{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 59: Animal Stories for Children with Author Claire Eckard","description":"On this week\u2019s dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, our guest is Claire Eckard, a children\u2019s book author who grew up in England and now lives&amp;nbsp;in Arizona with her husband and has a ranch with lots of animals. There\u2019s no doubt in my mind after this conversation that Claire is an animal-lover! She wrote a lovely picture book for children called Bentley and the Magic Sticks, which we get to talk about today. It reminds me a bit of Clifford the Big Red Dog and The Rainbow Fish (both childhood favorites of mine). We also get in to talking about other works she\u2019s finished and has in progress, and swap some great book recommendations. Visit Claire Eckard online on Facebook, Instagram, or her website.  Here's the list of all the great books we talked about on today's episode!&amp;nbsp; Connect with the Library Laura Podcast on our  podcast blog, Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Library Laura Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/librarylaura.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19212116\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/5c7560\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/103950581"}