Follow My Book Journey!
Follow My Book Journey!
E Train is a 13-year-old award-winning literacy advocate, podcaster, reading ambassador & the founder of E Train Talks, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to ending book deserts & changing the world one story at at time. I advocate for literacy in underrepresented communities, promote kindness & spread book joy!
It was a true privilege being a guest on the WRITERS WITH WRINKLES PODCAST! I was asked such engaging & interesting questions & had an amazing time chatting all things middle-grade books! Click the link or copy and paste. https://www.writerswithwrinkles.net/ETrain/
It was such an honor to be interviewed on THE JEWISH LENS! Author and Host, Jonathon Rosen asked such interesting and thought-provoking questions, I had the chance to to talk about my reading and advocacy journey, as well as my personal experiences with antisemitism. Watch and be sure to follow THE JEWISH LENS on YouTube & social media!
I'm so grateful to be included in this “Leaders Who Care,” youth panel discussion. Thanks to the 5th Element Group for shining a light on so much positivity in the world!
I am full of pride. Thank you so much San Juan Unified SD for recognizing the literacy work I'm doing & a special thank you to the amazing Dyer-Kelly Principal Jamal Hicks for nominating me. I am beyond grateful and motivated now, more than ever, to continue my charge to advocate for early literacy & help end book deserts. Spreading book joy & changing the world one story at at time!
This summer I was invited to be a summer intern for the Sacramento Literacy Foundation, where I volunteered my time helping promote all the incredible things The SLF does to advocate for early literacy. This was my first experience as an intern and it was a time I won't soon forget. I gained powerful experience in the fight for early literacy. Like the Sacramento Literacy Foundation it is also my mission to help close the reading gap and give ALL KIDS access to books! I hope to find more ways to partner with the SLF, as we both care deeply about children and are leading the charge for early literacy in our Sacramento communities!
I'm incredibly proud to be included in this meaningful GivingTuesday blog article. Being part of the GivingTuesdaySpark Community has been such a rewarding experience, I've been introduced to so many wonderful leaders who are out in the world spreading kindness and doing good in their own communities and beyond. Creating a global community of generosity is what I value most about being a part of Giving Tuesday!
Click the link to read the blog post:
https://www.givingtuesday.org/blog/inherent-strength-of-our-communities/
What a wonderful fan-filled mystery book event! It was an absolute honor to moderate the one-and-only NYT Bestselling middle-grade author James Ponti at the Avid Reader Bookstore
Attended by a lovely audience full of book lovers. Kids young & old came to listen & meet their and my storytelling hero hero James Ponti! It was such a happy occasion. James’ answers to my questions were thought provoking, humorous & super interesting! Meeting James in person will be something I’ll never forget, I was even gifted a signed copy of his upcoming new novel SHERLOCK SOCIETY!
Skokie School knows how to make a kid feel welcome! A big thank you to School Librarian Hero, Todd Burleson for creating this amazing video in my honor! This was an incredible day! Speaking to kids about the magic of books, finding ways to end book deserts, and the power of following your dreams, is what E Train Talks is all about!
It's such a privilege to have my literacy journey featured on
COMMON LIT! I often read COMMON LIT in my 4th, 5th & 6th grade English & Language Arts classes, so this honor is really special to me! Thank you so much author Rebecca F. Barone for interviewing me & writing such a thoughtful article. If I can inspire even one child to pick up a story after learning about my journey, I know I'm making a difference. Books change lives! https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/e-train-talks-literacy-advocate
This is incredible! I just found out my literacy work was highlighted on ABC13 NEWS, when Journalist
Justin Burger interviewed LET’S CHOOSE LOVE about the amazing grants they are awarding change makers across the U.S.! Tap the "Find out more" button to watch!
I am thrilled to be featured on the Let's Choose Love's website blog. Thank you for all your support and for sharing my story with the world. I'm so grateful you choose to award my nonprofit with a 2024 grant. Tap the FIND OUT MORE button to read more about my partnership with Let's Choose !
A dream come true!
I was invited to participate in the Sacramento Kings Community Youth Entrepreneur Night, where I shared my nonprofit's mission with the KINGS FANS and connected with hundreds of people! I gave books to kids and spoke about the magic of stories with so many amazing kids! A night I'll never forget! Thanks so much to the Sacramento Kings and the entire Kings organization! #lightthebeam
What a spectacular day! I had the honor & privilege of meeting & interviewing the amazing library advocate & kindness champion
Librarian MYCHAL THREETS! Mychal is absolutely extraordinary & I’m so grateful he’s here sharing book joy! Our talk is one of my all time favorites! Watch our talk here: https://youtu.be/l85HOAL5KL4?si=2Vedd2AV1IVnZ4WW
Levine querido Publishing gifted 500 copies of author Donna Barba Higuera's sweet novel LUPE WONG WON’T DANCE, a humorous, yet meaningful middle-grade read, sure to brighten up kids’ days! Donna Barb Higuera the winner of the 2022 Newbery Medal for The Last Cuentista, published by Levine Querido. I can't wait to share Donna's book with kids!
Truly the gift of a lifetime, but not for just for me, for children in need of middle-grade books! 500 Hundred of copies of
Donna Barba Higuera's amazing novel LUPE WONG WON’T DANCE, a humorous, yet meaningful read that's sure to bring a smile to the readers face! All books were donated by the incredible
Levine Querido
publishers! These stories are going EVERYWHERE, from Title One schools, to unhoused kids, to
Shriners Children's Hospital, to libraries, to more!
Levine Querido,
thank you so much for helping spread book joy!
On National Book Lovers Day 2023 I received word that E Train Talks was approved as a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit! Now I can do even more to promote literacy & share books with kids in need! My mission is to educate and promote early literacy and inspire kids to read! I’m so excited for all the amazing opportunities being a nonprofit brings! I can’t wait to change the world, one read at a time! Literacy For All & Justice For All!
Internet safety touches on many important issues! From cyber security to cyber bullying to identity theft and more, staying safe online and on our phones is critical! To date, I've blocked over 750 inappropriate accounts on my social media platforms! To help spread the word about online safety, I’m visiting middle-school classrooms & sharing author Jessica Speer's fun, relatable, and relevant book, THE PHONE BOOK: STAY SAFE, BE SMART, AND MAKE THE WORLD BETTER WITH THE POWERFUL DEVICE IN YOUR HAND! Take a listen to the author Jessica Speer as you share her thoughts on my project.
My Tech/Online Safety program is being made possible with the help of the generous grant I was awarded by LET’S CHOOSE LOVE, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to bringing more love into the world! A big thank you shoutout to Familius publishers for providing me amazing book discount on author Jessica Speer's THE PHONE BOOK so I can share it with as many kids as possible, as I advocate for digital safety in elementary schools. I’m so grateful!
I am excited to be partnering with the amazing Bess The Book Bus to help spread book joy! Through generous donations, Bess The Book Bus will be supplying high quality books for me to share with local kids & schools who need them most. I'm honored & grateful to share my reading advocacy journey with such an extraordinary literacy organization. I'll be sharing books on Giving Tuesday, National Read Across America Day and Children's Book Week.
"Of course I believe it's important for readers to learn about the perspectives and lives of people different from themselves, but even more crucial for kids to be able to see themselves in the stories they read. Taking that away from us is like saying that we don’t matter." Click the link or photo & read more! https://www.teenvogue.com/story/banned-books-week-2023-banned-books-change-lives
I'm always looking for authors, book enthusiasts, kindness advocates, and other amazing people to feature on my podcast! Kids and people of all ages are welcome to contact me to find out more. I'm also available to talk at schools and other events!
Getting to ask the Sacramento Kings the question of the day again was so much fun and a dream come true! Watch the video and find out what your Beam Team's "What's your favorite book of all time?"
Wow! This will be a night I’ll never forget! From making a shot on the Kings court, to meeting my NBA heroes & the Beam Team lit the beam on TNT! What a day! Sacramento Kings fans, find out from your favorite players’ teachers when I ask… ”Who is a teacher that has impacted your life?”
I participated & spoke at the 2023 TEEN AUTHOR BOOT CAMP (TABC) and was awarded the Book Hero Award for going above and beyond to improve children’s literacy in our country. TABC was a Phenomenal experience. I can’t begin to tell you how many amazing author sessions I attended, as well as how many motivated teen writers were in attendance. It was a packed house! TABC is an incredible writers conference for teens. https://www.teenauthorbootcamp.com/
I was honored to be interviewed by
Mark Sadovnick, a Managing Partner of the 5th Element Group, for his "Leaders Who Care®" video series. In this interview, Mark talks to me about our mutual love for the Beatles music, the importance of kindness, and how my literacy story began! Click and watch our talk!
I'm was so excited to be interviewed by Good Day Sacramento's very own, Julissa Ortiz on 8/1/22! This interview lead to my very own Good Day Sacramento monthly book review segment! Watch me talk about my book journey in this video and find my book review segment videos on the Good Day Sacramento page of my website!
It was such an honor to be featured on THE BOOK OF LIFE podcast! Sharing my story on a Jewish themed literacy show is so special to me. Host Heidi Rabinowitz askes meaningful and thought provoking questions and creates a fun and heartfelt conversation. Click the photo or link to Listen: https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2023/09/e-train-talks.html
Heidi Rabinowitz is a Judaica librarian at Congregation B'nai Israel of Boca Raton, FL
It was as so fun being interviewed by Steve Bussard on "Experience The Buzz Podcast! "We talked all things books, hobbies, sports, and more! Thanks Steve! Watch our talk!
I had the BEST time competing against the
amazing author, K.S. King on "Author Fan Face-off" on King's incredibly important novel, ATTACK OF THE BLACK RECTANGLES! Watch and see who wins, and more importantly, read ATTACK OF THE BLCK RECTANGLES!
So Excited and honored to be included in the book trailer of the THE CURIOUS LEAGUE OF DETECTIVES AND THIEVES! I'm the "guest voice" of the Main Character "John Boarhog!" Enjoy!
I shared book joy with the one-and-only Author Stuart Gibbs!
In collaboration with Teen Author Boot Camp, Book Drop & the amazing author Stuart Gibbs, we gave students at a local school signed copies of of Stuart’s Middle Grade SPY SCHOOL Book 1 , and it was epic! It was a day filled with smiles and cheers! The kids excitement was contagious, and it ended up being the Best Day Ever! ! Reading Changes Lives! I'm so grateful!
This was such a fantastic literacy event & I'm so grateful it's featured by the San Juan Unified School District! With the help of Teen Author Boot Camp and the wonderful NYT Best selling author, Jennifer Nielsen, Author Stuart Gibbs & I were able to share a morning discussing the magic of stories with an entire elementary school ! An EPIC day that will stay with me forever!
E train Talks advocates for children in low-income communities & Title One Schools, who lack access to quality, diverse & inclusive books. When you give to my nonprofit you give books to kids who need them most! 100% of all donations go to supporting early literacy!
Sharing the story of my literacy journey & my upcoming Bar Mitzvah with the "Mixed-Up Files" was such an honor!
Author Melissa Roske
asked excellent questions and I’m so grateful to be included on the Mix-Up Files blog! Check the interview out and see if you can spot your favorite middle grade author in the process! Click the photo o
Sharing the story of my literacy journey & my upcoming Bar Mitzvah with the "Mixed-Up Files" was such an honor!
Author Melissa Roske
asked excellent questions and I’m so grateful to be included on the Mix-Up Files blog! Check the interview out and see if you can spot your favorite middle grade author in the process! Click the photo or link to read the interview.
https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/interview-with-tween-podcaster-and-literacy-advocate-e-train/
The "Mixed up files" are a Middle-Grade team of Authors, writers, and readers of middle-grade books, and their goal is to celebrate and generate enthusiasm about books for 8-12 year olds.
I'm thrilled to be featured in the July 22, 2022 issue of "The Week Junior!"
Keep following my reading journey!
I'm honored to be a #GivingTuesdaySpark Leader. Giving Tuesday Spark is a global generosity movement Led a crew of young do-gooders, aged 6-21 #GivingTuesdaySpark is all about encouraging young people to take action around the causes they care about most on GivingTuesday. I'm proud to be part of the Giving Tuesday Community! To find ou
I'm honored to be a #GivingTuesdaySpark Leader. Giving Tuesday Spark is a global generosity movement Led a crew of young do-gooders, aged 6-21 #GivingTuesdaySpark is all about encouraging young people to take action around the causes they care about most on GivingTuesday. I'm proud to be part of the Giving Tuesday Community! To find out about my 2022 kindness initiative you can click on the photo or go to my #GivingTuesdaySpark page on my website. I hope you'll help me spark some kindness in the world this November 29th 2022
It was an honor to be interviewed by Hilary Margitich, children's writer, blogger, and member of the Writers’ Rumpus. During my interview Hilary asked me about my book journey, podcast & dreams for the future! You can read the full interview here: https://writersrumpus.com/2022/11/11/interview-with-book-reviewer-and-podcaster-e-train/
It was an honor to be interviewed by my school district in the school library (my favorite place)! It was a dream come true to share my book journey, “E train Talks” podcast & my #bookdrive with my school and community!
Here's the write up:
"When picturing a literacy advocate, many individuals do not often imagine a child. However, San
It was an honor to be interviewed by my school district in the school library (my favorite place)! It was a dream come true to share my book journey, “E train Talks” podcast & my #bookdrive with my school and community!
Here's the write up:
"When picturing a literacy advocate, many individuals do not often imagine a child. However, San Juan Unified is home to an up-and-coming middle school literacy advocate who has been featured on Good Day Sacramento and has a growing social media following.
E Train, as he is most commonly known as, took advantage of the extra time during the pandemic to read. He joined virtual book clubs, which led to his first recorded book review, which was then shared by the author on Instagram.
That experience led E Train to begin his own YouTube channel to review books, and now he is hoping to motivate children across the world to read through his podcast on Spotify, as well as his reviews on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter.
"If you’re bored and looking for a way to spend two hours of your time laughing or tearing up and feeling all the feels, read a book. Also, who knows, if you keep on reading, maybe you can do something like I’m doing," said E Train.
As part of his mission to motivate readers, E Train has routinely donated books to San Juan Unified schools and is currently working with an author for a book drop at another district school.
"I can’t share too much because it’s kind of in the works," said E Train. "I might have a pretty big author coming. My goal is not just to inspire people to read, like I said, but also give people the opportunity to read."
The district will continue to follow E Train’s work and share his efforts to promote literacy within our schools." You can read the original write-up here: https://churchill.sanjuan.edu/news/news-detail/~board/district-news/post/middle-school-literacy-advocate-hopes-to-inspire-fellow-students-to-read
This was so fun! In this video I interview myself and share my Journey with the Canadian writing community on BookFlap. I invite you to watch my Mini Masterclass on inspiring kids to read. I had so much fun making this video! BookFlap taps into the wisdom of writers, illustrators, publishers, editors, readers, and educators, by offer
This was so fun! In this video I interview myself and share my Journey with the Canadian writing community on BookFlap. I invite you to watch my Mini Masterclass on inspiring kids to read. I had so much fun making this video! BookFlap taps into the wisdom of writers, illustrators, publishers, editors, readers, and educators, by offering interviews, mini master classes, art demonstrations, podcasts, articles, and much more! Click the photo or watch my video here: https://youtu.be/g3_dVOco4Tw?si=E6wMC_Y23Vu6Oamy
It was great fun being interviewed on Sammie Smiles Podcast! Sammie is a 13 year old on a mission to spread kindness and smiles. She's also the creator of the wonderful Sammie's Buddy Bench Project. Sammie has been a guest on my podcast as well. Check out our fun chat! Click the link or the photo to begin smiling!
It was great fun being interviewed by the Reluctant Readers books. Reluctant Reader Books produce and promote books that appeal to children who – for whatever reason – don’t enjoy reading. I was asked so many great questions! Click on the photo or link and read the interview! https://mgbookvillage.org/2022/08/10/interview-with-e-train/
I was happy to have the chance to be interviewed by Kathie MacIsaac, of MG (Middle Grade) Book Village about my reading journey! Click on the photo or link and read our interview! https://mgbookvillage.org/2022/08/10/interview-with-e-train/
You can stream "E Train Talks" on Spotify, Anchor, and Apple Podcasts & you can watch my videos on my "E Train Talks" YouTube Channel. Most of my interviews & book reviews can be found on my website too! You can also watch my Good Day Sacramento monthly book review TV show.
I love visiting classrooms virtually and in person! I want to share my love of reading with as many kids as I can and hopeful inspire other kids to start their own reading journey! Sharing book smiles is the best! You can email me at: etraintalks@gmail.com to schedule a virtual or local in-person visit.
Virtual visits and local visits are Free. Travel costs are requested for distance. Donations are always welcome!
E Train Talks is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit and funded solely on donations. We rely on book donations, sponsorships, and fundraising to get books in the hands of kids who need them. If you'd like to be an advocate and help give books to kids in Title One Schools, foster youth, and low income communities, your donations will be put to amazing use! Thank you! etraintalks@gmail.com
If you're someone in the book world (author, librarian, publisher, Educator, fellow book enthusiast, etc.) or someone doing great things, like spreading kindness in your community, contact me to find out how to be featured on E Train Talks. etraintalks@gmail.com
My Social Media Handles:
Twitter: @ETrainsWorld a
Instagram:@etraintalks
"E Train Talks" YouTube channel
TikTok: @etrainreads
My mom approves all my tweets & posts and looks over all my content, so always choose kindness when commenting or contacting me please!
I'm always interested in reading middle-grade, YA, and picture books. Contact me and tell me know about your story. My reading stack is pretty tall, so it may take some time, but feel free to contact me at: etraintalks@gmail.com
E train Talks advocates for children in low-income communities & Title One Schools, who lack access to quality, diverse & inclusive books. When you give to my nonprofit you give books to kids who need them most! 100% of all donations go to supporting early literacy!
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