a Holiday tradition with your family.  If you do, it will be one tradition they all will remember for a long time coming!  All together combined, with the bonus songs and, with the story's strong message about the spirit of fellowship, it all make for a perfect entertaining, meaning-filled, gift just in time for the Holidays.  Peachtree Publishers has a real winner here.

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.
To get yours, visit, your local bookstore or Peachtree Publishers





The September 22nd broadcast commemorated Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) and reminded listeners of the historical Famous Firsts for Hispanic Americans in literature and other mediums of expression.  The show honored Hispanic American accomplishments and featured call in guests honoring those who had an influence in their lives.  The supporter honor roll was announced as well.


The July 19th show featured an interview with renowned author R.K. Mortenson.  

Book Review of
R.K. Mortenson's book series, books 1-3, featuring Landon Snow:
1) Landon Snow And the Auctor's Riddle,
2) Landon Snow And the Shadows of Malus Quidam,
3) Landon Snow And the Island of Arcanum
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)

    
Click-on above review to get to the full written review

To get yours, visit  Amazon.  

Learn more: Barbour Publishing, Inc.



The June 25th show featured an interview with acclaimed author  Barbara Youngblood Carr.  

Book Review of
Barbara Youngblood Carr's book, QUILTED MEMORIES.    
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)


To get yours, visit   Morgan Printing

Also by Barbara Youngblood Carr, DREAMDANCING with Ancestors




Featured on the May 17th show which featured an interview with acclaimed author  Michael Brown:   

Book Review of
Michael Brown's book, THE PRESENCE PROCESS.    
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)


To get yours, visit   Amazon




Featured from THE INSIDE VIEW in April was Coach Marsha Sharp & Emily Sharp's book, TALL ENOUGH TO COACH:

Book Review of
Coach Marsha Sharp & Emily Sharp's book, TALL ENOUGH TO COACH:
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING    (five star rating)   



To get yours, visit this LINK  




Featured on the March 15th show which featured an interview with acclaimed author Tamara Monosoff:

Book Review of
Tamara Monosoff's book, The Mom INVENTORS HANDBOOK.    
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING    (five star rating)   


To get yours, visit  the Amazon.com web page





Featured on the February 22nd show:

Book Review of
Mack Brown and Bill Little's book, ONE HEARTBEAT.    
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING    (five star rating)     


To get yours, visit this LINK  


A "Don't miss"...

Mack Brown and Bill Little's book, ONE HEARTBEAT II: The Road to the National Championship
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING    (five star rating)

To get yours, visit AMAZON.COM








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At the Christmas special, the writer of the --best of the best --of suggestions, for which book to review, will be invited on air for an interview about their passion behind that book selection.  To be chosen to be interviewed then, the book you select and write to us about MUST be selected for featuring on the Television special.


 
Congratulations to Publisher - TEACH ALL NATIONS PUBLISHERS -
 since the KNLE -THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW-
2008 BOOK OF THE YEAR is
Dressed to Kill
by Rick Renner,
whose interview will air in June since
he is on sabbatical in Russia




Congratulations to Publisher - Broadway Books -
 since the KNLE -THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW-
2007 BOOK OF THE YEAR
 Why Good Things Happen to Good People
by Stephen Post, PhD, and Jill Neimark,
whose interview aired February 20th
 



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2006 BOOK OF THE YEAR
  is
Religiously Transmitted Diseases: Finding a Cure When Faith Doesn't Feel Right
by Ed Gungor
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September 26, 2007, Interview: 


Transcript of a Radio Interview on
Values in Television Broadcasting and Value of Children Having Hope to Have Hope Through the Love of Reading

with
Gina D, President of Reading Across America and the host of “Gina Ds Kid’s Club
®

THE INSIDE VIEW(TM) SHOW
September 26, 2007
5:00 p.m.
KNLE- 88.1 FM, A CNN affiliate Station
Austin, Texas

www.theinsideview.show.com


Transcript of radio interview with Gina D

Friday, September 26, 2007; Posted: 6:35 p.m. EDT (21:35 GMT)

‘Gina D. Kids Club® is a recapturing of the hope to have hope that children can get through wholesome television programming and the love of reading.

The following is a transcript of THE INSIDE VIEW(TM) SHOW Literary Director & host, book critic, Salvador SeBasco's interview Wednesday night.  SeBasco asked Gina D about her views on values in today’s Television programming, the importance of life-lessons on fitness & health, and encouraging children through reading.  In doing so, SeBasco also reads written reviews on air and cites Gina D DVDs which received THE INSIDE VIEW(TM) SHOW’s highest Rating of FIVE STARS.  The historical exclusive interview (in which Gina D reveals a personal side to her passion to bring back family values through quality educational children’s television programming) strikes an insightful balance between Gina D the visible star & Gina D the mother of two (seven and ten) just trying to do what’s right for her own kids in today’s attention detracting world.  Gina’s commentary about what needs to change is enough to have the networks do a double-take at why the formula which drives “Gina Ds Kid’s Club® is not the usual executive strategy, but instead, a whole lot of love. 

Keith Jackson, INTRO: And, now for THE INSIDE VIEW(TM) SHOW with host and Book Critic, Salvador SeBasco.

Salvador SeBasco: That’s right! Hi, this is Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW. Today, we have a special guest, a KNLE exclusive, Gina D of the READING ACROSS AMERICA Program and the Host of the ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’.  And, today we are going to talk about values; Christian values when we teach children to read, by use of music also and, also amongst other things, we are going to talk about values in today’s television. But first, we are going to start off our show as we start off each THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW with John 21:25, ‘And, there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which if they should be written everyone, I suppose the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.’ Amen.  Now, before Gina joins us, I am going to read the review from the lessons of the GINA D’s DVDs.  I reviewed the lessons in the KIDS CLUB DVDs and the SING ALONG WITH GINA D and here is that written review: Gina D’s DVDs, KIDS CLUB and SING ALONG WITH GINA D., are wholesome and for the whole family to enjoy.  The content is a Christian-based and brings a unique twist of wit and creativity to children of all ages. It’s no doubt, Gina D’s Kids Club is wholesome television!  GINA D’s dynamic, endearing, clubhouse cast provides engaging entertainment with an educational twist sensitive to children’s needs. The music is positive, upbeat, and if you close your eyes, may even replace your morning cup of coffee to give you that extra kick start.’ And, that was my written review.  And, I have also had the privilege to review the lessons on the DVD in writing in book-format since Raven Moon Entertainment, Inc. is looking to roll-out some books for the DVDs.  And, the DVDs were just released last month to most Christian book stores, and the lessons are shared across America. There is a READING ACROSS AMERICA PROGRAM and the ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’ which airs on two hundred and thirty-three stations including the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and the Smile of a Child Network, which air in approximately ninety-five percent of the world, seven days a week.  In addition, they’re on PBS.  And, so, without further a due, Gina D.

Gina, are you there?

Gina D: Hi Salvador. How are you today?

Salvador SeBasco: Fine, Gina. How are you?

Gina D: I’m doing fantastic!

Salvador SeBasco: Alright!  Gina, I realize that the content on the DVDs is going to be distributed in the book format, I had the pleasure of reviewing, and I wanted to know, since you are the president of the READING ACROSS AMERICA PROGRAM, if you could tell us a little bit about that program?

Gina D: Sure. Our Reading Across America Program is in conjunction (with the ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’); it’s sort of like the message, one of the messages for ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’, our show on TV, where we encourage kids to get with their parents, get with their grand parents, their sisters and brothers, and read books because it’s very important for the kids to learn to read and to keep that love of reading going as they get older.

Salvador, I have a question for you today.

Salvador SeBasco: Yeah. What is that (question) Gina?  Wait a minute.  Wait a minute. (said with laughter)

Gina D: Well.  What I would like to known, and I think all of your listeners would like to know:
What is the hope you have for children through reading?

Salvador SeBasco: My. My hope for children through reading is that—
through reading, children have hope about having hope.  So many times their spirits are dampened.  There’s more going on in schools now than when we, you and I, were going to school.

Gina D: Right! (said as though encouraging SeBasco to continue)

Salvador SeBasco:  There is more expectation. With all the distractions that there are, it’s hard to reach children nowadays. The images that we can draw with words helps their reading comprehension and, having had a reading comprehension problem when I was younger, the images (drawn to mind by reading) just didn’t come.  I could read and the images just wouldn’t be there. Now, with programs such as Reading Across America getting children and parents back together reading, I can see how important it is for parents to read to children to, at an early age, impress on them that the images that are in their mind and the imagery  that (is) drawn does make a difference in their reading comprehension.

Gina D: Absolutely!  Absolutely.  I agree with you.

Salvador SeBasco:  Now, back to you Gina.  At what age did you realize you had a gift for communicating with children?  And, How did the TV show come about?

Gina D: Well, ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’ came-about about seven years ago when, (since) I have two kids, I am married with two kids; I have a seven year old and a ten year old; and when my daughter was in pre-school, we were watching what was on television and there was a lot of anti-parent, very negative, television shows for kids out there (at that time).

Salvador SeBasco: Hmmm (said as though encouraging Gina D to continue).

Gina D: So, the executive producers of the show (‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’) are my parents, Joey and Bernadette DiFrancesco. They’re Emmy Award winning children’s programming executives.  And, so, we came up with the idea to create a show that was reminiscent of Mr. Rogers and Shari Lewis, and with a real person that could relate to children in a good family values way.  And, my ‘gift’ (for communicating with children)?  Well, that: I guess as a child, I always had that idea of doing something with music and with & for children, but really it was after I had my own kids that this (show) all came about.

Salvador SeBasco:  Ahhhh!  Well, you interject religion on some of the episodes of the ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’.  How do you know how far to go with that? 

Gina D:  Well, you know, we’re on Trinity Broadcasting Network all across the world, and we are on the Inspiration Network as well, but we are also on commercial stations (such as) ABC, PBS.  And so, you have to be very, you know, careful because there is a lot of FCC rules and regulations and things.  Unfortunately, it’s not like in the old days where you could put, you know, what ever you wanted to on television.  You really have to be careful.  But, we are just trying to produce a good positive family values show where the Moms, the Dads, the Grand Moms and Grand Pops can get together with the kids and watch a show together.  And, we’re, our, message is family and getting the family back and, you know, people try to tear the family apart, but our message is family is very important in this world.

Salvador SeBasco:  Amen.  And, there is a SING ALONG WITH GINA D (TV Show) that is going to be added to the TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network line up) soon?

Gina D: Yes.

Salvador SeBasco:  Tell us about the power of positive music in your life.

Gina D: Well, that’s a great question!  You know, our show has about seven to eight originally written positive self-esteem building songs for kids, and music has always been very important in my life.  I’ve been singing since I was, like, one year old.

Gina D and Salvador SeBasco: (laughing)

Gina D: You know.  So, I’ve always loved music, and to sing good positive songs about good manners, about the importance of fitness and good nutrition, about respecting people. I think it is important for kids to get that basic foundation at an early age.  And so, by the way, our show is for pre-school kids ages two to six years old. So, you know, to get the kids with the music and good positive messages early, it’s very important.

Salvador SeBasco: And, there has been some awards for the show.  Could you tell us, particularly, about the Dove Award?

Gina D: Sure!  We just won thirteen Dove Foundation Awards; giving us recognition for achievement for family values for thirteen of our shows. Now, we have forty-four episodes which are on television but right now we have thirteen actual DVDs that are in Christian book stores. We just launched into all the Christian bookstores across the nation.  So that’s very exciting, and we also launched our songs on i-tunes. So, if any of your listeners out there have i-pods, you could download the music, and I would encourage them to do it.  It’s great family values, positive music for the whole families.

Salvador SeBasco: I see there is a note on my computer screen; (an) inter-office note.  This can’t be right. Gina, is this right (?) that the listeners just today, listening to THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW, here on KNLE, that just by following the next instructions, that you are about to hear, will be able to get a free DVD with three episodes from SING ALONG WITH GINA D (to) get the gist and spirit of the Christian values being upheld on the
‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’?

Gina D: Right. We have the SING ALONG WITH GINA D, the three episodes DVD which, like I said, we are launching all those episodes into the Christian book stores, but right now just for a short amount of time (just today), we are making available to your listeners a free DVD. They just need to call 407-774-GINA and they can receive a free DVD.  And, it’s a $19.99 value.  So, that’s very exciting for them.   

Salvador SeBasco: That’s Great. What’s that number again?

Gina D: It’s 407-774-GINA, and I think the number that correlates with that is 407-774-4462.

Salvador SeBasco: Now, listeners can hear those songs if you order the DVD just by using those instructions and we’ll say those a little bit later on today. 

Gina, (are there) any others songs?

Gina D: Our latest song is ‘Oh Happy Day’.  And so, you may check it out; on either check our web site or you (all) could check it out on i-tunes.

Salvador SeBasco: Oh, that was, that is an awesome song.  It’s very uplifting.

Gina D: It is. We love that song.

Salvador SeBasco: For me, if I want to sing along and I don’t care that people are around, then I know it is a great song.

Gina D and Salvador SeBasco: (laughing)

Gina D: Sing it in the shower or even when you are driving in the car.

Gina D and Salvador SeBasco: (laughing)

Salvador SeBasco: In all this, you are not alone.  Right Gina?  You have the characters?

Gina D:  Sure.

Salvador SeBasco: And, there is a state of the art, virtual reality animated setting.  Could you tell us a little bit about the characters?

Gina D:  Sure, well we have; you know like you just said, we have a virtual reality set.  We have state of the art animation because, you know, kids are very savvy as far as the computers and all the technology out there.  But, we want to keep the good values of yesterday integrated with the technology of today.  But, some of our characters we have on the show are: TV Ted and he is exactly what you think: He’s a big TV. 

Gina D and Salvador SeBasco: (laughing)

Gina D:  And, we have Doggie Brown and he is our ‘Kids Club’ pet.  We have Simon Wannabe. He’s our, Australian, ‘Kids Club’ helper.  We have Pierre D’ Artist.  He teaches the kids about colors and numbers.  And we have Hammy the Hamster, and he’s just what you think (he is).  He’s a Hamster.

Gina D and Salvador SeBasco: (laughing)

Gina D: So, and, and when we do our live shows, by the way, we have TV Ted and Doggie Brown join me on stage, and the kids they love those characters.

Salvador SeBasco: Well, there are some great characters.  And, I had the pleasure to reviewing one of the  episodes that has to do with life-long lessons and it was called ‘LET’S GET FIT’ and I gave it a FIVE STAR REVIEW.  It was just a loveable episode, and (I) wanted to find out, Gina, isn’t there a nation-wide endorsement to use that episode to help fight childhood obesity?


Gina D: Exactly!  Well, we were just endorsed by the National Association for Health and Fitness; which is very exciting.  We have a Public Service Announcement which is being launched across the nation.  And it is basically helping with the terrible problem of childhood obesity.  There’s been statistics that say that this generation of kids may not outlive their parents because of the obesity problem, and that’s very scary.  So, you know, we are trying to encourage the kids to eat right.  You know, (go) easy on the treats; ‘Watch What You Eat.  Easy on The Treats’ that’s (in) one of our songs.  And, also get out there and do some good physical fitness activities like you could play soccer or tennis or football or baseball or swimming.  Don’t just sit in from of the computer all day.  That’s not a good thing.

Salvador SeBasco: Exactly. I think there should be more emphasis on healthier snacks today like fruits, fresh fruits, and veggies.

Gina D: Right.  Right. You have to be so careful on what you, you know, you feed your children.  But, you know, of course you can go to have fruits and vegetables. Those are good treats. In fact, we have tips on the show on what types of good snacks you could eat.  So, that’s good too!

Salvador SeBasco:  And, by the way, for KNLE listener’s, here’s a snippet of the song LET’S SHAPE UP which is related to that Public Service Announcement .

Music and Words (35 seconds): From the ‘LET’S SHAPE UP’ song from the ‘LET’S GET FIT’ DVD’:
‘You Should Try it.  Let’s shape up. Try to do without that ice cream cup. I know that you will think it is such a treat, very sweet. But you’ll get bigger if you don’t watch your figure.  So, let’s shape up. Just leave some ice cream in the cup or on your plate, On your plate, So, do some exercising  you will be surprised that you can be in such good shape.’ oooohhh, oooaaa-ooo’

Salvador SeBasco: M-mmm.  Let’s Get Fit!  And, that was from the ‘LET’S GET FIT’ DVD I had given a FIVE STAR review for and, of course, even such a necessary lesson, such as HOW AND WHAT TO EAT RIGHT, you would think would come other sources other than Television. However, the ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’ is renowned now for bringing forth life-lessons.  And, (I) would like to talk a little bit about the show’s format now, and also for those who just tuned in, Gina, would you describe, for us, again the READING ACROSS AMERICA PROGRAM?

Gina D: Sure! The READING ACROSS AMERICA PROGRAM, through ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’, encourages (within) families to get together-- Moms, Dads, Grand Moms, Grand Pops, brothers, sisters-- and encourage kids from pre-school age and up, to start reading and to continue that love of reading through family and interaction with books.

Salvador SeBasco: That’s great! Your show is definitely, if I can borrow from some of the information I received in the press kit, an ideal marriage of entertainment and education for pre-schoolers.  It’s particularly challenging, in this day and age with so distractions, to reach kids, and your show is, if I should read my review, also for adults to get back to basics.  When I first saw your show, I thought to myself, ‘Now, this is definitely one (show) I could sit down and get relaxed watching.’ Ha.

Gina D and Salvador SeBasco: (laughing)

Gina D: Ha. Right.  Exactly.

Salvador SeBasco: And, remember listeners, there is that special; the way to get a hold of the free DVD that has the three episodes.  And, How do they get a hold of that, again, Gina?

Gina D: (Just today) They can call 407-774-GINA, and ask for the free SING ALONG WITH GINA D DVD.

Salvador SeBasco: Excellent. Well, there is ahhh not a lot of wholesome TV with good morals out there nowadays. I mean, it’s sad to say when Mr. Rogers passed away, that there seem to be, we seem to be in an age where he kind of took us as far as you think he could?

Gina D: U-huh! (said as though encouraging SeBasco to continue).

Salvador SeBasco:  And, I saw there was a New York Times review on the ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’ and (in) the New York Times, the headline read, ‘SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MR. ROGERS.’

Gina D: That’s right. I think that’s a real honor to be even mentioned with his (Mr. Rogers) name because he really was the cornerstone of GOOD MORALS.  He was, I believe he was a pastor or he was a deacon in his church, but he was affiliated with Christianity.  And, he had good Christian Moral values and that was very important, I think, to the background of (him) creating his show.

Salvador SeBasco: Don’t you think, what that brings to mind Gina is, don’t you think that kids, nowadays, need to be, to see parents and adults pause and (for parents) actually to pay attention to them.  And, I mean, isn’t that really what your show does? You’re standing there and you’re looking straight (at the audience), I mean, you’re like the Mona Lisa sometime, Your eyes, no matter where you (your audience) go, you are looking.  I could be across the room, and you were looking straight at me.  And, I mean, don’t you think that to some point, if I could use an adult word, ‘SURROGATE’, the show gives that attention (to kids) and gives an adult female positive role model.  Where now, with so many computers and so many gadgets and so many things to distract people; so many memory replacing devices, video and all that and the parents are distracted and (don’t you think) that the kids just get to be paid attention to?

Gina D: Right.  Exactly.  Well, we always say that  ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®  is a safe place for kids, and that is exactly what we mean.  I mean, the world is a scary places, as you know, and it’s not getting any better, unfortunately.  And so, anytime we can bring reality and real people into children’s lives to influence them in a positive way, whether it be myself or whether it a family member for a child, you know what? We really need to get back to the basic of the family; well you know you know(!), the family has been pushed out for so many years now and people, I mean, you’ve heard of ‘latch key kids’ and all these things, and you know what?  Those terms need to go away.  We need to get kids back with the families.   We need the attention of the parents.  I think that if the parents paid more attention to the children then probably there may not be so much low self-esteem and negativity out there.

Salvador SeBasco:  Exactly.  It only takes, it only takes each second of the day as a step to show kids that the biggest problems in life are solved one step at a time. That one step, that one last thing that the parent didn’t do that they could have done to pay attention to their kid, and there are so many parents that may go away and have regret that they haven’t spend time with their kids but it really doesn’t take much in (life) to spend time with their kids.

What was (long sigh), it’s unrelated to what we’re talking about but it just popped into my mind. Um, maybe it’s God intervening. Who knows? What was your greatest fear a kid, Gina?  What was that one event in your life when you can most remember being most afraid?

Gina D: That’s a great question!  I think (that) back when we were growing up, to be honest, the world was not such a scary place because there, right now right now we have so much technology and there’s so information of everything that’s going on; whether it be good, bad, or indifferent.  I think that we weren’t exposed to all that.  You know, we had a TV in our house.  One TV! We had three channels and, you know, our parents watched (only) what they wanted to watch! There was no such thing as (kids being given so channels to choose from or channels designed for kids to turn on unsupervised such as) these children’s, you know, Cartoon Network or what ever out there (when I grew up) and so, the fact of the matter was, we weren’t, it  wasn’t, like the negative bombardment wasn’t everyday through all this technology.  So, I think that, I really, to be honest with you, I don’t recall really being afraid of much because it was sort of like the Golden Time.  But now, unfortunately (with) our children have to really be, they have to be: you have to teach them about ‘Stranger Danger’, you have to teach them about all the rest of the stuff that’s going on, (you have to teach them) to watch out.  It’s not a safe place out there.  And so, I think that that, it’s sort of a sad commentary on how society has really changed.

Salvador SeBasco:  Well, I could tell, I could tell we sort of stumbled onto a passion here and it’s what triggers your doing so well on the show; in trying to make up for, what society as a whole, isn’t there. I just feel blessed to be talking with you; that people can be turned to the  ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’ and that you’ve been so open.

For those who may have tuned in after we just started: we have a KNLE exclusive on THE INSIDE VIEW(TM) SHOW, we have an interview with Gina D.

Gina, earlier in the show you shared with us, your greatest fear, and I’m still on the hook to share with you mine. I can only imagine how to tell you this again, and I can only imagine it and others can’t really fully fathom what it’s like to have had the fear that I had.  I imagined, and I will share with you my greatest fear.  When I was a kid, I had a reading comprehension problem. 

Gina D: Hmmm, u-huh! (said as though encouraging SeBasco to continue)

Salvador SeBasco: And, all the way up until fifth grade, I was in a slow learning class; because I could not comprehend anything I read.  I mean I could read it and would know the story line when I read it, but I would not be able to comprehend it.  And, so I worked, I worked away from some internal distractions (and towards), and a way (manner) to focus on reading and then, after the sixth, seventh, eight grade, (I) got through that slow learning.

Gina D: Hmmm, Good! (said as though encouraging SeBasco to continue)

Salvador SeBasco:  But, so in the meantime, Gina, and you may be able to relate to this because of what you were saying about distraction: In the meantime, I got to observe more of what was going on because the expectation, to comprehend what was being read, wasn’t there when I was tuning it out, and ‘all the other things that were happening’ were what I was observing.  And, I think the show, ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’, provides (itself as) that (tool for) re-focusing on what’s important; a refocusing that there is an adult out there that can be a wholesome role model.  And, I would like to say, ‘swear.’  I swear, you can turn on any radio station, and you can attest to this.

Gina D: Right! (said as though encouraging SeBasco to continue)

Salvador SeBasco:  (You can turn on) any television channel, you can go into any magazine that is within arms reach of a child and cringe at what you see at what could impression them or have them, guide them into a different direction in life.

What’s so well rounded about  ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’ and Reading Across America (program) is that in today’s day and age when we can conjure up the imagery in children’s minds (through reading), and that imagery is what increases their reading comprehension, then we can, and reading comprehension shows is what studies show scholastic test scores are based on, then we can in-turn, when someone (as a result) gets higher education in school, we can in-turn change that child’s rest of their life.  I got a ten year plan: start with the kids!  I mean, so what it’s ten years.  I mean, ten years is a blink of the eye in the life of an adult at some point, but when you get to that point (when it is) ten years later, (and) you’ve influenced a whole few, millions of people that are going to impact those morals you were talking about earlier, it sounds like a short-term plan.  And, you know Gina D being on i-tunes and every which way, people may be listening to that and thinking, ‘Oh. MONEY, MONEY, MONEY’ or, ‘Oh, fame, fame, fame,’ but you know as well as I do, that what it’s about is, as you were saying earlier about the ‘days when things were simpler.’

Gina D: Right.  Right.  (said as though encouraging SeBasco to continue)

Salvador SeBasco: And, that’s what, at least, I get from the ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’ show.  It’s a recapturing of the hope to have hope that (through which) children can get that kind of untainted wholesome education. 

And so, (Gina) hat’s off to you.  What kind of work week do you usually put in for the show?

Gina D: Oh!  My work week is different everyday!

Gina D and Salvador SeBasco: (laughing)

Gina D: I have radio interviews.  I have voice-overs.  I have shows to do.  I have meetings for future episodes and different things.  Lots of stuff going on. 

Salvador SeBasco: And, Gina, one last praise about the show’s format.  I thought it was particularly endearing how, at the end of each episode, you write a letter to your Grandmother.  That encourages writing, doesn’t it?

Gina D: Right!  Exactly!  In this day and age, like I was saying about the computer, you know, the computer is fun, but you know what?  At the end of every episode, I actually use a pencil and a piece of paper.  And, you know what?  That’s a good thing too.  Remember how, when we were kids, we were encouraged to write to pen pals and things? You know, it’s good for kids to use their writing skills and also to, like I said, it all brings it back to the family, and to always be involved with your Grand Mom or your Grand Pop, if you can, or your Mom or your Dad and, you know, trying to do things as a family, and that’s very important.

Salvador SeBasco: I remember, my brother use to tell me, Gina, he use to tell me, when the computer broke down and I called him up because he was a computer engineer, and I would call him up and say, ‘What do I do now?’ just when computers were starting (to get popular),

Gina D: Hmmm, u-huh! (said as though encouraging SeBasco to continue)

Salvador SeBasco:  and he use to say, ‘You got a pencil and you have a piece of paper.  Just use that.  

Gina D: (laughing)

Salvador SeBasco:  He said, ‘Why be afraid? Don’t think about what you can’t do.  Just think about what you can do.’

Gina D: That’s right. Absolutely, you know, focus on the positive, always.  Just to end it on a positive note, I would like to tell your listeners out there, we have a message, one of our songs in our show is called the Cuddle Bug song, and you know what?  We try to encourage kids and parents, you know, ‘Spread a little love and give someone a hug.’ 

Salvador SeBasco:  Awwwww,

Gina D: Isn’t that simple.  You know?

Salvador SeBasco: Oh, gosh.  That is so simple.

Gina D: Simple and wonderful, and you know what?  It can only make your day fabulous.

Salvador SeBasco: Well, there you have it; from Gina D.  And, now you know why we’ve been so privileged to have her on today.  And, if you hadn’t heard earlier, there is a free DVD that Gina is going to be sending out. It’s for a limited time basis, and I am going to replay the tape on how to get that. Gina?

Gina D: They can call 407-774-4462 and ask for the free SING ALONG WITH GINA D DVD.

Salvador SeBasco: Excellent!  Well, Gina, is there anything you would like to leave listeners with as far as how they can get more information on your show?

Gina D: Absolutely! I would like to encourage you (all) to check out our web site at www.ginadskidsclub.com  We have a lot of exciting things going on right now.  I am going to be appearing out in California in September and October at the big kid’s fairs.  So, if any of your listeners are traveling to that area, either the Los Angeles or San Francisco area, you can check that out on our web site.  Our songs can be downloaded on i-tunes.  Check that out.  And, the kids, if they want to do some fun activities, they can go to our web site as well and hear the great music for the whole family.

Salvador SeBasco: And, that web site is www.ginadskidsclub.com.  That’s www.ginadskidsclub.com
Well, we’ve had the please of having Gina D here today.  And, (I) wanted to thank the audience.  Thank you, Gina.  

Gina D: Thank you Salvador.  It’s been a pleasure.

Salvador SeBasco: And, thank God.  It’s through the love of God, and shining the light where there is darkness that the word of the Lord gets spread.  And, it’s a blessing to have the ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’ show and all the power of positive music and creativity that‘s come from that, for listeners in this day and age.  There are morals that are going to be upheld and if parents and teachers and adults, aren’t going to do it, then, ‘Who is?’  And, what better way to start (than) with children when they are young and impressionable; because they are going to be the parents and teachers of tomorrow.

Gina D: God bless you.

Salvador SeBasco: God bless you and thank you, Gina.

Gina D:  Thank you and God bless you and your listeners. Have a great day.

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