The Best Book Ever [this week] - March 1, 2015 from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.853816

Five books reviewed in five minutes.
- Outer Space Bedtime Race by Rob Sanders, illustrated by Brian Won 
- Beautiful Birds by Jean Roussen and Emmanuelle Walker
- Zombie in Love 2+1 by...

Christian Robinson from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.852815

Christian Robinson, illustrator of Last Stop on Market Street (@Penguinkids) by Matt De La Pena, Gaston (@SimonKids) by Kelly DiPucchio, and Josephine (@ChronicleKids) by Patrcia Hruby Howell, stop...

Kate Messner from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.851959

Kate Messner (@KateMessner), author of the Ranger in Time series (@Scholastic) and Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt (@ChronicleKids), illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal, stops by to talk ab...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - April 5, 2015 from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.840334

Five books reviewed in five minutes.
- Stanley the Farmer by William Bee
- Spectacular Spots by Susan Stockdale
- Rodeo Red by Maripat Perkins, illustrated by Molly Idle
- P. Zonka ...

Jennifer Ann Mann from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.790751

Jennifer Ann Mann (@JenAnnMann), author of Sunny Sweet Can So Get Lost (@Bloomsbury), the third book in her Sunny Sweet series, stops by to talk about being born sandwiched between geniuses, being ...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - May 3, 2015 from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.789922

Five books reviewed in five minutes.
- Sea Bones by Bob Barner
- Her Idea by Rilla
- Rude Cakes by Rowboat Watkins
- Red Yellow Blue and a Dash of White, Too! by C. G. Esperanza
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Michael Buckley from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.789046

Michael Buckley (@MichaelWBuckley), author of Undertow (@HMHKids) as well as the best-selling Sisters Grimm series (@AbramsKids) and NERDS series, stops by to talk about how dreaming of sand castle...

Deborah Underwood from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.788183

Deborah Underwood (@UnderwoodWriter), author most recently of Interstellar Cinderella (@ChronicleKids), illustrated by Meg Hunt (@MegHunt), stops by to talk about being six when she writes, creatin...

Leslie Bulion from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.778122

Leslie Bulion (@LeslieBulion), author of Random Body Parts: Gross Anatomy Riddles in Verse (@PeachtreePub), illustrated by Mike Lowery, stops by to talk about the rhythmic language of science, doub...

Maripat Perkins from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.777176

Maripat Perkins (@MaripatPerkins), author of Rodeo Red (@PeachtreePub), illustrated by Molly Idle (@MollyIdle), stops by to talk about writing "sturdy" girls, respecting the boundaries of your sibl...

Steven Malk from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.776109

Steven Malk (@StevenMalk), literary agent at Writers House, stops by to talk about the way every single decision an author makes has a large or small impact on a career, how his clients all believe...

Ovi Nedelcu from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.775283

Ovi Nedelcu (@OviOvined), author illustrator of Just Like Daddy, published by POW! Kids Books (@POWkidsbooks), stops by to talk about being a visual storyteller, giving yourself permission to not b...

David Biedrzycki from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.765483

David Biedrzycki (@artofdavid), author illustrator most recently of Breaking News: Bear Alert, published by Charlesbridge (@charlesbridge), stops by to talk about selling homemade comics for a quar...

Matt Tavares from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.764537

Matt Tavares (@tavaresbooks), author illustrator most recently of Growing Up Pedro, published by Candlewick Press (@Candlewick), stops by to talk about pacing by pages, being a Redsox fan, and his ...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - August 2, 2015 from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.754281

Five outstanding picture books reviewed.
- Pool by Jihyeon Lee (Chronicle Books)
- The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton (Arthur A. Levine Books)
- Melissa's Octopus and Other Unsuit...

Lynne Jonell from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.753322

Lynne Jonell, author most recently of The Sign of the Cat, published by Henry Holt and Company (@HenryHolt, @MacKidsBooks), stops by to talk about a special 3rd grade teacher, a green piece of pape...

Phil Bildner and John Parra from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.752378

Phil Bildner (@PhilBildner) and John Parra, author and illustrator of Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans, published by Chronicle Books (@ChronicleKids, @ChronicleB...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - August 9, 2015 from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.751444

Five excellent picture books reviewed, including a monster who runs for president and a monster who turns out to be not such a monster after all.
- Monster Needs Your Vote by Paul Czajak, Illus...

Eric Wight from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.741999

Eric Wight (@Eric_Wight), illustrator most recently of Everyone Loves Bacon, written by Kelly DiPucchio (@kellydipucchio) and published by Farrar Straus & Giroux (@fsgbooks), stops by to talk about...

Don Tate from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.741070

Don Tate (@Devas_T), author illustrator of Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton, published by Peachtree Publishers (@peachtreepub), stops by to talk about the first African American to...

Loren Long from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.740238

Loren Long (@lorenlong), author illustrator most recently of Little Tree, published by Philomel Books (@PhilomelBooks), stops by to talk about a simple story about a simple tree, finding a safe har...

Alison Oliver from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.695617

Alison Oliver, illustrator of the Babylit (@babylitbooks) board book series written by Jennifer Adams (@BabyLitJen) and published by Gibbs Smith Books (@GibbsSmithBooks),  stops by to talk about th...

Mike Curato RETURNS! from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.694237

Mike Curato (@MikeCurato), author illustrator of Little Elliot, Big Family, which is published by Henry Holt and Company (@HenryHolt, @MacKidsBooks),  returns to the podcast to talk about setting a...

Lizi Boyd RETURNS! from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.693244

Lizi Boyd, author illustrator of Big Bear, Little Chair, which is published by Chronicle Books (@ChronicleKids, @ChronicleBooks), returns to the podcast to talk about unexpected opposites, the way ...

Ginee Seo from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.684322

Ginee Seo, children's publishing director at Chronicle Books (@ChronicleBooks, @ChronicleKids), stops by the podcast to talk about constant magic around every corner, missing train stops on account...

Sigmund Brouwer from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.664621

Sigmund Brouwer (@BrouwerSigmund), author most recently of Unleashed, published by Orca Book publishers (@orcabook) and one of three books in the Retribution trilogy, stops by the podcast to talk a...

Kris Remenar and Matt Faulkner from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.652699

Kris Remenar (@RemenarReads) and Matt Faulkner (@MattFaulkner1), author and illustrator of Groundhog's Dilemma, stop by the podcast to talk about treating the process like a business partnership, a...

Ellen Fischer from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.651567

Ellen Fischer, author of If an Elephant Went to School, stops by the podcast to talk about getting into a good writing group, editing to make a story stronger, and asking "what if?"

Gus Gordon from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.650368

Gus Gordon (@IllustratorGus), author of Herman and Rosie, stops by the podcast to talk about ideas starting at the sketch stage, drawings that ask lots of questions, and two characters that need to...

Michael Arndt from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.649463

Michael Arndt (@animalopoeia), author of Cat Says Meow, stops by the podcast to talk about starting with a circle and some nondescript blobs, letting the letters create an animal, and the fact that...

Michelle Schusterman from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.642554

Michelle Schusterman, author of Dead Air: The Kat Sinclair Files (Book #1), stops by the podcast to talk about writing a gritty, urban Nancy Drew story, being a skeptic, and how's there's a logical...

Salina Yoon from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.641681

Salina Yoon (@SalinaYoon), author illustrator of Be A Friend, stops by the podcast to talk about wearing your heart on your sleeve, her childhood struggle with reading and writing in English when K...

Andy Rash from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.640835

Andy Rash (@iotacons), author illustrator of Archie The Daredevil Penguin stops by the podcast to talk about the truth hidden within a joke, how we're always hardest on ourselves, and that sometime...

Julie Falatko and Tim Miller from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.587961

Julie Falatko (@JulieFalatko) and Tim Miller (@TimMiller), author and illustrator respectively of Snappsy The Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book), stop by the podcast to talk about belligere...

James Kennedy from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.585734

James Kennedy (@iamjameskennedy), author of The Order of Odd Fish and founder of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival (@90secondnewbery), stops by the podcast to talk about the stink of worthiness, ...

Charise Harper and Anna Raff from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.584930

Charise Harper (@ChariseHarper) and Anna Raff (@annaraffNYC), author and illustrator respectively of A Big Surprise for Little Card, stop by the podcast to talk about a rainbow of books, thinking w...

Aaron Reynolds and Sara Varon from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.577737

Aaron Reynolds (@areynoldsbooks) and Sara Varon (@saravaron1), author and illustrator respectively of President Squid, stop by the podcast to talk about taking inspiration from a 5-year-old, the im...

Tony Cliff from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.576912

Tony Cliff (@TangoCharlie), cartoonist behind Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling, the newest book in the Delilah Dirk graphic novel series, stops by the podcast to talk about controlling the flow...

Peter Brown from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.572700

Peter Brown (@itspeterbrown), author/illustrator of The Curious Garden, Children Make Terrible Pets, and Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, and now debut middle grade author of The Wild Robot, stops by the podca...

Blake Hamilton from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.571885

Blake Hamilton (@BlakeHamilton), filmmaker, writer, and, most important to this episode, co-founder of All The Wonders, stops by the podcast to talk about making barriers, conceptualizing a home fo...

Andy Griffiths from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.566631

Andy Griffiths (@AndyGbooks), author of the
52-Story Treehouse, the newest book in the 13-Story
Treehouse series illustrated by Terry Denton, stops by the podcast
to talk about the worl...

Julia Denos from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.564911

Julia Denos (@JuliaDraw), author/illustrator of Swatch: The Girl Who Loved Color, stops by the podcast to talk about trusting the materials, listening to the story, and asking herself, "What is a c...

Kate DiCamillo and the Collaborative Summer Library Program from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.558748

Kate DiCamillo, author Raymie Nightingale and the 2016 National Summer Reading Champion, stops by the podcast to talk about reasons to read this summer, some titles from her recommended reading lis...

Jerzy Drozd from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.557945

Jerzy Drozd (@Jerzy), creator of Boulder and Fleet, stops by the podcast to talk about practical ways to be a good person, why kids need to be reading comics now more than ever, and a cartoonist's ...

Esme Shapiro from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.553218

Esme Shapiro (@EsmeShapiro), author-illustrator of Ooko, stops by the podcast to talk about creating art intuitively, the many rebirths of her protagonist fox, and feeling connected to what she's d...

Lucy Ruth Cummins from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.552077

Lucy Ruth Cummins (@lucyruth), author-illustrator of A Hungry Lion, or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals, stops by the podcast to talk about knowing when to stop, playing it close to your chest, an...

Michael Slack from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.491759

Michael Slack (@michaelslackart), illustrator of Pirasaurs, written by Josh Funk, stops by the podcast to talk about being inspired by the "Convoy" trucker song, find the characters of your story a...

Lin Oliver from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.490641

Lin Oliver (@linoliver), SCWBI cofounder and author most recently of the Fantastic Frame series, stops by the podcast to talk about loving a painting from the inside out, measuring success by how y...

Aaron Becker from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.489863

Aaron Becker (@storybreathing), author-illustrator of Return, his final book in the Journey trilogy, stops by the podcast to talk about the power and limits of the imagination, his parable for grow...

Jenni Holm from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.484176

Jenni Holm (@jenniholm), author most recently of Full of Beans and perhaps most widely known for the Babymouse graphic novel series, stops by the podcast to talk about learning about things slowly,...

Brendan Wenzel from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.483226

Brendan Wenzel (@BRENDAN_WENZEL), author-illustrator of They All Saw A Cat, stops by the podcast to talk about expressing perception, building in a lot of questions, and aspiring to create a book t...

Danielle Smith from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.482075

Danielle Smith (@the1stdaughter), literary agent at Red Fox Literary, stops by the podcast to talk about asking "what's important to you?", knowing not everybody works well with everybody, and wear...

Kate Beasley from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.476355

Kate Beasley (@_katebeasley), author of Gertie's Leap to Greatness, stops by the podcast to talk about bringing half of ourselves to the story, the kind of books she read as a kid, and the guardian...

Neal Porter from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.475339

Neal Porter (@nporterbooks), renowned publisher and beloved children’s book advocate, stops by the podcast to talk about being selfish, playing hunches, and only wanting to work with people that he...

Liz and Jimmy Reed from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.469235

Liz and Jimmy Reed (@cuddlesandrage), debut author-illustrators of Sweet Competition, stop by the podcast to talk about sibling rivalry, positive trickery, and endless time spent with desserts.

Cathy Camper and Raul the Third from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.468351

Cathy Camper (@cfastwolf) and Raul the Third (@raulthe3rd), author and illustrator respectively of Lowriders to the Center of the Earth, the sequel to Lowriders in Space, their graphic novel debut,...

Denis Markell from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.452588

Denis Markell (@DenisMarkell), author of Click Here to Start, stops by the podcast to talk about setting a mystical adventure in a mundane space, making the kid characters feel real, and the notion...

Molly Bang from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.451603

Molly Bang, author and illustrator of Picture This: How Pictures Work, celebrating it's 25th anniversary with a revised and expanded version from Chronicle Books, stops by the podcast to talk about...

Megan Maynor from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.447865

Megan Maynor (@megan_maynor), author of Ella and Penguin: A Perfect Match, stops by the podcast to talk about three visceral things to try, concerns feeling mixed up but not silly, and how it's som...

Steve Light (2017) from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.446643

Steve Light (@SteveLight), author illustrator most recently of Lucky Lazlo, stops by the podcast to talk about theater superstitions, the most unlucky theater in the world, and a fountain pen nib c...

Andrea Davis Pinkney (R) from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.445641

This rebroadcast of my interview wth Andrea Davis Pinkney is part of our feature celebrating All The Wonders of A Poem for Peter.

Raina Telgemeier from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.437571

Raina Telgemeier (@goraina), cartoonist most recently of Ghosts, stops by the podcast to talk about growing up in noisy houses, always ending a page on a punchline, and using speculation as a tool.

Elaine Magliaro from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.436274

Elaine Magliaro, author of Things to Do, stops by the podcast to talk about the best way to teach kids how to write, the wonderful feeling of getting something out of your head and onto the page th...

Liz, Audrey, and Matthew from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.388958

Audrey Vernick (@yourbuffalo), Liz Garton Scanlon (@LGartonScanlon), and Matthew Cordell (@cordellmatthew), authors and illustrator of Bob, Not Bob!, all stop by the podcast to talk about one disgu...

Alessandra Balzer from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.388198

Alessandra Balzer (@ABBalzer), co-publisher of Balzer + Bray, stops by the podcast to talk about work as an editor, a publisher, and a person who passionately loves children's books.

David Wiesner and Donna Jo Napoli from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.387439

David Wiesner and Donna Jo Napoli, illustrator and author of Fish Girl, stop by the podcast to talk about understanding things in your own way, trusting that the words will elicit the art, and an i...

PJ Lynch from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.377508

PJ Lynch (@PJLynchArt), illustrator most recently of Patrick and the President, stops by the podcast to talk about getting the work right, painting the town for an important visit, and the 50th ann...

Debbie Levy and Gilbert Ford from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.376722

Debbie Levy (@debbielevybooks) and Gilbert Ford (@gilbertford), respective author and illustrator of Soldier Song: A True Story of the Civil War, talk about bringing to life a story a different vie...

Ryan T. Higgins from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.375941

Ryan T. Higgins (@RyanT_Higgins), author illustrator most recently of Be Quiet!, stops by the podcast to talk about a grumpy bear,  some gosling offspring, and a mouse who just wants some peace and...

Jason Bays from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.368706

Jason Bays (@MrJBays), author and cartoonist of The Adventures of Kung Fu Robot: How to Make a Peanut Butter, Jelly, and Kung Fu Sandwich, stops by the podcast to talk about intensifying the story,...

Katrina Goldsaito and Julia Kuo from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.367888

Katrina Goldsaito (@inlovethere) and Julia Kuo (@juliaskuo), author and illustrator of The Sound of Silence, stop by the podcast to talk about time stretching out, a complex, layered idea, and the ...

Chris Van Dusen from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.366868

Chris Van Dusen, author illustrator most recently of Hattie & Hudson, stops by the podcast to talk about a lake in Maine, accidents happening their way to beauty, and seeing the struggle in the art.

Margarita Engle and Rafael Lopez from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.363665

Margarita Engle and Rafael Lopez, poet and illustrator of Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics, stop by the podcast to talk about capturing the spirit of a person through poem and portrait, creati...

Jessixa Bagley from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.357528

Jessixa Bagley (@JessixaBagley), author illustrator of Laundry Day, Before I Leave, and Boats for Papa, stops by the podcast to talk about art as a mirror of her life, creating a world through illu...

Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.356692

Hope Larson (@hopelarson) and Rebecca Mock (@rebeccamock), author and illustrator of the Four Points series, including Compass South and Knife's Edge, stop by the podcast to talk about intimate sto...

Samantha Berger, Martha Brockenbrough, and Dave Pressler from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.349280

Samantha Berger (@BergerBooks), Martha Brockenbrough (@mbrockenbrough), and Dave Pressler (@davepressler), authors and illustrator of Back To School With Bigfoot, stop by the podcast to talk about ...

Katey Howes from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.294579

Katey Howes (@Kateywrites), author of Grandmother Thorn, stops by the podcast to talk about letting go of things you fear, feeling lucky as a picture book author, and the balance between order and ...

Rebecca Green from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.200441

Rebecca Green, debut author illustrator of How To Make Friends with a Ghost, stops by the podcast to talk about world building, finding greys you really love, and tying the book together.

Ruth Spiro and Irene Chan from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.199613

Ruth Spiro (@RuthSpiro) and Irene Chan, author and illustrator respectively of the Baby Loves... board book series, stop by the podcast to talk about science topics relating to baby's world, inspir...

Todd Parr from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.193556

Todd Parr (@toddparr), author illustrator of Love The World, stops by the podcast to talk about confidence, denial, and never forgetting what it means to need someone.

Dan Santat (2017) from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.192760

Dan Santat (@dsantat), author illustrator most recently of After The Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again), stops by the podcast to talk about overcoming obstacles, an obsession with negative ...

Tillie Walden from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.185465

Tillie Walden (@TillieWalden), cartoonist of Spinning, stops by the podcast to talk about creating love and empathy with other people, the strong feeling of not wanting to be in fear of your own st...

Julie Segal Walters and Brian Biggs from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.184677

Julie Segal Walters (@J_S_Dub) and Brian Biggs (@mrbiggsdotcom), author and illustrator of This is Not a Normal Animal Book, stop by the podcast to talk about creating a metafiction book over anima...

Shawn Harris from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.176134

Shawn Harris, illustrator of Her Right Foot, stops by the podcast to talk about the importance of balancing text and art, helping to create a casual text book, and reminding us what She means now.

Vashti Harrison from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.175371

Vashti Harrison (@VashtiHarrison), author and illustrator of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History, stops by the podcast to talk about finding the truth in her subjects' stories, seeking a la...

David Barclay Moore from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.167094

David Barclay Moore (@dbarclaymoore), author of The Stars Beneath Our Feet, stops by the podcast to talk about art's healing ability, Harlem as a symbol for blackness, and being different as an act...

Vanessa Brantley-Newton from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.166094

Vanessa Brantley-Newton, author and illustrator of Grandma's Purse, stops by the podcast to talk about connecting with her readers, kids giving their parents a do-over, and the universal quest to g...

Kobi Yamada from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.160752

Kobi Yamada is the author of What Do You Do with a Chance?, the final picture book in a best-selling series including What Do You Do with an Idea? and What Do You Do with a Problem?. In this conver...

Baptiste Paul and Jacqueline Alcántara from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.154824

Baptiste Paul and Jacqueline Alcántara are the author and illustrator of THE FIELD, a picture book about pick-up game of soccer in a village in St. Lucia that could be any pick-up game in any town ...

Megan McDonald from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.150374

Megan McDonald is the best-selling author of the JUDY MOODY series which see's the release of it's 14th book this month in JUDY MOODY AND THE RIGHT ROYAL TEA PARTY. Megan talks about how she came t...

Highlights Foundation from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.100781

Alison Green Myers and George Brown are the Program Director and Executive Director, respectively, of the Highlights Foundation, a retreat center in the beautiful Pocono Mountains in Honesdale, Pen...

REMOVED: Junot Diaz from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.100

Hey there, podcast listeners. Today, May 5th, some news was brought to my attention that relates to a recent episode of The Children’s Book Podcast. Author Junot Diaz faces sexual conduct allegatio...

Jessica Love from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.099210

Jessica Love makes her picture book debut as both author and illustrator in JULIAN IS A MERMAID, a story about a young boy who imagines himself turning into a mermaid after encountering three women...

Rob Sanders from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.095751

Rob Sanders (@RobSandersWrite) recently published his first nonfiction picture book, entitled PRIDE: THE STORY OF HARVEY MILK AND THE RAINBOW FLAG. Rob shares that this book is "just like any other...

Let's Build This Thing. Together. (aka Have Podcast, Will Patreon) from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.094704

We can do more good together. Today I'm asking for your help. Consider becoming a patron of The Children's Book Podcast by visiting www.patreon.com/matthewcwinner. Your support will help fund more ...

Irene Latham and Charles Waters from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.088930

Irene Latham (@Irene_Latham) and Charles Waters (@waterscharles) are the authors of CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR?: POEMS OF RACE, MISTAKES, AND FRIENDSHIP, an powerful and unmistakable work of poetry for ...

Mrs. P's 10th Annual Be a Famous Writer Contest from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.083969

Mrs. P (@MrsPstorytime) returns to share details around the 10th annual Be a Famous Writer Contest. The new school year is about to begin. It’s time for possibility and wonder and excitement and di...

Suzanne Kaufman and Martha Rago from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.079285

Suzanne Kaufman (@lilmonkeydraws) and Martha Rago (@martharago) are the illustrator and art director, respectively, of ALL ARE WELCOME, a new picture book welcoming to school students of all races,...

Traci Sorell from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.078252

Traci Sorell (@tracisorell) is the author of WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA, a new picture book featuring Cherokee men and women, children and grandparents, family and friends throughout the year, i...

Yuyi Morales from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.068739

Yuyi Morales (@yuyimorales) is the author illustrator of DREAMERS, a story recounting Yuyi’s immigration to the United States with her son. It is a book that will awaken your senses. It is a book t...

Mark Oshiro from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.067824

Mark Oshiro (@MarkDoesStuff) is the author of ANGER IS A GIFT, a young adult novel a boy named Moss, the tragic loss of a friend and more than that, and a school responding to student protest and s...

Tony Medina (Live at the Baltimore Book Festival) from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.063393

Tony Medina (@PoetTonyMedina) is the author of I AM ALFONSO JONES, a graphic novel inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement about a teen who is shot and killed by police while shopping for a sui...

Alice Faye Duncan from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.058182

Alice Faye Duncan (@AliceFayeDuncan) is an author and poet, and she's also a school librarian. Alice brings two new picture books to the show. The first is called MEMPHIS, MARTIN, AND THE MOUNTAINT...

Martha Brockenbrough from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.057377

Martha Brockenbrough (@mbrockenbrough) is the author of UNPRESIDENTED: A BIOGRAPHY OF DONALD TRUMP, the first biography of our 45th president written for teens. Martha approached her research with ...

Sharee Miller (2019) from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.052117

Sharee Miller (@coilyandcute) is the author/illustrator of DON'T TOUCH MY HAIR! The story follows Aria, a young African American girl who loves her hair but cannot stand when people touch her hair ...

Keith Negley (2019) from 2022-02-21T10:28:53.051333

Keith Negley (@keithnegley) is the author/illustrator of MARY WEARS WHAT SHE WANTS. The story follows a young Mary Edwards Walker, determined to swap the confining, uncomfortable dress expected of ...

Nidhi Chanani (2019) from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.982318

Nidhi Chanani (@nidhiart) shares SHUBH RAATRI DOST/GOOD NIGHT FRIEND, a new board book in which two children say goodnight in both Hindi and Engilsh to all of the animals in their Indian farm home....

Donalyn Miller from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.974205

Happy Teacher Appreciation week! I hope you’re sharing a whole lot of love for those individuals who work with our young minds each and every day. Schools are magical places and for many they are t...

Sarah and Ian Hoffman from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.959759

Sarah Hoffman (@sarahhoffman101) and Ian Hoffman share JACOB'S ROOM TO CHOOSE, the follow-up to the 2014 release JACOB'S NEW DRESS. In this newest story Jacob and his friend Sophie encounter a conf...

Vincent X. Kirsch from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.958728

Vincent X. Kirsch (@VincenzoXKirsch) shares HOW I LEARNED TO FALL OUT OF TREES. In Vincent’s story we meet Roger and Adelia, two best friends since forever. Adelia is helping Roger learn to climb a...

Lorena Alvarez from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.953519

Lorena Alvarez shares HICOTEA, a companion graphic novel to her 2017 debut, NIGHTLIGHTS. Guest host Mel Schuit interviews Lorena at the American Library Association's annual conference and they dis...

Angie Manfredi from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.947428

Angie Manfredi (@misskubelik) is the editor of THE (OTHER) F WORD: A CELEBRATION OF THE FAT & FIERCE. The book releases in late September from Amulet Books an imprint of Abrams. Angie and I met onl...

Rashin Kheiriyeh from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.946394

Rashin Kheiriyeh (@rashinkheiriyeh) is the illustrator most recently of THE BOOK TREE, authored by Paul Czajak, and STORY BOAT, authored by Kyo Maclear. Rashin is the illustrator or author-illustra...

Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and LeUyen Pham from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.940049

Shannon Hale (@haleshannon), Dean Hale (@Halespawn), and LeUyen Pham join to share their bestselling PRINCESS IN BLACK series. There’s a bit of a conference din hovering throughout the background o...

Raakhee Mirchandani from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.899340

Raakhee Mirchandani (@Raakstar) joins the podcast to share SUPER SATYA SAVES THE DAY. When readers meet Satya, the story’s namesake, we have only to take Satya at her word that her beloved cape mak...

Daria Peoples-Riley from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.898207

Daria Peoples-Riley (@dariaspeoples) shares I GOT NEXT. In her sequel to THIS IS IT, Daria explores allyship through a coming-of-age story on a community basketball court where decisions are made i...

Joyce Wan (2019) from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.892741

Joyce Wan (@joycewanbooks) shares DREAM BIG. This new board book engages our youngest readers with affirming language to take on the world, and it does so through micro-biographies of women who hav...

Meenal Patel from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.890518

Meenal Patel shares PRIYA DREAMS OF MARIGOLDS AND MASALA. In this picture book, a life is India is recounted through an intergenerational connection between Priya and her Babi Ba, her grandmother. ...

Tiffany Jewell from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.885049

Tiffany Jewell (@tiffanymjewell) shares THIS BOOK IS ANTI-RACIST, her debut book. Listeners, I cannot even do this interview justice in this intro. Tiffany Jewell is an anti-bias, anti-racist educa...

Rajani LaRocca from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.872306

Rajani LaRocca (@rajanilarocca) shares MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM. Mimi, the main character in Rajani’s middle grade debut, enters a baking competition at her town’s newest sweet spot, but things aren’t qu...

Ann Braden from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.871493

Ann Braden (@annbradenbooks) shares THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS. This is a story about the strength of a 12-year-old girl named Zoey, even from before the moment when she realized she possesse...

Elizabeth Lilly from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.865937

Elizabeth Lilly (@elizabethmlilly) shares GERALDINE, a picture book about a giraffe whose family moves to a new town where they are the only giraffe family. Geraldine tries to fit in as much as she...

Margarita Engle (2020) from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.859848

Margarita Engle (@margaritapoet) shares DREAMS FROM MANY RIVERS: A HISPANIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TOLD IN POEMS. Margarita blends voices of real people with fictionalized accounts in order t...

Traci Sorell (2020) from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.858738

This is a dedication to the life and light of Charlene Willing McManis, and the story she told the world. Traci Sorell (@tracisorell) joins me to share INDIAN NO MORE, a debut middle grade novel by...

Marcie Colleen (2020) from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.851965

Marcie Colleen (@MarcieColleen1) shares THE BEAR’S GARDEN, illustrated by Alison Oliver. The story, inspired by a community garden in Brooklyn, centers on a girl caring for a seedling until she can...

Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.850897

Lily Williams (@lwbean) and Karen Schneeman (@themeanmagenta) share GO WITH THE FLOW, a comic about menstruation. Period. It's a story about getting your first period and how not all periods are th...

Dylan Glynn from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.794462

Dylan Glynn (@DylanGlynn) shares RAIN BOY, his picture book debut, and BE AMAZING, written by Desmond is Amazing. In RAIN BOY, the title character is ridiculed at a party for bringing everything do...

Matthew Cordell (2020) from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.788883

Matthew Cordell (@cordellmatthew) shares HELLO, NEIGHBOR!: THE KIND AND CARING WORLD OF MR. ROGERS. Matt was first on the show back in 2015 for a book called WISH. At the time I used to close each ...

Aram Kim from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.782490

Aram Kim (@StudioAram) shares LET’S GO TO TAEKWONDO!, a picture book that follows the same characters we met in NO KIMCHI FOR ME! into a setting not just about learning the martial arts, but also a...

Commitment to Black Lives Matter from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.781504

I want to take a moment to speak directly to all of you about recent events. Eric Garner. Michael Brown. Trayvon Martin. Freddie Gray. Janet Wilson. Pamela Turner. Christopher Whitfield. Breonna Ta...

Jewell Parker Rhodes (2020) from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.780501

Jewell Parker Rhodes (@jewell_p_rhodes) shares BLACK BROTHER, BLACK BROTHER. In her new middle grade novel, Jewell explores colorism, the school-to-prison pipeline, the history of Alexandre Dumas, ...

Derrick Barnes - I Am Every Good Thing from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.774414

Derrick Barnes (@Author_DDB) shares I AM EVERY GOOD THING and We're joined by my 4th and 5th grade podcast cohosts. CROWN: AN ODE TO THE FRESH CUT was received widely with praise and fanfare and aw...

Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw - Papa Brings Me the World from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.773504

Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (@KosteckiShaw) shares PAPA BRINGS ME THE WORLD with a team of 5th grade student co-hosts. There’s a part in all of us that longs for opportunities granted with age, but for...

Christina Soontornvat - A Wish in the Dark from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.767593

Christina Soontornvat (@soontornvat) shares A WISH IN THE DARK. Christina’s newest middle grade novel brings readers to a city on the brink of revolution. For Pong, Nok, and Soomkit, there is much ...

Tameka Fryer Brown - Brown Baby Lullaby from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.766369

Tameka Fryer Brown (@teebrownkidlit) shares BROWN BABY LULLABY, illustrated by AG Ford. It’s a story about the intimacy of new parenthood, that time when everything else disappears and the whole wo...

Kelly Starling Lyons - Going Down Home with Daddy from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.711698

Kelly Starling Lyons (@kelstarly) shares GOING DOWN HOME WITH DADDY. Kelly is a wonder to me. Her books live in nearly every collection of our school library. Her JADA JONES series is so well-loved...

Farhana Zia - Lali's Feather from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.710399

Farhana Zia shares LALI’S FEATHER, illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman and published by Peachtree Publishing Company. It’s a story about a girl who finds a feather and sets about trying to find ...

Rashmi Bismark - Finding Om from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.701667

Rashmi Bismark (@rashmibismark) shares FINDING OM, her debut picture book illustrated by Morgan Huff and published by Mango & Marigold Press. In the story, Anu explores the mantra Om with her much-...

Tami Charles - All Because You Matter from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.689685

Tami Charles (@TamiWritesStuff) shares ALL BECAUSE YOU MATTER, a new picture book illustrated by Bryan Collier. Tami wrote this book for her son while thinking how to protect him from the crueltie...

Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright - Twins from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.683351

Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright share TWINS, an all new middle grade graphic novel. It’s fair to say that both Varian and Shannon put a lot of themselves into making this comic, but what surprise...

Connie Schofield-Morrison and Frank Morrison - I Got the School Spirit from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.681582

Connie Schofield-Morrison and Frank Morrison share I GOT THE SCHOOL SPIRIT. This book and others in the series star a spirited girl named Miraculous and her luminous ability to bring joy, space, an...

Wendell Minor - Southwest Sunrise from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.596264

Wendell Minor shares SOUTHWEST SUNRISE, a new picture book written by Nikki Grimes. Wendell has worked on many widely recognized books and is a longtime collaborator with several prolific authors, ...

Marilyn Singer - Ways To Say I Love You from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.594908

Marilyn Singer shares WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU, illustrated by Alette Straathof. WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU is a beautiful, inclusive story about animals courting and finding their mate. And it's about h...

KA Holt - BenBee and the Teacher Griefer from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.593886

KA Holt shares BENBEE AND THE TEACHER GRIEFER. KA’s first book in the KIDS UNDER THE STAIRS series introduces readers to Ben B., Ben Y., Javier, and Jordan, four children forced to take a summer sc...

Lamar Giles - The Legendary Alston Boys Adventures from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.588677

Lamar Giles shares the LEGENDARY ALSTON BOYS ADVENTURES and THE LAST MIRROR ON THE LEFT, the most recent book in the series. I connected hard with the Alston Boys and am all-in for every page turn ...

Yesenia Moises - Stella's Stellar Hair from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.587698

Yesenia Moises shares STELLA’s STELLAR HAIR, her debut picture book as both author and illustrator. There has been a surge of wonderful picture books featuring Black girls and boys and centering on...

Vincent X. Kirsch - From Archie to Zack from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.581302

Vincent X. Kirsch shares FROM ARCHIE TO ZACK. I feel the need to be completely frank with you here. There are so many wonderful picture books out there and so many great stories of boys crushing on...

Nikki Grimes - Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.580186

Nikki Grimes, poet author and longtime friend of the podcast, shares LEGACY: WOMEN POETS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE. Nikki’s new book showcases poems from the Harlem Renaissance written by Black wom...

Raúl The Third - ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.573805

Raúl The Third is no stranger to the podcast, but the books he brings to share today are easily some of my favorite work he’s done yet. ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market and ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat are t...

Duncan Tonatiuh - Feather Serpent and the Five Suns from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.572796

Duncan Tonatiuh shares Feather Serpent and the Five Suns, a creation story using Duncan’s iconic pre-Columbian Meso-American-influenced art style that takes readers into the depths of Mictl?n, the ...

Ilima Loomis and Kenard Pak - Ohana Means Family from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.571888

Ilima Loomis and Kenard Pak share Ohana Means Family. Poi is an important and traditional food to native Hawaiian islanders, made from taro, and in this building rhyme story a family prepares the p...

Ilyasah Shabazz - The Awakening of Malcolm X from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.564895

Today I am joined by Ilyasah Shabazz, author of The Awakening of Malcolm X, written with Tiffany D. Jackson. Bryan Stevenson said “We are all more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.” And yet our...

Carole Boston Weatherford - Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.563979

Today, with a full and grateful heart, I am welcoming back to the podcast Carole Boston Weatherford, author of Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, illustrated by Floyd Cooper. May 31st, 2021 mark...

We'll Be Back from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.562774

This is the Children’s Book Podcast. I’m Matthew Winner. Your host, guide, and companion. I started this podcast in July of 2013 and have since published over 700 episodes on this RSS feed. I’ve sp...

Simone Biles, GOAT from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.558676

The rhinestone-emblazoned leotard worn by Simone Biles boasts GOAT, greatest of all time, and if you have any doubt about the 24-year-old gymnast or the path that led her to where she stands today,...

At the 2020 Paralympics from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.554621

The 2020 Paralympics are currently underway in Tokyo, following the 2020 Olympic Games. What sets the Paralympic Games and their athletes apart from the Olympic games? The answer is Worth Noting.

Are Banned Books the Problem? from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.550482

Last October, the all-white school board of the Central York School District in York, Pennsylvania, unanimously banned a list of educational resources. The books included on this list are Worth Not...

The Harm in Historical Reenactments from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.549553

Historical reenactments can be a way to bring history to life for students as well as for sightseers visiting historical landmarks. But the harm and the trauma that can be reintroduced in doing so ...

Voter Access and the January 6th Insurrection from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.548545

On January 6, 2021, and for the first time in our nation’s history, the US Capitol was invaded. The results of this insurrection and the impact on voter access to millions across our nation is Wort...

The Tonga Undersea Volcano Eruption from 2022-02-21T10:28:52.543586

The Kingdom of Tonga in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and Fiji, is made up of around 170 islands. On January 15, 2022, several islands were impacted by the massive eruption of a...

Love for Others (A Kids Mindful Moment) from 2022-01-29T08:00

Introducing A Kids Mindful Moment, supporting healthy minds, bodies, and spirits. In this preview, we share “Love for Others”, a big picture meditation.

Unplugging from Tech (A Kids Mindful Moment) from 2022-01-22T08:00

Introducing A Kids Mindful Moment, supporting healthy minds, bodies, and spirits. In this preview, we share “Unplugging from Tech”, a situational meditation.

I Am Love (A Kids Mindful Moment) from 2022-01-15T08:00

Introducing A Kids Mindful Moment, supporting healthy minds, bodies, and spirits. In this preview, we share “I Am Love”, an affirmations meditation.

Chris Barton from 2021-12-19T06:17:05.576855

Chris Barton (@Bartography), author of The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch (@eerdmansbooks),  Shark vs. Train, and The Day-Glo Brothers, stops by to talk about board book-chewing enthusiasts, the 150...

Linda Mullaly Hunt from 2021-10-06T04:53:04.461378

Lynda Mullaly Hunt (@LynMullalyHunt), author of Fish in a Tree (@PenguinKids), stops by to talk about the real Mr. Daniels, the power and weight of a smile, and what it means to know that a teacher...

S.B. 8 and Losing the Right to Choose from 2021-09-24T07:00

Earlier this month, Texas legislators passed Senate Bill 8, making abortions illegal after the sixth week of pregnancy. How this bill was written and the implications it can have on abortion rights...

Can Schools Require Masks? from 2021-09-17T07:00

The Delta variant is spreading quickly across the United States, and COVID cases are on the rise. So why are some schools requiring all students wear masks while others are banning such mandates? T...

The 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks from 2021-09-10T07:00

Twenty years ago, on September 11, 2001, a major event happened in the United States in New York City, the effects of which we are still confronting today. That event is Worth Noting.

Rethinking Mascots from 2021-08-27T07:00

The Cleveland baseball team, known for over a century as the Indians, is getting a name change for the 2022 season. The reason behind the decision is Worth Noting.

Climate Change Forcing Tribal Relocation from 2021-08-20T07:00

Rising sea levels are affecting tens of thousands of lives along the coasts across the globe. How is climate change impacting the people of the Quinault Indian Nation, located on land now called th...

Not In My Class from 2021-08-13T07:00

It’s back-to-school season for many of the nation’s 73 million children, but in Texas—and in other parts of the country—what’s being taught in the classroom about our nation’s history is under ques...

Cece Bell from 2021-08-13T02:22:24.669951

Cece Bell (@CeceBellBooks), author of El Deafo (@AbramsKids), the Sock Monkey series, and Rabbit and Robot, stops by to talk about creating an alter ego, being meek, mild, and nonconfrontational, a...

Introducing Worth Noting from 2021-07-25T07:00

Introducing Worth Noting, a kids podcast about current events. Join me, Matthew Winner, each week for a look at what’s going on in the world and how it impacts you and others. From scientific break...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - January 4, 2015 from 2021-07-24T00:38:43.778744

Five books reviewed in five minutes. 
- Before After by Anne-Margot Ramstein and Matthias Aregui
- Wall by Tom Clohosy Cole
- Up & Down: a lift-the-flap book by Britta Teckentrup
- ...

BONUS: Swimming Caps for All from 2021-07-22T12:26:21

This bonus episode is presented by A Kids Podcast About.

BONUS: Evelyn Talks About Sexual Abuse from 2021-04-19T13:36:44

Evelyn Yang, author of A Kids Book About Sexual Abuse, talks in the newest episode of A Kids Book About: The Podcast about speaking up in any situation that makes you feel uncomfortable. In it, I a...

Jason June and Lori Richmond - Porcupine Cupid from 2021-03-29T07:00

Jason June and Lori Richmond share Porcupine Cupid. Jason June talks of the magic we create when we’re connected and this story laces that magic throughout. Much like Porcupine Cupid, Jason June is...

Archaa Shrivastav - We Are Little Feminists: Families from 2021-03-25T07:00

Archaa Shrivastav is the author of Families, Hair, and On-The-Go, three delightful board books in the We Are Little Feminists series. And We Are Little Feminists: Families is the 2021 recipient of...

Soyeon Kim - Once Upon an Hour from 2021-03-22T07:00

Today I’m welcoming to the podcast by Soyeon Kim, illustrator of Once Upon an Hour, Sukaq and the Raven, You are Never Alone, and A Last Goodbye. Soyeon’s diorama illustrations are unlike anything ...

Melissa Stewart - Ick! Delightfully Disgusting Animal Dinners, Dwellings, and Defenses from 2021-03-18T07:00

Melissa Stewart, the author of Ick!: Delightfully Disgusting Animal Dinners, Dwellings, and Defenses and the editor of Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep. Melissa is an unwavering advocate for nonfiction...

Eric Gansworth - Apple (Skin to the Core) from 2021-03-15T07:00

Eric Gansworth shares Apple (Skin to the Core). Eric’s memoir in pictures and verse is also an exceptional audiobook which Eric reads himself. It’s a privilege for me to bring you this conversation...

Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith - I Talk Like a River from 2021-03-11T08:00

Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith share I Talk Like a River, a most exceptional picture book by two most exceptional individuals. If you have not yet come to know I Talk Like a River, I can think of no...

Monique Gray Smith and Nicole Neidhardt - When We Are Kind from 2021-02-26T08:00

Monique Gray Smith and Nicole Neidhardt share WHEN WE ARE KIND. This book is a beautiful rumination on what it feels like when we are kind and when someone or something is kind to us. Monique talks...

Shane W. Evans - My Friend! from 2021-02-23T08:00

Shane W. Evans shares shares MY FRIEND!, his latest picture book with his best pal Taye Diggs. This book has such terrific rhythmic language, made only greater by Shane’s beautiful and evocative co...

Lulu Delacre - Luci Soars from 2021-02-19T08:00

Lulu Delacre shares LUCI SOARS. Lulu and I have been talking about recording a podcast for a long while now, but I’ve got to say that LUCI SOARS was the very perfect book to bring us together. This...

David Levithan - The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as Told to His Brother) from 2021-02-16T08:00

David Levithan shares THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AIDAN S. (AS TOLD TO HIS BROTHER). It’s David’s middle grade debut and the premise rests on what it means to tell your truth and what it means ...

The 2021 Sydney Taylor Book Awards from 2021-02-12T08:00

Today’s episode is produced in partnership with the Association of Jewish Libraries as we celebrate the winners of the 2021 Sydney Taylor Book Award, recognizing outstanding books for children and ...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - June 14, 2015 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Five (plus) books reviewed in five (plus) minutes.

- Ruffer's Birthday Party  Listen

Let's Get Busy with author Megan Jean Sovern. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Megan Jean Sovern (@MeganJeanSovern), author of The Meaning of Maggie (@ChronicleKids), stops by to talk about getting to know your characters, her past life as an advertising copyright...

Nic Stone from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Nic Stone (@getnicced) shares ODD ONE OUT, a young adult novel whose story centers on the dynamic between three friends: Courtney “Coop” Cooper, Jupi...

Let's Get Busy talking crowdsourcing with IncitED. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We talk with Jaime Wood and Peter Lindberg of IncitED, the crowdfunding community for education, and their mission to change the world one classroom at a time.

Melanie Gillman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Melanie Gillman shares AS THE CROW FLIES, a graphic novel following a group of queer teens who meet while stuck on a week-long Christian youth camp backpacking trip. AS THE CROW FLIES is a full-...

Let's Get Busy playing Evanced Games. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We talk with Lindsey Hill, Reading Engagement Innovator for Evanced Games about why kids are so good at video games and how being a teacher lends itself well to game design.

Let's Get Busy talking Genius Hour. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We talk with Chris Kesler and Suzanna Panter about Genius Hour, the incredible capactiy of kids, and rethinking the role of educators in the academic success and support of our students.

Hilary Leung from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Hilary Leung (@hilary_leung) is the author/illustrator of WILL GIRAFFE LAUGH?, the fourth in a series about a friend group of animals and their in...

Francesca Sanna from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Francesca Sanna (@Frenci_San) is the author and illustrator of ME AND MY FEAR, a new picture book about how fear manifests in us, takes root, and, i...

Peter Sís - Nicky & Vera from 2021-01-29T03:00

Peter Sís shares NICKY & VERA: The Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued. Peter has had a storied career in children’s literature with many, many beloved books on many, many libra...

Anastasia Higginbotham - What You Don't Know from 2021-01-26T03:00

Anastasia Higginbotham shares WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW: A Story of Liberated Childhood. It wasn’t that long ago that Anastasia joined me on the podcast to talk about NOT MY IDEA: A Book About Whiteness....

Natasha Yim - Luna's Yum Yum Dim Sum from 2021-01-19T03:00

Natasha Yim shares LUNA’s YUM YUM DIM SUM, a new picture book written by Natasha and illustrated by Violet Kim. Natasha talks about being invited to submit a story for the Storytelling Math series ...

Jackie Azúa Kramer and Cindy Derby - The Boy and the Gorilla from 2021-01-15T03:00

Jackie Azua Kramer and Cindy Derby share THE BOY AND THE GORILLA, a book about a difficult topic, and one handled with great grace and care. It’s a story that addresses the “800 pound gorilla in th...

Susan Kusel and Sean Rubin - The Passover Guest from 2021-01-12T01:06:38

Susan Kusel and Sean Rubin share THE PASSOVER GUEST, a new picture book that takes place in Depression-era DC and follows a young girl named Muriel home from the Tidal Basin to her parent’s empty t...

Michelle Meadows and Ebony Glenn - Flying High from 2020-12-29T16:45:37

Michelle Meadows and Ebony Glenn share FLYING HIGH: THE STORY OF GYMNASTICS CHAMPION SIMONE BILES. Michelle’s skill at crafting detailed and engaging biographies for the very young in rhythmic, rhy...

Cathy Camper - Ten Ways to Hear Snow from 2020-12-22T03:00

Cathy Camper shares TEN WAYS TO HEAR SNOW, her debut picture book illustrated by Kenard Pak. A child named Lina heads out across a newly snow-laden neighborhood to visit her grandmother at an assis...

Victoria Bond - Zora & Me: The Summoner from 2020-12-18T03:00

Victoria Bond shares ZORA & ME: THE SUMMONER, the 3rd and final book in the ZORA & ME trilogy, co-authored by T.R. Simon and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. Victoria shares about starting w...

Meg Medina - Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away from 2020-12-15T03:00

Meg Medina shares EVELYN DEL REY IS MOVING AWAY, illustrated by Sonia Sanchez. Meg has written many, many beautiful books, but this latest picture book is one that really moved me in a way I wasn’t...

Christopher Paul Curtis - The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 from 2020-11-24T03:00

Christopher Paul Curtis shares THE WATSON GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963, celebrating its 25th anniversary. Christopher Paul Curtis is the author of many widely-loved and critically-acclaimed books includ...

Arthur A. Levine - The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol from 2020-11-20T03:50:18

Arthur A. Levine shares THE HANUKKAH MAGIC OF NATE GADOL, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. When Arthur and I last spoke at ALA midwinter 2020 in Philadelphia, it was to launch Levine Querido, the indep...

Jelani Memory and Company - A Kids Book About from 2020-11-17T03:00

Jelani Memory and company share titles from A KIDS BOOK ABOUT. Jelani is the founder of A KIDS BOOK ABOUT, an innovative company bringing difficult conversations to readers through lived experience...

Oliver Jeffers - What We'll Build from 2020-11-10T03:00

Oliver Jeffers shares WHAT WE'LL BUILD. In many ways it is a love letter to his daughter about our future together, in relationship with one another, and all that our collective knowledge and colle...

Thrity Umrigar - Sugar in Milk from 2020-10-27T02:00

Thrity Umrigar shares SUGAR IN MILK and BINNY’S DIWALI. These books represent two different strands of Thrity's life this year, as she puts it. Artist Khoa Le lends exquisite illustrations to SUGAR...

Zetta Elliott - A Place Inside of Me from 2020-10-26T03:08:37

Zetta Elliott shares A PLACE INSIDE OF ME. Zetta is a force on this earth and I had the good great fortune to connect with her to discuss A PLACE INSIDE OF ME, her new picture book illustrated by N...

Eva Chen - Roxy the Last Unisaurus Rex from 2020-10-23T12:27:39

Eva Chen shares 3 2 1 AWESOME! and ROXY THE LAST UNISAURUS REX. Eva’s JUNO VALENTINE series brings forth the world of fashion in an inviting and inclusive way that Eva herself describes as somethin...

Fred Bowen and James Ransome - Gridiron from 2020-10-19T02:06:38

Fred Bowen and James Ransome share GRIDIRON: STORIES FROM 100 YEARS OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. GRIDIRON is a work of love and devotion and history and fandom. It tells in a collection of brie...

Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton - Julie's Library from 2020-10-13T01:25:13

Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton share JULIE'S LIBRARY. Julie Andrews is a woman who needs no introduction, so perhaps you’ll humor me as we do this a little differently. You, I’m guessing, h...

Deborah Wiles - Kent State from 2020-09-29T03:15:04

Deborah Wiles (@DeborahWiles101) shares KENT STATE. Deborah is known for a great number of outstanding middle grade novels, but her YA debut is one that I believe will fully stop you in your tracks...

Meera Sriram - A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India from 2020-09-25T02:00

Meera Sriram (@Meeratsriram) shares A GIFT FROM AMMA: MARKET DAY IN INDIA, illustrated by Marionna Cabassa. I am always keeping an eye out for books that take the familiar and reshape and reshare i...

Frank Murphy and Kayla Harren - A Girl Like You from 2020-09-22T02:00

Frank Murphy (@frankmurphy2009) and Kayla Harren share A GIRL LIKE YOU, co-authored with his wife Carla Murphy. Frank affirms with this sequel to A BOY LIKE YOU why the world needs every kind of ki...

Adam Gidwitz and Emma Otheguy - The Madre de Aguas of Cuba from 2020-09-19T20:41:55

Adam Gidwitz (@AdamGidwitz) and Emma Otheguy (@EmmaOtheguy) share THE MADRE de AGUAS OF CUBA, book #5 in the UNICORN RESCUE SOCIETY series, illustrated by Hatem Aly. If you have been following alon...

Samara Cole Doyon and Kaylani Juanita - Magnificent Homespun Brown from 2020-09-15T01:48:31

Samara Cole Doyon (@HeartRoot_Fire) and Kaylani Juanita (@kaylanijuanita) share MAGNIFICENT HOMESPUN BROWN. This picture book is so many things and, whether you are reading it the first time or the...

Mike Curato - Flamer from 2020-08-25T01:17:11

Mike Curato (@MikeCurato) shares FLAMER, his YA graphic novel about a boy at scout camp the summer of 1995. This book is a lot of things. It’s a coming-of-age story. It confronts ideas of racism an...

Lynnette Mawhinney - Lulu the One and Only from 2020-08-21T11:29:15

Lynnette Mawhinney (@lkmawhinney) shares LULU THE ONE AND ONLY, her debut picture book. There is a lot to be said for the question, “What are you?” It’s a question that dehumanizes the person at wh...

Chad Sell - Doodleville from 2020-08-18T02:46:27

Chad Sell (@chadsell01) is the co-creator of the CARDBOARD KINGDOM series and author-illustrator of DOODLEVILLE. In the world of DOODLEVILLE, doodles take on a literal life of their own. What you c...

Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan - A Place at the Table from 2020-08-10T22:51:08

Saadia Faruqi (@SaadiaFaruqi) and Laura Shovan (@LauraShovan) share A PLACE AT THE TABLE. This new middle grade novel in two voices examines the growing awareness of who you are outside of your fam...

Alice Faye Duncan and Charnelle Pinkney Barlow - Just Like a Mama from 2020-07-31T11:41:23

Alice Faye Duncan (@AliceFa41743636) and debut children’s book illustrator Charnelle Pinkney Barlow share JUST LIKE A MAMA. JUST LIKE A MAMA shines a light on caregivers and children not connected ...

Juana Medina - Juana and Lucas from 2020-07-28T14:11:34

Juana Medina (@juanamedina) shares JUANA AND LUCAS: BIG PROBLEMAS. The JUANA AND LUCAS series are among my favorite chapter books ever. Juana, as it turns out, is also one of my favorite people. We...

Lil Miss Hot Mess - The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish from 2020-07-25T00:06:42

Lil Miss Hot Mess (@LilMissHotMess) shares about her debut picture book, THE HIPS ON THE DRAG QUEEN GO SWISH, SWISH, SWISH. Lil Miss Hot Mess has been performing in drag for many years now, more th...

Rahele Jomepour Bell - Our Favorite Day of the Year from 2020-07-21T03:05:34

Rahele Jomepour Bell (@RaheleJomepour) shares OUR FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR, a new picture book written by author A. E. Ali that takes place in a classroom where every child’s favorite holiday is ce...

Flavia Z. Drago - Gustavo the Shy Ghost from 2020-07-14T01:30:20

Flavia Z. Drago (@Diafla) shares GUSTAVO THE SHY GHOST. In her debut picture book, Flavia tells the story of Gustavo, a ghost who really wants company and to be around friends, but when he’s around...

Valerie Bolling - Let's Dance! from 2020-07-10T23:28:55

Valerie Bolling (@valerie_bolling) shares LET'S DANCE! with a team of 5th grade student co-hosts. Valerie’s debut picture book is called LET’S DANCE  and it’s illustrated by Maine Diaz. All told, t...

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow - Your Name is a Song from 2020-06-29T23:37:49

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (@jtbigelow) shares YOUR NAME IS A SONG and my 4th and 5th grade podcast students join as cohosts! Jamilah’s newest picture book is illustrated by Luisa Uribe, and Luisa’s...

Sonja K. Solter from 2020-06-26T20:02:09

Sonja K. Solter (@SolterK) shares WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW. Tori, our young protagonist, tells us her story, beginning with why she does not want anything to do with uncle Andy. But it’s those aro...

Seamus Kirst from 2020-06-23T23:57:19

Seamus Kirst (@SeamusKirst) shares PAPA, DADDY, & RILEY, which is illustrated by Devon Holzwarth. This book, I think, speaks to a question many of our kids ask themselves: “Is my family right? Is t...

Danielle Dufayet from 2020-06-20T14:22:09

Danielle Dufayet (@DanielleDufayet) shares YOU ARE YOUR STRONG and FANTASTIC YOU!. I first connected with YOU ARE YOUR STRONG, Danielle’s debut picture book, when I was moved by the way her text ga...

Anastasia Higginbotham from 2020-06-16T00:01:22

Anastasia Higginbotham (@AHigginBooks) shares NOT MY IDEA: A BOOK ABOUT WHITENESS. Anastasia’s Ordinary Terrible Things book series has taken on the topics of divorce, death, and sex using straight...

Michael Genhart from 2020-06-12T13:40:12

Michael Genhart (@MGenhart) shares ACCORDIONLY, a picture book about two grandfathers with, at first glance, not a whole lot in common. What they do share is not only a love of the accordion but, m...

Charles Waters from 2020-05-31T14:34

Charles Waters (@waterscharles) shares DICTIONARY FOR A BETTER WORLD: POEMS, QUOTES, AND ANECDOTES FROM A TO Z. Charles and Irene Latham were last on this podcast two years ago to share CAN I TOUCH...

Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed from 2020-05-26T14:35:01

Victoria Jamieson (@JamiesonV) and Omar Mohamed (@dantey114) share WHEN STARS ARE SCATTERED, a graphic novel based on Omar's experience as a Somalian refugee Kenya. Omar's story is one that you won...

Hallee Adelman from 2020-05-22T14:11:35

Hallee Adelman (@HalleeAdelman) shares WAY PAST MAD and THE QUIET SHIP. Hallee’s books reflect big emotions and normalizing these big emotions we feel. WAY PAST MAD involves the quickly escalating ...

Bethan Woollvin (2020) from 2020-05-19T14:07:54

Bethan Woollvin (@bethanwoollvin) shares BO THE BRAVE, a new picture book about a young princess on the hunt for monsters. All of Bethan’s picture books up to this point have been retellings of wel...

Irene Latham, Karim Shamsi-Basha, and Yuko Shimizu from 2020-05-15T13:59:37

Irene Latham (@Irene_Latham), Karim Shamsi-Basha (@arabinalabama), and Yuko Shimizu (@yukoart) share THE CAT MAN OF ALEPPO. This true story is set in Syria in the town of Aleppo during recent warti...

Introducing... Bookclub! from 2020-05-12T02:00

Hello my beautiful booknerds.  I am hard at work on another batch of episodes to share with all of you and I am really, really excited about what’s coming up. There is no shortage of truly stunning...

Connecting with the Soaring '20s from 2020-04-30T23:43:19

I gave the Soaring ‘20s High Flying Picture Book Debuts group the keys to the podcast for the week. Today a group of kidlit bookmakers is answering the question, “What ways do you hope readers and ...

Moments from Childhood with the Soaring '20s from 2020-04-30T01:39:42

It’s our 4th day with the members of the  Soaring ‘20s High Flying Picture Book Debuts and we are going all the way back to childhood! Today a group of kidlit bookmakers is answering the question, ...

Getting Down to Details with the Soaring '20s from 2020-04-29T03:22:46

The Soaring ‘20s High Flying Picture Book Debuts return for day 3 of 5, taking over this here humble podcast space! And today it’s all about the details! Writers and illustrators take in their surr...

Learning from Writing and Illustrating with the Soaring '20s from 2020-04-27T21:25:06

It’s Day 2 of the Soaring ‘20s High Flying Picture Book Debuts! Today a group of kidlit bookmakers is answering the question, “What did writing or illustrating your book teach you about your craft ...

Experiencing the World with the Soaring '20s from 2020-04-27T02:07:10

It’s my first ever podcast takeover! Let’s get into it! The Soaring ‘20s High Flying Picture Book Debuts feature some really outstanding books by kidlit authors and illustrators debuting in 2020. T...

Torrey Maldonado from 2020-04-24T17:35:51

Torrey Maldonado (@TorreyMaldonado) shares WHAT LANE?!. This is a story about Stephen, a young black boy trying to find his way, one circumstance at a time. It’s a story about a neighborhood and a ...

Mahogany L. Browne from 2020-04-21T13:58:06

Mahogany L. Browne (@mobrowne) shares WOKE: A YOUNG POET’S CALL TO JUSTICE, written with Elizabeth Acevedo and Olivia Gatwood and illustrated by Theodore Taylor III. This evocative picture book com...

Jillian Tamaki from 2020-04-17T14:06:11

Jillian Tamaki (@dirtbagg) shares MY BEST FRIEND, written by Julie Fogliano. Jillian won a Caldecott honor for her art in THIS ONE SUMMER, a graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki, her cousin. She ...

Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade from 2020-04-14T14:30

Carole Lindstrom (@CaroleLindstrom) and Michaela Goade (@MichaelaGoade) share WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS.  The story was inspired by Standing Rock, by indigenous people fighting pipelines and fracking...

Tami Charles and Jacqueline Alcántara from 2020-04-11T14:04:28

Tami Charles (@TamiWritesStuff) and Jacqueline Alcántara (@_jacqueline_ill) share FREEDOM SOUP. What food traditions do you have in your family? And how do these traditions speak to your family’s h...

Minh Lê (2020) from 2020-03-31T14:47:01

Minh Lê (@bottomshelfbks) shares GREEN LANTERN: LEGACY, a brand new graphic novel from DC Kids. Stepping into the DC universe was an experience for Minh and how he made his mark was something truly...

Katrina Moore (2020) from 2020-03-27T12:22:51

Katrina Moore (@kmoorebooks) shares ONE HUG and GRANDPA GRUMPS. ONE HUG is Katrina’s picture book debut. It’s about what a hug can mean to someone else and speaks to the nature of hugs as a means o...

Ryan Andrews from 2020-03-24T12:01:24

Ryan Andrews (@HeyRyanA) shares THIS WAS OUR PACT, a graphic novel about a band of friends determined to see where the lanterns end up after being sent down the river by the folks in their town as ...

Kidlit These Days Combats the Coronavirus from 2020-03-22T21:21:53

 I cohost a podcast on Book Riot called Kidlit These Days, where we examine the intersection between current events and children’s literature. It’s a lot of fun and feels like the most NPR thing I’...

Deborah Marcero (2020) from 2020-03-19T20:30:54

Deborah Marcero (@deborahmarcero) shares IN A JAR, a picture book about storing memories, shared or gathered on your own. It’s about making what’s distant near. There’s something very special about...

Scott Simon from 2020-03-17T11:46:35

Recorded live at ALA Midwinter 2020, Scott Simon shares SUNNYSIDE PLAZA, his middle grade debut about a group home for developmentally disabled adults. The story is loosely based on Scott’s own chi...

We Are Little Feminists from 2020-03-10T10:16:40

Little Feminist Book Club (@Little_Feminist) team founder Britt Murlas and educational director Archaa Shrivastav join me to share the WE ARE LITTLE FEMINISTS board book series, including HAIR, FAM...

Helena Ku Rhee from 2020-02-28T16:04:37

Helena Ku Rhee (@HelenaRhee) shares THE PAPER KINGDOM, a new picture book illustrated by Pascal Campion. In our conversation Helena talks about the invisible people of our society or, rather, those...

Weshoyot Alvitre from 2020-02-25T01:58:03

Weshoyot Alvitre (@weshoyot) shares AT THE MOUNTAIN’S BASE, a poetic story written by Traci Sorell and illustrated by Weshoyot about a family nervously awaiting the return of a family member servin...

Nikki Grimes (2020) from 2020-02-21T13:48:02

Nikki Grimes (@nikkigrimes9) shares ORDINARY HAZARDS, a memoir in verse that has not only garnered six starred reviews on top of being named a Michael L. Printz Honor Book, and a Robert F. Sibert I...

Kat Leyh from 2020-02-18T04:11:47

Kat Leyh (@kaymlay) shares SNAPDRAGON, solo debut graphic novel about a girl named Snap, an old lady named Jacks (who might actually be a witch), and a favor that turns into something of an apprent...

Introducing Levine Querido from 2020-02-14T16:53:08

Today I’m welcoming Arthur A. Levine (@ArthurALevine1), head of Levine Querido and a publisher and advocate responsible for bringing many widely loved books in our world and in front of our readers...

The 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Awards from 2020-02-11T03:00

There are countless individuals working throughout publishing to center historically marginalized voices. Perhaps none do it more publicly or with greater lasting impact than those serving on award...

Redefining the Boy Hero (NCTE panel) from 2020-01-31T21:16:04

Last November I had the esteemed privilege of moderating a panel at NCTE, the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of English. The panel was titled “Redefining the Boy Hero: Empowe...

Readers' Thoughts on Reading from 2020-01-28T20:19:43

Today I am joined by a team of 3rd graders at my school. Specifically, these are 3rd graders who signed up to take a podcasting class with me. You may have heard them on previous episodes interview...

Frané Lessac from 2020-01-21T03:30:52

Frané Lessac (@franelessac) shares UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS and UNDER THE MILKY WAY. Frané has made many beautiful books, but it was Traci Sorell’s debut picture book, WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA...

Elizabeth Zunon from 2020-01-17T17:03:01

Elizabeth Zunon (@ElizabethZunon) shares BEDTIME FOR SWEET CREATURES, which is written by Nikki Grimes. It is a bedtime story of a parent telling the story of putting her child to bed. Elizabeth’s ...

Angela Joy from 2020-01-14T02:34:45

Angela Joy shares BLACK IS A RAINBOW COLOR. This beautiful book, illustrated by one-to-watch and the one-to-wow Ekua Holmes, is Angela’s debut to the children’s book world. The book answers a quest...

Introducing Matthew in the Stacks from 2019-12-30T02:53:39

Let's get up-to-date on plans for the podcast in 2020, including the introduction of Matthew In The Stacks, a brand new podcast available to Patrons. This show follows an ask-me-anything style form...

Jin Xiaojing from 2019-12-27T03:00

Jin Xiaojing shares I MISS MY GRANDPA. This stunning picture book examines remembering a lost loved one through the memories and characteristics of other family members. It is without doubt a book ...

Julie Fogliano from 2019-12-24T16:04:16

Julie Fogliano (@oneredhen) shares JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO FLY, illustrated by Christian Robinson. Julie’s stories express themselves in poetic verse and they are some of my most beloved on our bo...

Thanku Contributors from 2019-12-18T14:47:14

Today I invited contributors of THANKU: POEMS OF GRATITUDE to share their work with you today. This picture book, beautifully illustrated by Marlena Myles and edited by Miranda Paul, is something r...

Adam Rex (2019) from 2019-12-13T14:26:58

Adam Rex (@MrAdamRex) shares ARE YOU SCARED, DARTH VADER?, which is nominated for our state book award. Adam also shares PLUTO GETS THE CALL, which is illustrated by Laurie Keller. Exploring fear, ...

Gilly Segal (Live at the Baltimore Book Festival) from 2019-12-10T11:26:13

Gilly Segal (@really_gilly) shares I’M NOT DYING WITH YOU TONIGHT. This episode was recorded live at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland as part of the Baltimore Book Festival. Kimberly Jones, ...

Paula Chase from 2019-11-30T15:42:13

Paula Chase shares DOUGH BOYS, her latest novel and a companion to SO DONE. There are not an abundance of stories reflecting the diversity of black identity. Many stories being published today cent...

Mina Javaherbin from 2019-11-26T16:36:48

Mina Javaherbin (@minajuna) shares MY GRANDMA AND ME, her latest picture book. The story weaves memories from Mina’s own childhood with the observation of what your heritage brings to a place. Mina...

Ricardo Cortés from 2019-11-19T01:25:10

Ricardo Cortés (@Rmcortes) shares PARTY: A MYSTERY. When my students first read PARTY: A MYSTERY they were stunned, they had lots and lots of questions, and they were each confident that he or she ...

Joanna Rudnick from 2019-11-15T04:46:03

Joanna Rudnick shares STORY AND PICTURES BY, a feature-length documentary exploring the power and reach of children's picture books through the lens of three of today's most original authors/illus...

Karina Yan Glaser from 2019-11-12T02:46:25

Karina Yan Glaser (@KarinaYanGlaser) shares THE VANDERBEEKERS TO THE RESCUE. In her third and latest installment in the VANDERBEEKERS series the five Vanderbeeker children find themselves in dire c...

Hena Khan (2019) from 2019-10-31T16:00

Hena Khan (@henakhanbooks) shares MORE TO THE STORY, a novel is inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women and centering on a Pakistani-American family with four daughters: Jameela, Aleeza, Bisma...

Laurel Snyder and Chuck Groenink from 2019-10-29T02:46:35

Laurel Snyder (@LaurelSnyder) and Chuck Groenink (@ChuckGroenink) share HUNGRY JIM. In this new picture book, a boy awakens to realize that he is a lion... and that he is hungry. Moreover, his appe...

Celia C. Pérez from 2019-10-22T02:00

Celia C. Pérez (@CeliaCPerez) shares STRANGE BIRDS: A FIELD GUIDE TO RUFFLING FEATHERS. Celia’s sophomore release is about four girls and one hat that bonded them in sororal friendship. It’s about ...

Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic from 2019-10-20T13:17:02

Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic (@grubreport) shares THE END OF SOMETHING WONDERFUL. Stephanie’s debut takes on a challenging topic through a compassionate voice. The death of a pet can be practice for c...

Tonya Engel from 2019-10-15T02:00

Tonya Engel (@tonyaengel) shares RISE! FROM CAGED BIRD TO POET OF THE PEOPLE, MAYA ANGELOU, written by Bethany Hegedus. Tonya talks about allowing her stream of consciousness to guide her when crea...

Ishta Mercurio and Jen Corace from 2019-09-27T10:41:24

Ishta Mercurio (@IshtaWrites) and Jen Corace (@corachacha) share SMALL WORLD, their new picture book. The story circles around Nanda, a girl who dreams of space. As Nanda grows, her experience of t...

Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal from 2019-09-20T02:04

Kevin Noble Maillard (@noblemaillard) and Juana Martinez-Neal (@juanamartinez) share FRY BREAD, their upcoming picture book. We talk about culture and tradition and family and history. We also talk...

Keith Henry Brown from 2019-09-17T01:52:10

Illustrator Keith Henry Brown shares BIRTH OF THE COOL, which is written by Kathleen Cornell Berman. This picture book biography of the great jazz legend Miles Davis and his journey to find a sound...

Miranda Paul from 2019-09-10T15:56:32

Miranda Paul (@Miranda_Paul) joins to share LITTLE LIBRARIES, BIG HEROES. With more than 75,000 registered Little Free Libraries (LFLs) in eighty-eight countries around the world, there is great ch...

Theresa Thorn and Noah Grigni from 2019-08-31T20:36:31

Theresa Thorn (@theresathorn) and Noah Grigni join to share IT FEELS GOOD TO BE YOURSELF: A BOOK ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY. There are more conversations about gender going on than perhaps ever before, ...

Dallas Hunt from 2019-08-27T02:43:40

Dallas Hunt (@Dallas_Hunt) shares AWASIS AND THE WORLD-FAMOUS BANNOCK. Awâsis is bringing some of her Kôhkum’s bannock to a relative but she accidentally drops the world-famous bannock off a bridge...

Adib Khorram from 2019-08-25T12:28:12

Adib Khorram (@adibkhorram) shares DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY. In Adib’s debut novel we meet Darius, a nerdy, overweight, Iranian-American boy who you will love deeply from the outset. I was root...

Mariana Llanos and Anna López Real from 2019-08-21T01:09:36

Author Mariana Llanos (@marianallanos) and illustrator Anna López Real join Matthew in conversation to share LUCA'S BRIDGE/El puente de Luca. LUCA’S BRIDGE is a border story. It is a family story. ...

Susie Ghahremani from 2019-08-19T03:38:27

Susie Ghahremani (@boygirlparty) is the author-illustrator of BALANCE THE BIRDS and STACK THE CATS. Susie’s books attempt to engage our youngest readers through simple shapes and eye-catching color...

Andrea Beaty from 2019-08-13T13:04:36

Andrea Beaty (@andreabeaty) is the author of ROSIE REVERE, ENGINEER and its sequels as well as author of the QUESTIONEERS (@questioneerkids) chapter book series, all illustrated by David Roberts. A...

Kyle Lukoff from 2019-07-30T15:32:14

Kyle Lukoff (@Shekels_Library) is author of A STORYTELLING OF RAVENS and WHEN AIDAN BECAME A BROTHER, the latter of which was our focus in this conversation. WHEN AIDAN BECAME A BROTHER is about a ...

Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña from 2019-07-30T14:27:32

Isabel Quintero (@isabelinpieces) and Zeke Peña (@zpvisual) share MY PAPI HAS A MOTORCYCLE. The story is based on memories from Isabel’s childhood, but it’s also more than that. The story centers o...

Mia Wenjen and Nat Iwata from 2019-07-26T13:02:29

Mia Wenjen (@pragmaticmom) and Nat Iwata (@NatIwata) share SUMO JOE. SUMO JOE is a story told in rhyme about a boy and his friends upholding a centuries-old tradition considered through a modern le...

Torben Kuhlmann from 2019-07-23T01:00

Torben Kuhlmann shares ARMSTRONG, his best-selling picture book about a mouse who dreams of setting foot on the moon gets a special anniversary edition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Ap...

Ashley Franklin from 2019-07-17T00:35:36

Ashley Franklin (@DifferentAshley) shares NOT QUITE SNOW WHITE. In this debut picture book readers meet Tameika, a theater-loving, stage-starring girl. She’s so excited for her school’s production ...

Megan Lacera and Jorge Lacera from 2019-07-12T02:30

Megan Lacera (@MeganLacera) and Jorge Lacera (@jlacera)  share ZOMBIES DON’T EAT VEGGIES! In their debut picture book readers meet Mo, a zombie and chef with a taste for cuisine his parents, quite ...

Live at ALA's PopTop Stage with Cece Bell, Kate DiCamillo, and Shannon Hale from 2019-06-30T22:36:21

Recorded live on the PopTop Stage at the American Library Association's annual conference, three Newbery Honorees and powerful female voices in the children's literature share the stories behind th...

Padma Venkatraman from 2019-06-30T21:36:35

Padma Venkatraman (@padmatv) shares THE BRIDGE HOME, a 2019 Global Read Aloud choice. The story centers on two sisters, Viji and Rukku, who are orphaned at the hands of an abusive father and a moth...

Kyo Maclear and Byron Eggenschwiler from 2019-06-28T16:06:18

Kyo Maclear and Byron Eggenschwiler (@byronegg) share OPERATIC, a graphic novel they made together. Actually, it’s more accurate to say that, as with making picture books, Kyo wrote OPERATIC’s stor...

Rowboat Watkins (2019) from 2019-06-18T02:49:35

Rowboat Watkins shares MOST MARSHMALLOWS, a story about things that most marshmallows do, like celebrating birthdays and going to school. Things that most marshmallows do not do, like dreaming. And...

Meera Sriram from 2019-06-11T14:49:30

Meera Sriram (@Meeratsriram) shares her debut picture book, THE YELLOW SUITCASE. In Meera’s debut we meet Asha, who is traveling to India as she does with her family each year to visit her grandmot...

Kathy Macmillan, Manuela Bernardi, and Kathrin Honesta from 2019-05-28T04:17:57

Kathy MacMillan (@kathys_quill), Manuela Bernardi (@the_mahnoo), and Kathrin Honesta share SHE SPOKE: 14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World. SHE SPOKE incorporates historical recor...

Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw from 2019-05-21T02:08:27

Colleen AF Venable (@colleenaf) and Ellen T. Crenshaw (@etcillustration) are the author and cartoonist, respectively, of KISS NUMBER 8, a "layered, funny, sharp-edged story of teen sexuality and fa...

LeUyen Pham from 2019-05-14T14:13:37

LeUyen Pham is the illustrator of over one hundred books for children. You have no doubt encountered Uyen’s work, whether through the bestselling PRINCESS IN BLACK series written by Shannon and Dea...

Andrea Tsurumi from 2019-04-30T02:02

Andrea Tsurumi (@AndreaTsurumi) shares CRAB CAKE, a picture book about a cake-baking crab who does its thing among the ocean fauna, baking confections for all of the neighborhood animals. But crab'...

Victoria Jamieson, Kelly Gilday, and Julianna Wilson from 2019-04-27T17:36:26

Victoria Jamieson (@JamiesonV), Newbery honor-winning cartoonist of ROLLER GIRL is joined by audio producers Kelly Gildea (@gildeak) and Julianna Wilson (@JuliannaNWilson) to share the process of a...

Linda Sue Park from 2019-04-23T01:46:41

Linda Sue Park (@LindaSuePark), Newbery Medal-winning author of A SINGLE SHARD shares her new picture book, GONDRA’S TREASURE. The story centers on a dragon whose mom’s family comes from the West a...

Breanna J. McDaniel from 2019-04-19T18:12:02

Breanna J. McDaniel (@readwellbewell) shares HANDS UP!, new picture book reframes the emotionally charged phrase by following a child throughout her morning, her family time, and her time in the co...

Hayley Barrett and Juana Martinez-Neal from 2019-03-31T20:58:20

Hayley Barrett (@hayleybwrites) and Juana Martinez-Neal (@juanamartinez) are the author and the illustrator of BABYMOON, a new picture book about that period just after a baby is born, when time is...

The Children's Book Podcast at 500 from 2019-03-31T20:46:12

A number of you have asked about plans to celebrate the 500th episode and, the truth is, you’re all part of the plan. I end every episode of the show by asking guests, “I’ll see a library full of c...

Susan Verde from 2019-03-29T14:42:34

Susan Verde (@susanverde) shares I AM HUMAN: A BOOK OF EMPATHY, which is illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. I AM HUMAN carries with it an important yet all-too-overlooked truth: that you are flawed,...

Pat Zietlow Miller from 2019-03-27T00:29:28

Pat Zietlow Miller (@PatZMiller) shares REMARKABLY YOU and WHEN YOU ARE BRAVE, two recent picture book releases that see kids from all sides and complexities. REMARKABLY YOU was inspired by the Sev...

Christian Robinson (2019) from 2019-03-19T02:30

Christian Robinson makes his author-illustrator debut with ANOTHER, a wordless picture book exploring the literal experience of seeing yourself in a book and of others seeing themselves in the same...

Anika Aldamuy Denise from 2019-03-17T03:51:45

Anika Aldamuy Denise (@AnikaDenise) is the author of PLANTING STORIES: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Bepré, an exceptional picture book biography about one of perhaps the best know lib...

Amanda Moeckel and Kristen Nobles (Page Street Kids) from 2019-03-12T03:17:33

Amanda Moeckel (@AmandaMoeckel) is the author and illustrator of KHALIDA AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG, a picture book published last September that centers on a child who is visited in the night by ...

Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen from 2019-02-28T22:23:49

Mac Barnett (@macbarnett) and Jon Klassen (@burstofbeaden) are the award-winning team of many beloved books including EXTRA YARN and SAM AND DAVE DIG A HOLE. Today we’re focusing our attention of t...

Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner, and Emma Steinkellner from 2019-02-26T03:45:14

QUINCE is a 15-issue comic book series created by Sebastian Kadlecik (@smkaddy), authored by Kit Steinkellner (@BooksAreMyBFs) and illustrated by  Emma Steinkellner (@emsteinkellner) that was colle...

Cathy Camper and Raul the Third (2019) from 2019-02-22T02:58:02

Cathy Camper (@cfastwolf) and Raul the Third (@raulthe3rd) are the creative team behind the LOWRIDERS graphic novel series, including LOWRIDERS IN SPACE, LOWRIDERS TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, and t...

Jacob Kramer, K-Fai Steele, and Claudia Zoe Bedrick from 2019-02-19T02:36:15

Noodlephant is an elephant who loves pasta. The kangaroos do not like pasta. In fact, they make a law so that no one can enjoy pasta. But Noodlephant will not stand for this and sets out to protest...

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen (2019) from 2019-02-15T17:53:49

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen (@SudiptaBQ) is the author of CHICKS RULE!, a book about confronting "no", having enough, and taking action. Nerdy Chick wants to join the rocket club, but when confronted w...

The 2019 Sydney Taylor Book Award from 2019-02-12T03:09:47

Susan Kusel and Rebecca Levitan join today on behalf of the SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD, presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience...

Francie Latour from 2019-01-31T14:34:22

Francie Latour (@francielatour) is the author of AUNTIE LUCE'S TALKING PAINTINGS, a vibrant and beautiful picture book about a young girl's visit to Haiti to see her Autie Luce and to sit for one o...

Congratulations to the 2019 Youth Media Awards Winners! from 2019-01-31T13:59:23

The 2019 Youth Media Awards were announced and a number of this year's award-winners were guests on the Children's Book Podcast this year! I've gathered them all together in one convenient place so...

Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson from 2019-01-22T03:31:35

Cheryl Willis Hudson (@diversitymom_ch) and Wade Hudson (@hudsonwade) are the founders of Just Us Books and the editors of WE RISE, WE RESIST, WE RAISE OUR VOICES. In this anthology of stories, poe...

Casey W. Robinson and Rob Broder (Ripple Grove Press) from 2019-01-18T13:38:03

Rob Broder (@RGrovePress) is the co-founder of Ripple Grove Press, an independent, family-run children's book publisher. Ripple Grove's passion for well-told and beautifully illustrated stories for...

Brian Lies from 2019-01-15T03:43:17

Brian Lies (@BrianLiesbooks) is the author/illustrator of the best-selling BATS IN THE LIBRARY series. He shares in our conversation that he's always had an interest in drawing animals and that, fo...

Our "Don't Miss" Books of 2018 PART 4 with Grace Lin (Kidlit Women* Podcast and Other Notable Kidlit Podcasts) from 2018-12-30T12:54:42

Grace Lin (@pacylin), award-winning author and podcast host, joins to share the origin of Kidlitwomen* and the Kidlit Women* podcast. There are a small handful of kidlit podcasts I listen to regula...

Our "Don't Miss" Books of 2018 PART 3 with Alex Gino and Dr. Laura Jimenez (Books Centering on LGBTQ experiences, issues, and identities) from 2018-12-26T20:29:49

Alex Gino (@lxgino) and Dr. Laura Jimenez (@booktoss) join to share books centering on LGBTQ experiences, issues, and identities. Alex Gino is the author of GEORGE and, most recently, YOU DON’T KNO...

Our "Don't Miss" Books of 2018 PART 2 with Dr. Debbie Reese and Traci Sorell (American Indians in Children's Literature & Cynsations) from 2018-12-21T15:49:58

Dr. Debbie Reese (@debreese) and Traci Sorell (@tracisorell) join on behalf of AMERICAN INDIANS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE and CYNSATIONS. Dr. Reese writes regularly at AMERICAN INDIANS IN CHILDREN'S...

Our "Don't Miss" Books of 2018 PART 1 with Paula Chase Hyman and Kelly Starling Lyons (The Brown Bookshelf) from 2018-12-18T03:54:34

Paula Chase Hyman (@PaulaChase) and Kelly Starling Lyons (@kelstarly) join on behalf of THE BROWN BOOKSHELF to share a collection of "don't miss" books from 2018. THE BROWN BOOKSHELF is a website a...

Heidi Stemple from 2018-12-11T04:03:13

Heidi Stemple (@heidieys) is the author of COUNTING BIRDS: THE IDEA THAT HELPED SAVE OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS. This true story of Frank Chapman, the man who founded the first annual bird count, pays h...

Tomie dePaola from 2018-11-27T19:58:29

Tomie dePaola is the author and illustrator of over 260 books for children, including STREGA NONA, 26 FAIRMOUNT AVENUE, and OLIVER BUTTON IS A SISSY. His newest picture book is called QUIET, and it...

Oge Mora from 2018-11-20T05:41:49

Oge Mora (@ogemora) is the author and illustrator of THANK YOU, OMU! In the story, the scent of the stew Omu has been laboring over draws a number of neighbors to her door and Omu is all too eager ...

Lauren Castillo (2018) from 2018-11-17T14:24:05

Lauren Castillo (@studiocastillo) is the illustrator of IMAGINE, a picture book adaptation of Juan Felipe Herrera inaugural's speech as the 21st Poet Laureate of the United States of America. Laure...

Brigid Kemmerer and Nisha Sharma (Live at the Baltimore Book Festival) from 2018-11-14T04:33:03

Brigid Kemmerer (@BrigidKemmerer) is the author of MORE THAN WE CAN TELL, a book centering on the separate but soon-intertwining lives of two teens, one growing up in a foster home and the other th...

Podcast Survey + GIVEAWAY! from 2018-11-10T12:34:53

I'm collecting survey data for the podcast and need your help to collect 250 responses. Complete the brief survey using this link (https://survey.libsyn.com/lgbpodcast) and the go here to enter in...

Jarrett J. Krosoczka (2018) from 2018-10-30T04:46:57

Jarrett J. Krosoczka (@StudioJJK) is the cartoonist of HEY, KIDDO: HOW I LOST MY MOTHER, FOUND MY FATHER, AND DEALT WITH  FAMILY ADDICTION. You may already know Jarrett from his best-selling LUNCH ...

Lily Williams and Emily Feinberg from 2018-10-23T03:50:10

Lily Williams (@lwbean) is the author illustrator of IF POLAR BEARS DISAPPEARED and IF SHARKS DISAPPEARED and Emily Feinberg (@EmilyFeinberg) is the children’s book editor at Roaring Brook Press. L...

Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr from 2018-10-16T02:11:52

Matthew Swanson (@writingmatthew) and Robbi Behr (@drawingrobbi) are the author and illustrator, respectively, of THE REAL McCOYS, a middle grade series centering on the McCoy siblings. Moxie McCoy...

Raúl Colón from 2018-10-12T03:00:44

Raúl Colón is the author illustrator of IMAGINE!, a wordless picture book about a boy who finds himself called, perhaps beckoned even, to the art he finds in the Museum of Modern Art. He is drawn i...

Airlie Anderson from 2018-09-25T02:45:14

Airlie Anderson (@airliebird) is the author illustrator of NEITHER, a new picture book about a creature who is not this or that, but neither. It's a story of finding a place to belong, a place to f...

Calista Brill and Kenard Pak from 2018-09-19T22:27:02

Calista Brill (@CalistaBrill) and Kenard Pak (@kenardpak) are the author and illustrator, respectively, of CAT WISHES, a new picture book about a cat who catches a snake but spares its life when th...

Alexandra Penfold and Erin Clarke from 2018-08-29T02:45:59

Alexandra Penfold (@AgentPenfold) and Erin Clarke (@erinmclarke) are the author and editor, respectively, of ALL ARE WELCOME, a new picture book welcoming to school students of all races, ethniciti...

Christian Trimmer and Jessie Sima from 2018-08-21T02:35:13

Christian Trimmer (@MisterTrimmer) and Jessie Sima (@JessieSima) are the author and illustrator, respectively, of SNOW PONY AND THE SEVEN MINIATURE PONIES, a new picture book inspired by the Snow W...

Camille Andros and Julie Morstad from 2018-08-17T01:02:34

Camille Andros (@camdros) and Julie Morstad are the author and illustrator, respectively, of THE DRESS AND THE GIRL, a new picture book about a girl, a hand sewn dress, and a very long journey. It'...

Saadia Faruqi and Hatem Ally from 2018-08-14T03:44:06

Saadia Faruqi (@SaadiaFaruqi) and Hatem Aly (@metahatem) are the author and illustrator, respectively, of MEET YASMIN, a new series of chapter books featuring spirited second-grader Yasmin Ahmad an...

Gayle Forman from 2018-07-31T18:57:32

Gayle Forman (@gayleforman) is the author of I HAVE LOST MY WAY and the New York Times bestselling IF I STAY. In her newest YA novel Gayle explores the idea that the most important story is the bac...

Debbi Michiko Florence from 2018-07-24T13:40:55

Debbi Michiko Florence (@DebbiMichiko) is the author of JASMINE TOGUCHI series, which recently saw the publication of it's fourth book, JASMINE TOGUCHI, FLAMINGO KEEPER. Jasmine's imagination, stic...

Francesca Cavallo and Julianna Wilson from 2018-07-17T02:49:03

Francesca Cavallo (@francescavallo), co-author of GOOD NIGHT STORIES FOR REBEL GIRLS (@rebelgirlsbook) with Elena Favilli, made history when REBEL GIRLS became the most successful crowdfunding book...

Dr. Debbie Reese from 2018-07-14T03:48:42

Dr. Debbie Reese (@debreese) is the author of the popular blog, American Indians in Children’s Literature. A Nambe Pueblo Indian woman, Debbie is a founding member of the Native American House and ...

Selina Alko and Sean Qualls from 2018-07-10T10:41:08

Selina Alko (@SelinaAlko) and Sean Qualls (@sean_qualls) are the illustrators of CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR?: POEMS OF RACE, MISTAKES, AND FRIENDSHIP, an powerful and unmistakable work of poetry for chi...

5 Years of The Children's Book Podcast from 2018-06-30T21:39:03

5 years. 450 episodes. What started as "What it...?" has grown in time to be an unmistakable presence in the children's literature community. How we got there, in large part, is because of listener...

Live from the Gaithersburg Book Festival from 2018-06-29T13:17:46

The Gaithersburg Book Festival happens each May in beautiful, downtown Gaithersburg, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC. This year I was invited to interview bestselling YA author Gayle Forma...

Danielle Anderson-Craig from 2018-06-26T12:57:40

Danielle Anderson-Craig (@Dandersoncraig) is the author of THE MAGIC OF WE, a beautiful debut picture book about what it means and how it feels to savor togetherness with someone special. It celebr...

Sheetal Sheth from 2018-06-21T03:10:46

Sheetal Sheth (@sheetalsheth) is the author of ALWAYS ANJALI, an affirming picture book about deciding for ourselves how we want the world to see us. Sheetals shares that she lavishes in books abou...

Mitali Perkins from 2018-06-15T20:15:01

Mitali Perkins (@MitaliPerkins) is the author most recently of YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR, but the paperback release and audiobook release of TIGER BOY, Mitali's 2015 novel, is what first drew me c...

Arree Chung (2018) from 2018-06-12T02:12:19

Arree Chung's newest picture book is called MIXED and it's due out at the beginning of July. It's a story of simple color theory, but it's also a story of what makes us the same and what makes us d...

Eric Bell from 2018-05-29T04:07

Eric Bell (@IAmEricBell) made his middle grade debut with ALAN COLE IS NOT A COWARD, a funny and poignant story about the trials of middle school when you’re coming of age—and coming out. Eric and ...

Dave Eggers from 2018-05-22T03:59:52

Dave Eggers recently published a middle grade novel called THE LIFTERS, which centers around a boy named Gran who's looking for a chance to be a hero and a small town named Carousel with a big myst...

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and Ebony Glenn from 2018-05-15T13:41:30

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and Ebony Glenn are celebrating their picture book debut with MOMMY'S KHIMAR, a story about young Black American Muslim girl who loves to play with her mother's khimars. J...

Veera Hiranandani from 2018-04-28T13:22:05

Veera Hiranandani is the author of THE NIGHT DIARY, a middle grade novel that takes place during the Partition of India in 1947. The story centers around Nisha, a 12-year-old girl who journals dail...

Jewell Parker Rhodes from 2018-04-17T03:01:22

Jewell Parker Rhodes is the best-selling author of NINTH WARD and TOWERS FALLING. In GHOST BOYS, her newest middle grade novel, Jewell shares a beautiful and devastating story about a young black b...

Juana Martinez-Neal from 2018-04-10T02:39:58

Juana Martinez-Neal makes her picture book debut as both author and illustrator in ALMA AND HOW SHE GOT HER NAME, a story that carries with it a simple and sincere message: everybody has a name, an...

Samantha Berger and Mike Curato from 2018-03-30T17:11:49

Samantha Berger is the best-selling picture book author of CRANKENSTEIN, SNOOZEFEST, and MARTHA DOESN'T SAY SORRY. Mike Curato is the author illustrator of the LITTLE ELLIOT series, and the illustr...

Ben Clanton (2018) from 2018-03-27T01:58:16

Ben Clanton is the author illustrator of PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY, the newest book in his NARWHAL AND JELLY graphic novel series. In this newest installment Narwhal breaks his meal routine of all wa...

Vesper Stamper from 2018-03-20T00:53:48

Vesper Stamper is the author illustrator of WHAT THE NIGHT SINGS, a lushly illustrated novel about a teen Holocaust survivor, who must come to terms with who she is and how to rebuild her life. The...

Maria Dismondy from 2018-03-13T03:07:50

Maria Dismondy is the author of THE FRUIT SALAD FRIEND and founder of Cardinal Rule Press, an independent publishing company. Maria's newest picture book addresses the notion that people are not al...

Jane Yolen (2018) from 2018-02-27T04:06:49

Jane Yolen is the beloved and prolific author of over 365 books for children and teens, including this year's releases of A BEAR SAT ON MY PORCH TODAY, MAPPING THE BONES, and MEET ME AT THE WELL. T...

Kate Hoefler and Noah Klocek from 2018-02-20T03:28:04

Kate Hoefler and Noah Klocek are the author and illustrator of Great Big Things, a picture book about a mouse who journeys beyond great obstacles and ever greater distance to deliver something to t...

Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James from 2018-02-14T04:05:11

Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James are the award-winning author and illustrator of Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, recently the recipient of the Newbery Honor, the Caldecott Honor, the Coretta Scot...

Lee Wind from 2018-02-12T19:40:51

Lee Wind is the author of Queer as a Five Dollar Bill, a novel for teens about a boy named Wyatt, some little known research about our 16th president, and a social media post that goes viral. In th...

Kabir Sehgal and Surishtha Sehgal from 2018-01-30T03:41:24

Kabir Sehgal and Surishtha Seghal are the authors of Festival of Colors, a new picture book celebrating Holi, the traditional Hindu spring festival. In this conversation Kabir and Sue talk about th...

All The Wonders says 'Farewell' from 2018-01-26T14:00

Dear readers, listeners, and friends, For over two years, our team has celebrated great children’s books and their creators by building what we hope has been a trusted resource for parents, teacher...

Susan Hood from 2018-01-23T02:38:22

Susan Hood (@sHood125), author of Shaking Thing Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World, stops by the podcast to talk about standing up, speaking out, and opening up the conversation to other wome...

Dashka Slater and The Fan Brothers from 2018-01-16T04:09:54

Dashka Slater (@DashkaSlater) and The Fan Brothers (@opifan64 and @igo2cairo), author and illustrators respectively of The Antlered Ship, stop by the podcast to talk about the spirit of asking ques...

Bryan Collier from 2017-12-29T03:00

Bryan Collier, author and illustrator of It's Shoe Time (Elephant and Piggie Like Reading series) and illustrator of Hey Black Child, stops by the podcast to talk about being different, beautifully...

Ben Hatke (2017) from 2017-12-27T18:58:47

Ben Hatke (@BenHatke), cartoonist of Mighty Jack and the Goblin King, stops by the podcast to talk about his modern retelling of a classic fairy tale, an overgrown, scrappy garden, and a tale that ...

Susanna Reich from 2017-12-23T19:32:57

Susanna Reich (@ReichWriter), author of Stand Up and Sing! and Fab Four Friends, stops by the podcast to talk about really enjoying the hunt of research, singing for a purpose, and the experience o...

Drew Daywalt (2017) from 2017-12-20T03:52:06

Drew Daywalt (@DrewDaywalt), author of The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors and BB-8 On The Run, stops by the podcast to talk about writing things that all kids have access to, kids loving to be the v...

Penny Thomas from 2017-12-15T04:29:20

Penny M. Thomas, author of Nimoshom and His Bus, stops by the podcast to talk about Cree becoming a lost language, the respect shown toward elders among First Nation people, and her grandfather, a ...

Katherine Roy (2017) from 2017-12-12T04:34:32

Katherine Roy (@KRoyStudio), author and illustrator of How To Be an Elephant, stops by the podcast to talk about learning by copying, finding the balance and letting the watercolor do the talking.

Melissa Stewart from 2017-11-28T02:47:22

Melissa Stewart (@mstewartscience), author of Can an Aardvark Bark?, stops by the podcast to talk about good solid science, layered text, and the pacing of nonfiction picture books.

Jannie Ho from 2017-11-24T03:30

Jannie Ho (@JannieHo), author and illustrator of Bear and Chicken, stops by the podcast to talk about having the sensibility of a kid, getting over fears, and loving colors.

Bao Phi from 2017-11-20T00:50:43

Bao Phi, author of A Different Pond, stops by the podcast to talk about expressing gratitude, a generation working hard invisibly, and being thankful for having distance from childhood attitudes. 

Ronald L. Smith, Renee Watson, and Carole Boston Weatherford from 2017-11-17T04:51:24

Live onstage at the Baltimore Book Festival with Ronald L. Smith (@RonSmithbooks), Renee Watson (@reneewauthor), and Carole Boston Weatherford.

Toni Yuly from 2017-11-14T02:50:20

Toni Yuly (@toniyuly), author and illustrator of Thank You Bees, stops by the podcast to talk about her simple and spontaneous message of gratitude.

Jared Reck from 2017-11-10T04:35:25

Jared Reck (@reckj), debut author of A Short History of the Girl Next Door, stops by the podcast to talk about writing in front of students, books that can make you a sniveling mess, and the sting ...

Melissa Iwai from 2017-10-31T03:03:34

Melissa Iwai (@meliwai), author and illustrator of Pizza Day, stops by the podcast to talk about a past life full of syllable structure, learning from Marla Frazee, and having a different world to ...

Sharee Miller from 2017-10-27T03:00

Sharee Miller (@coilyandcute), author and illustrator of Princess Hair, stops by the podcast to talk about creating a self-affirming book, incorporating the twelve styles of natural hair, and promo...

Duncan Tonatiuh from 2017-10-24T03:24:48

Duncan Tonatiuh (@duncantonatiuh), author illustrator of Danza!: Amalia Hernandez and Mexico's Folkloric Ballet, stops by the podcast to talk about folkloric dances, an expression of nationalism, a...

Julie Kim from 2017-10-20T02:00

Julie Kim, author illustrator of Where's Halmoni?, stops by the podcast to talk about being a bridge to bank of experience, the revealing nature of folk tales, and the experience of the 2nd generat...

Debbie Ridpath Ohi from 2017-10-17T02:17:49

Debbie Ridpath Ohi (@inkyelbows), author illustrator most recently of Sam & Eva, stops by the podcast to talk about figuring out how to collaborate, proving your own lightning rod, and being able t...

Monica Brown and John Parra from 2017-10-13T02:00

Monica Brown (@monicabrownbks) and John Parra (@johnparraart), author and illustrator of Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos, stop by the podcast to talk about a mother's muse, paralleling an artist's l...

Nidhi Chanani from 2017-10-10T03:34:25

Nidhi Chanani (@nidhiart), debut cartoonist of Pashmina, stops by the podcast to talk about working within an economy of words, the burden of the art, and never wanting to use an asterisk.

Laurie Berkner from 2017-09-28T15:00

Laurie Berkner (@LaurieBerkner), children's singer songwriter and author of Pillowland, stops by the podcast to talk about giving as much freedom as possible to concert attendees, exponential expan...

Monique Gray Smith from 2017-09-27T02:30:58

Monique Gray Smith (@ltldrum), author of Speaking Our Truth and You Hold Me Up, stops by the podcast to talk about moral courage, living with what you learn, and the gift of the wind.

Michael Mahin and Evan Turk from 2017-09-22T04:11:39

Michael Mahin (@MahinWriter) and Evan Turk (@evanturkart), author and illustrator respectively of Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters, stop by the podcast to talk about stumbling through ...

Susan Middleton Elya and Juana Martinez-Neal from 2017-09-19T04:21:55

Susan Middleton Elya (@susanpolkadot) and Juana Martinez-Neal (@juanamartinez), author and illustrator respectively of La Princesa and the Pea, stop by the podcast to talk about wanting the charact...

Victoria Jamieson from 2017-09-15T04:01:11

Victoria Jamieson (@JamiesonV), cartoonist of All's Faire in Middle School, stops by the podcast to talk about childhood nuances, bringing things to a low point, and just wanting to fit in.

John Rocco from 2017-09-12T03:00

John Rocco (@johnroccoart), illustrator of Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton, stops by the podcast to talk about the responsibility to create a promise, projecting yourself onto the co...

Roxie Munro from 2017-08-29T03:00:41

Roxie Munro, author illustrator most recently of Masterpiece Mix, stops by the podcast to talk about designing a book from the title alone, letting intuition take over, and never having a job in al...

Pam Smy from 2017-08-25T03:00:07

Pam Smy (@pam_smy), author illustrator of Thornhill, stops by the podcast to talk about reading pictures and symbols, decoding the world through visuals, and the critical point of learning that lif...

Mike Curato (2017) from 2017-08-22T02:14:41

Mike Curato (@MikeCurato), author illustrator of Little Elliot Fall Friends and illustrator of All The Way to Havana, stops by the podcast to talk about asking yourself the big questions, the vehic...

Sylvia and Arthur Call from 2017-08-18T04:22:54

Arthur Call, author of Into the Deep, Deep Brave, and mother Sylvia Call stop by the podcast to talk about the profound thoughts of children, hyperlexia versus dyslexia, and a collection of poems A...

Greg Pizzoli (2017) from 2017-08-15T18:34:23

Greg Pizzoli (@gregpizzoli), author illustrator most recently of The Quest for Z: The True Story of Explorer Percy Fawcett and a Lost City in the Amazon, returns to the podcast to talk about a time...

Mike Wu from 2017-07-28T03:34:23

Mike Wu (@tinyteru), author and illustrator of Ellie in Concert, stops by the podcast to talk about championing the arts, trying to fit in, and experiencing the music.

Emma Otheguy from 2017-07-25T02:37:41

Emma Otheguy (@EmmaOtheguy), author of Marti's Song For Freedom/Marti y Sus Versos Por la Libertad, stops by the podcast to talk about political parallels, the message a book can carry, and encoura...

Hena Khan from 2017-07-21T12:04:18

Hena Khan (@henakhanbooks), author of Amina's Voice, stops by the podcast to talk about a sense of betrayal over names, helping a character feel comfortable in her own skin, and a deeper ideas of a...

Tom Booth from 2017-07-18T02:00

Tom Booth (@TallTomsTales), author illustrator of Don't Blink!, stops by the podcast to talk about character drawings staring out from his sketchbook, pressure and anticipation kicking in, and an e...

Jennifer Adams from 2017-07-14T02:00

Jennifer Adams (@BabyLitJen), author of the My Little Cities board book series with Greg Pizzoli and the BabyLit board book series with Alison Oliver, stops by the podcast to talk about integral de...

Andrea J. Loney from 2017-06-29T18:12:15

Andrea J. Loney (@AndreaJLoney), author of BunnyBear and Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!, stops by the podcast to talk about understanding and appreciating yourself, the extra layer of bea...

Jane Yolen from 2017-06-27T02:00

Jane Yolen (@JaneYolen), author of On Duck Pond and over 350 books for children, stops by the podcast to talk about the rhythm in the words, being engaged with the world.

David A. Robertson from 2017-06-23T02:00

David A. Robertson (@DaveAlexRoberts), author of When We Were Alone, stops by the podcast to talk about the inquisitiveness of a grandchild, channelling the stories of others while writing, and mak...

Laurel Snyder and Emily Hughes from 2017-06-20T16:22:03

Laurel Snyder (@LaurelSnyder) and Emily Hughes (@plaidemily), author and illustrator of Charlie & Mouse, stop by the podcast to talk about focusing on the quiet, working from muscle memory, and how...

Teagan White from 2017-06-17T17:16:43

Teagan White (@teaganwhite), author illustrator of the Barefoot Critters series, stops by the podcast to talk about thinking of the text as an image, working in limitations, and adding practical el...

Isabel Minhós Martins and Bernardo P. Carvalho from 2017-06-12T02:42:07

Isabel Minhós Martins and Bernardo P. Carvalho, author and illustrator of Don't Cross The Line!, stop by the podcast to talk about exploring the frontier of a book, asking if we should always obey,...

Corinna Luyken from 2017-05-30T01:00

Corinna Luyken (@CorinnaLuyken), debut picture book author illustrator of The Book of Mistakes, stops by the podcast to talk about loving the strangeness, paying attention, and laying bare some rea...

Shana Corey and R. Gregory Christie from 2017-05-23T01:32:57

Shana Corey (@shanacorey) and R. Gregory Christie, author and illustrator of A Time To Act: John F. Kennedy's Big Speech, stop by the podcast to talk about an obsession over primary documents, maki...

Basak Agaoglu from 2017-05-16T02:00

Basak Agaoglu (@BasakAgaoglu), author illustrator of The Almost Impossible Thing, stops by the podcast to talk about collaborating with the reader, putting yourself out there, and thinking like a b...

Jabari Asim from 2017-04-30T02:57:37

Jabari Asim (@jabariasim), author of Preaching to the Chickens, stops by the podcast to talk about envisioning a life in letters, the moment when you know what you are going to become, life's prese...

Jason Chin from 2017-04-28T04:00:28

Jason Chin (@authorjasonchin), author and illustrator of Grand Canyon, stops by the podcast to talk about windows to the past, following the signs, and designing a book to be a reflect of the way y...

Tim Miller, Donna Bray, and Dana Fritts from 2017-04-25T03:12:18

Tim Miller (@TM_Illustration), Donna Bray (@DJBray), and Dana Fritts stop by the podcast to talk about Moo Moo in a Tutu from idea to finished book. Moo Moo in a Tutu is Tim Miller's debut picture ...

Laura Shovan from 2017-04-21T10:27:39

Laura Shovan (@LauraShovan), author and poet of The Last 5th Grade of Emerson Elementary, stops by the podcast to talk about classrooms as small communities, tuning an ear to what's working well, a...

Joseph Kuefler from 2017-04-18T02:55:57

Joseph Kuefler (@josephkuefler), author illustrator of Rulers of the Playground, stops by the podcast to talk about enjoying the wonder, playground politics, and a complete willingness to grow.

Silvia Borando from 2017-04-16T03:41:17

Silvia Borando, graphic designer on the MiniBombo (@minibombo) team, stops by the podcast to talk about a book as an open experience, witnessing different interpretations of a single book, and stor...

Nikki Grimes from 2017-04-12T15:08:04

Nikki Grimes (@nikkigrimes9), author and poet of Garvey's Choice and One Last Word: Wisdom From the Harlem Renaissance, stops by the podcast to talk about putting story first, giving herself a chal...

Elana K. Arnold and Charles Santoso from 2017-03-31T04:11:41

Elana K. Arnold (@ElanaKArnold) and Charles Santoso (@minitreehouse), author and illustrator, respectively, of A Boy Called Bat, stop by the podcast to talk about respecting the people whose lives ...

Laura Amy Schlitz from 2017-03-27T16:46:07

Laura Amy Schlitz, author of Newbery medal-winning Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!, shares Princess Cora and the Crocodile, her new early chapter book illustrated by Brian Floca.

Christopher Browne from 2017-03-24T04:06:26

Christopher Browne (@loyaldogmarlo), author illustrator of Marlo, stops by the podcast to talk about his tribute to the imagination, creating worlds beyond the page, and how creating a webcomic hel...

Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant from 2017-03-21T04:22:24

Anna Kang (@annakang27) and Christopher Weyant (@chrisweyant05), author and illustrator of I Am (Not) Scared, stop by the podcast to talk about creating safe places to talk to children about their ...

Giuseppe Castelano from 2017-03-21T03:16:49

Giuseppe Castellano (@pinocastellano), executive art director at Penguin Random House and founder of the Illustration Department (@illusdept), stops by the podcast to answer publishing and illustra...

Peter H. Reynolds from 2017-03-17T01:41

Peter H. Reynolds (@peterhreynolds), author illustrator of The Dot, Ish, and, most recently, of Happy Dreamer, stops by the podcast to talk about being a very distracted kid, the power we all posse...

Jon Chad from 2017-03-15T02:14:24

Jon Chad (@jon_chad), cartoonist behind Volcanoes, the newest in First Second's Science Comics series, stops by the podcast to talk about his underlying love of science, looking for narrative beats...

David Jacobson and Toshikado Hajiri from 2017-03-10T03:51:28

David Jacobson and Toshikado Hajiri, author and illustrator of Are You An Echo?: The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko, stop by the podcast to talk about the life and works of Misuzu, her sense of vulne...

Carter Higgins from 2017-02-28T04:02:59

Carter Higgins (@CarterHiggins), author of A Rambler Steals Home, stops by the podcast to talk about growing up a resolute kid, repopulating ghost towns, and how, quite frankly, it's hard to write ...

Michael Sampson and Brian Won from 2017-02-24T03:24:22

Michael Sampson (@michaelsampson) and Brian Won (@bwon1), co-author and illustrator respectively of Spunky Little Monkey, stop by the podcast to talk about reading the pictures, referencing jazz al...

Matthew Loux from 2017-02-21T05:13:41

Matthew Loux (@mattloux), cartoonist of The Time Museum, stops by the podcast to talk about being a little quiet, a little self-conscious, and aware of the potent and important qualities of friends...

Bethan Woollvin from 2017-02-20T00:49:51

Bethan Woollvin (@bethanwoollvin), author illustrator of Little Red, stops by the podcast to talk about taking issue with the classic Little Red Riding Hood, enjoying a challenge, and thinking firs...

Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld from 2017-02-14T04:42:51

Sherri Duskey Rinker (@SherriRinker) and Tom Lichtenheld (@tlichtenheld), the award winning team behind Steam Train, Dream Train and Good Night, Good Night Construction Site, stop by the podcast to...

Jessie Sima from 2017-02-10T04:00

Jessie Sima (@JessieSima), debut author illustrator of Not Quite Narwhal, stops by the podcast to talk about her anthropology background, #kidlitart, and creating a character who is "stylistically ...

Jackie Azúa Kramer and Maral Sassouni from 2017-01-31T03:56:05

Jackie Azúa Kramer (@JackieKramer422) and Maral Sassouni (@MaralSassouni), author and illustrator of The Green Umbrella, stop by the podcast to talk about their story about journeys, the walk we're...

Patricia Hruby Powell and Shadra Strickland from 2017-01-27T02:08:07

Patricia Hruby Powell (@PatriciaHPowell) and Shadra Strickland (@ShadrasArt), creators of Loving Vs. Virginia, stop by the podcast to talk about the landmark civil rights case, visual journalism, a...

Marcie Colleen from 2017-01-20T05:19:20

Marcie Colleen (@MarcieColleen1), author of the Super Happy Party Bears series, stops by the podcast to talk about being a huge fan of kids television, planting easter eggs for parent readers, and ...

Claire Legrand from 2017-01-17T03:17:13

Claire Legrand (@clairelegrand), author most recently of Some Kind of Happiness, stops by the podcast to talk about her homage to the feeling of possibility experienced when you find something in n...

Ed Young from 2017-01-13T04:49:16

Ed Young, author illustrator most recently of The Cat From Hunger Mountain, stops by the podcast to talk about being disciplined as an architect, walking the book, and celebrating that stories are ...

Erica Perl from 2017-01-10T03:40:54

Erica Perl (@ericaperl), author of The Capybara Conspiracy, stops by the podcast to talk about inspiration from an episode of This American Life, naming the most ridiculous mascot, and avoiding a s...

Booki Vivat from 2016-12-28T13:10:30

Booki Vivat (@thebookiv), debut author illustrator of Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom, stops by the podcast to talk about doodles taking over the pages of her planner, being the kin...

Jack and Holman Wang from 2016-12-21T05:16

Jack and Holman Wang (@JackandHolman), creators of the Cozy Classics series (@CozyClassics), stop by the podcast to talk about eliminating sub plots, thinking about sound in storytelling, and the "...

Box Brown from 2016-11-29T05:16:12

Box Brown (@boxbrown), cartoonist of Tetris: The Games People Play, stops by the podcast to talk about the first game his dad would play, moments of accessing a meditative state when creating comic...

Robert Sabuda from 2016-11-26T03:18:59

Robert Sabuda, author and paper engineer most recently of The Christmas Story, stops by the podcast to talk about the magic of storytelling and drama in 3D, working with the 4th dimension of time, ...

Matthew Holm from 2016-11-22T03:59:11

Matthew Holm (@mattholm), Babymouse co-creator and now co-author of Marvin and the Moths, stops by the podcast to talk about drawing on the horrors of the middle school experience, humor as a socia...

Vera Brosgol from 2016-11-18T04:29:42

Vera Brosgol (@verabee), author illustrator of Leave Me Alone!, stops by the podcast to talk about story solutions achieved through scheduled massages, needing to be along before others can see her...

Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann from 2016-11-15T04:56:23

Candace Fleming (@candacemfleming) and Eric Rohmann, author and illustrator team behind Giant Squid, stop by the podcast to talk about fascinating readers, a guy who could tell a story, but just co...

Marla Frazee from 2016-11-11T05:21:55

Marla Frazee (@MarlaFrazee), author illustrator most recently of The Bossier Baby and illustrator of Is Mommy?, written by Victoria Chang, stops by the podcast to talk about channeling her inner 5-...

Andrea Davis Pinkney from 2016-10-28T03:30:56

Andrea Davis Pinkney (@AndreaDavisPink), author most recently of A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day, stops by the podcast to talk about her love letter...

Elly Swartz from 2016-10-25T03:04:51

Elly Swartz (@ellyswartz), author of Finding Perfect, stops by the podcast to talk about listening to her characters, listening to her heart, and becoming a better writer through writing.

Andy Runton from 2016-10-21T04:02:49

Andy Runton (@Owly), cartoonist and creator of the Owly graphic novel series, stops by the podcast to talk about growing up in the picture book section of the library, drawing people as long as he ...

Drew Weing from 2016-10-18T02:07:58

Drew Weing (@drewweing), cartoonist and creator of The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo, stops by the podcast to talk about needing the Watson character in a story, creating believable backgrounds,...

Jon Klassen from 2016-10-14T04:31:36

Jon Klassen (@burstofbeaden), author-illustrator most recently of We Found A Hat, the final book in his Hat trilogy, stops by the podcast to talk about raising the stakes, nostalgia earned from loo...

Abby Hanlon from 2016-10-10T03:00

Abby Hanlon, author Dory Dory Black Sheep, the newest title in her Dory Fantasmagory series, stops by the podcast to talk about learning how to draw stick figures, how real experiences are to kids,...

Adam Gidwitz from 2016-09-30T03:48:51

Adam Gidwitz (@AdamGidwitz), author of The Inquisitor's Tale, stops by the podcast to talk about his natural mode of storytelling, writing by reading aloud, and preserving space in the story for br...

Deborah Freedman from 2016-09-27T03:36:54

Deborah Freedman (@DeborahFreedman), author-illustrator of Shy, stops by the podcast to talk about bring situationally shy,conveying the departure of a character the reader cannot see,, and how tal...

Mike Lowery from 2016-09-23T03:29:04

Mike Lowery, author-illustrator of The Pursuit of the Pesky Pizza Pirate!, the newest in his Doodle Adventures series, stops by the podcast to talk about reaching the reluctant artist, writing a bo...

Jake Parker from 2016-09-20T02:28:29

Jake Parker (@mrjakeparker), author-illustrator of Little Bot and Sparrow, stops by the podcast to talk about the transition to when you're not needed anymore, developing positive drawing habits, a...

Elise Parsley from 2016-09-16T03:50:30

Elise Parsley (@eliseparsley), illustrator of The Magic Word, a new picture book written by Mac Barnett, stops by the podcast to talk about what you can learn about a person from the stuff they kee...

Mac Barnett and Adam Rex from 2016-09-13T02:00

Mac Barnett (@macbarnett) and Adam Rex (@MrAdamRex), author and illustrator of How This Book Was Made, stop by the podcast to talk about Mac's interest in form and the picture book as a live perfor...

Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace from 2016-08-30T02:26:43

Rich Wallace (@RWallaceBooks) and Sandra Neil Wallace (@SandraNWallace), authors of Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights, stop by the podcast to talk about breaking th...

Mrs. P from 2016-08-26T01:57:07

Mrs. P (@MrsPstorytime), founder of Mrs. P's Magic Storytime, stops by the podcast to talk about her annual "Be A Famous Writer' contest, the first rule of comedy, and how the need to be perfect st...

Kelly DiPucchio and Greg Pizzoli from 2016-08-23T02:36:30

Kelly DiPucchio (@kellydipucchio) and Greg Pizzoli (@gregpizzoli), author and illustrator of Dragon Was Terrible, stop by the podcast to talk about making kids livid while reading aloud, a story be...

Aaron Zenz from 2016-08-19T01:56:34

Aaron Zenz (@AaronZenz), author-illustrator of Monsters Go Night-Night, stops by the podcast to talk about a guessing game, the idea that the world is too open, and getting kids to pick the wrong c...

Ellen Potter from 2016-08-15T22:40:46

Ellen Potter (@Ellenpotter), author of The Sea Pony, the third book in her Piper Green and the Fairy Tree chapter book series, stops by the podcast to talk about free-range kids, the gnome tree, an...

Laura Murray from 2016-08-12T02:16:48

Laura Murray (@LauraMurrayBook), author of The Gingerbread Man Loose at the Zoo, stops by the podcast to talk about needing a creative outlet, going on the hunt for literary devices, and not gettin...

Randy Cecil from 2016-07-26T03:13:12

Randy Cecil, author-illustrator of Lucy, stops by the podcast to talk about a little lost dog named Lucy, breaking a story into acts and scenes, and requiring so much to tell so little.

Debora Marcero from 2016-07-22T03:45:01

Deborah Marcero (@deborahmarcero), author-illustrator of Ursa's Light, stops by the podcast to talk about attending nErDcamp, failure and how having a big dream is always good, and assuring that ev...

Beth Kephart from 2016-07-19T02:46:01

Beth Kephart (@BethKephart), author of This is the Story of You, stops by the podcast to talk about the choreography of sentences, the willingness to wait within the complex, and the unconquerable ...

Evan Turk from 2016-07-12T03:54:48

Evan Turk (@evanturkart), author-illustrator of The Storyteller, stops by the podcast to talk about the thousand-year-old tradition, what happens in the moment when you aren't drawing, and capturin...

Minh Le and Isabel Roxas from 2016-06-28T03:36:19

Minh Le (@bottomshelfbks) and Isabel Roxas (@studioroxas), author and illustrator respectively of Let Me Finish!, stop by the podcast to talk about writing yourself into a corner, putting an idea o...

John David Anderson from 2016-06-21T02:32:19

John David Anderson (@anderson_author), author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day, stops by the podcast to talk about trying to find the hero of the story, the shared narrative that exists among any group of ...

Kelly Light from 2016-06-14T01:49:57

Kelly Light (@KellyLight), author/illustrator of Louise and Andie: The Art of Friendship, the sequel to 2014's Louise Loves Art, stops by the podcast to talk about drawing from her imagination, wha...

Lisa Brown from 2016-06-10T02:33:47

Lisa Brown (@lisabrowndraws), author/illustrator of The Airport Book, stops by the podcast to talk about text thievery, gender parity, and matching people to their luggage.

Scott McCormick and R.H. Lazzell from 2016-05-31T12:17:39

Scott McCormick (@I_am_Mr_Pants) and R.H. Lazzell, author and illustrator team behind Mr. Pants: Camping Catastrophe and other books in the Mr. Pants series, stop by the podcast to talk about break...

Christopher Silas Neal from 2016-05-27T01:56:52

Christopher Silas Neal (@csneal), debut author/illustrator of Everyone..., stops by the podcast to talk about a big philosophy captured in a few words, the universality of feelings, and making spac...

Brianne Farley from 2016-05-24T02:00

Brianne Farley (@briannefarley), author/illustrator of Secret Tree Fort, stops by the podcast to talk about reading in trees, finding the story's voice, and the universality of tree forts.

David Lubar from 2016-05-20T03:04:05

David Lubar (@davidlubar), author most recently of Character, Driven, stops by the podcast to talk about his metafictional experiment, pulling from many of the most demeaning times of his life, and...

Suzanne Kaufman from 2016-05-17T03:00

Suzanne Kaufman (@lilmonkeydraws), illustrator of Samanthasaurus Rex, written by B. B. Mandell, stops by the podcast to talk about brain over brawn, the sadness that comes from finishing a book, an...

John Patrick Green from 2016-05-13T03:39:54

John Patrick Green (@johngreenart), author/illustrator of Hippopotamister, stops by the podcast to talk about making comics, figuring out the beats, and the fact that being good or bad at something...

Molly Idle from 2016-04-29T02:00

Molly Idle (@MollyIdle), author illustrator
most recently of Flora and the Peacocks, and Caldecott
honor winner for Flora and the Flamingo, returns to
the podcast to talk about wanting ...

Sergio Ruzzier from 2016-04-26T03:00

Sergio Ruzzier (@SergioRuzzier),
author/illustrator of This Is Not a Picture Book,
stops by the podcast to talk about things that cannot be named,
words that shake you, and making somet...

Pseudonymous Bosch from 2016-04-22T02:23:02

Pseudonymous Bosch (@isthisPBosch), author most recently of Bad Luck, the newest book in the Bad Magic series, stops by the podcast to talk about constantly writing for a new audience, the weight o...

Kate DiCamillo from 2016-04-19T04:30

Kate DiCamillo, two-time Newbery-winning author most recently of Raymie Nightingale, stops by the podcast to talk about her time as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, how you ca...

Dan Santat from 2016-04-12T02:46:40

Dan Santat (@dsantat), author illustrator of Are We There Yet? and Beekle, which won the Caldecott medal in 2015, returns to the podcast to talk about enduring every minute of a road trip, parents ...

Faith Erin Hicks from 2016-03-29T04:20:55

Faith Erin Hicks (@FaithErinHicks), author/cartoonist of The Nameless City, stops by the podcast to talk about drawing like a kid, unstable ground, and putting the readers in the shoes of the chara...

Steve Light from 2016-03-20T20:00:32

Steve Light (@SteveLight), author illustrator of Swap!, stops by the podcast to talk about the greatest joy, using items in unconventional ways, and feeding clues to the reader by way of a monkey.

Karen Rivers from 2016-03-15T02:55:04

Karen Rivers (@karenrivers), author of The Girl in the Well is Me, stops by the podcast to talk about casual cruelty, feeling anxiety start at an early age, and her metaphor for popularity.

Philip C. Stead from 2016-03-11T02:29:04

Philip C. Stead, author illustrator most recently of Ideas Are All Around, stops by the podcast to talk about how he views inspiration, accidental bungling grace, and the beauty in the way polaroid...

Fred Koehler from 2016-02-26T02:04:57

Fred Koehler (@superfredd), author illustrator of Super Jumbo, stops by the podcast to talk about striving to create a character that embodies every child everywhere, a perdiod of time where he was...

JJ Austrian and Mike Curato from 2016-02-22T06:00

JJ Austrian (@JJAustrian) and Mike Curato (@MikeCurato), the author and illustrator respectively of Worm Loves Worm, stop by the podcast to talk about Pants-of-the-Month, having conversations with ...

Keith Negley from 2016-02-19T06:00

Keith Negley (@keithnegley), author illustrator of Tough Guys (Have Feelings Too), stops by the podcast to talk about mixed-up emotions, picking five colors and sticking to them, and the memory of ...

Hannah Barnaby from 2016-02-16T03:00:21

Hannah Barnaby (@HannahRBarnaby), author of Some of the Parts and Wonder Show, stops by the podcast to talk about having a good sense of humor, trusting the author, and the realization that sometim...

Sara Varon from 2016-02-12T04:55:35

Sara Varon (@saravaron1), cartoonist of Sweaterweather: & Other Short Stories, stops by the podcast to talk about signs of being on the right track, her love for stationary, and her trip to the Fum...

Daniel Miyares from 2016-01-31T02:59:28

Daniel Miyares (@danielmiyares), author illustrator of Float and illustrator most recently of Surf's Up, stops by the podcast to talk about the third dimension of picture book making, a willingness...

Jess Keating from 2016-01-29T03:27:22

Jess Keating (@Jess_Keating), author of Pink is for Blobfish and How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes are Untied, stops by the podcast to talk about toning down the voiceyness, using all 88 ke...

Sara O'Leary from 2016-01-25T20:51:38

Sara O'Leary (@saraoleary), author of This is Sadie, which is illustrated by Julie Morstad, stops by the podcast to talk about creating a fondness to the voice of the narrator, one certain Max, and...

Madelyn Rosenberg from 2016-01-22T20:58:40

Madelyn Rosenburg (@madrosenberg), author of How to Behave at a Dog Show and Nanny X Returns, stops by the podcast to talk about the sweet spot of talking to kids, pushing the reset button a lot, a...

Leslea Newman and Marcus Ewert from 2016-01-19T03:46:28

Leslea Newman (@lesleanewman), author of Heather Has Two Mommies and, most recently, of Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed, along with Marcus Ewert (@MarcusEwert), author of 10,000 Dresses and, most rece...

Fred Bowen from 2016-01-15T16:05:59

Fred Bowen (@FredBowenBooks), author most recently of Out of Bounds, stops by the podcast to talk about dealing with disappointment, the best place for kids to learn to lose, and how sometimes you ...

Kwame Alexander from 2016-01-12T02:22:25

Kwame Alexander (@kwamealexander), author most recently of Surf's Up, illustrated by Daniel Miyares (@danielmiyares), and winner of the 2015 Newbery Award for The Crossover, stops by the podcast to...

Kristen Kittscher from 2015-12-30T05:04:11

Kristen Kittscher (@KKittscher), author of The Tiara on the Terrace, stops by the podcast to talk about creating a surreal world perfectionism gone awry, and how nothing that anyone writes is void ...

Penny Parker Klostermann from 2015-12-26T03:19:09

Penny Parker Klostermann (@pklostermann), author of There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight, illustrated by Ben Mantle (@BenMMantle) stops by the podcast to talk about writing books about th...

Carson Ellis from 2015-12-21T01:06:20

Carson Ellis (@cfellis), author illustrator of Home, stops by the podcast to talk about making something more than an art book, starting with what she likes to draw, and creating a story she's been...

Lori Degman from 2015-12-18T03:53:34

Lori Degman (@LoriDegman), author of Cock-a-Doodle Oops!, stops by the podcast to talk about a rooster who needs a vacation, the way books should read like music, and liking to make people laugh. <...

Ben Clanton from 2015-12-15T03:31:07

Ben Claton (@Clantoons), author illustrator of Something Extraordinary, stops by the podcast to talk about the feel of traditional medium, crafting good re-read alouds, and a question about the col...

Brightly from 2015-12-13T02:07:55

Brightly co-founder Christine McNamara (@ReadBrightly) stops by the podcast to talk about making books part of what people are doing rather than taking away from anything else.
 

Zack Giallongo RETURNS! from 2015-12-11T03:31:02

Zack Giallongo (@Zackules), cartoonist of Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents: Romeo & Juliet, stops by the podcast to talk about snowmen versus talking rocks, contributing to the Ewoks mythology...

Steven Malk RETURNS! from 2015-11-27T04:10:17

Steve Malk (@stevenmalk), literary agent at Writers House, returns to the podcast to talk about connections on a deeper level, the surreal feeling of seeing books on a bookstore shelf that you help...

Grace Lin from 2015-11-24T15:56:36

Grace Lin (@pacylin), author of Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, and Dim Sum for Everyone, stops by the podcast to talk about seeing herself in books, sharin...

David Fulk from 2015-11-23T04:10:09

David Fulk (@DavidFulkWrites), author of Raising Rufus, stops by the podcast to talk about discovering your inner hero, exploring in the woods, and planners and pantsers.

Adam Lehrhaupt and Matthew Forsythe from 2015-11-20T04:21:32

Adam Lehrhaupt (@Lehrhaupt) and Matthew Forsythe (@mattforsythe), author and illustrator respectively behind Please, Open This Book!, stop by the podcast to talk about keeping everything in tact an...

Alexis Frederick-Frost from 2015-11-17T04:16:12

Alexis Frederick-Frost (@afrederickfrost), contributing cartoonist to Gryphons Aren't So Great, the newest story in the Adventures in Cartooning series, stops by the podcast to talk about bonding o...

Sophy Henn from 2015-11-14T00:46:29

Sophy Henn (@sophyhenn), author illustrator of Pom Pom Panda Gets the Grumps, and Where Bear?, stops by the podcast to talk about instinctive writing, letting the characters tell you the story, and...

Adam Rubin from 2015-11-10T04:55:53

Adam Rubin (@Rubingo), New York Times bestselling author of Dragons Love Tacos, Those Darn Squirrels, and most recently of Robo-Sauce, all illustrated by Daniel Salmieri (@DanielSalmieri), stops by...

Matt Phelan RETURNS! from 2015-10-30T02:21:09

Matt Phelan (@MattPhelanDraws), illustrator of Marilyn's Monster, which is written by Michelle Knudsen (@michelleknudsen) and published by Candlewick Press (@Candlewick), stops by the podcast to ta...

Philip and Erin Stead from 2015-10-27T02:11:55

Philip Stead and Erin Stead, author and illustrator respectively of Lenny & Lucy, which is published by Roaring Brook Press (@MacKidsBooks), stop by the podcast to talk about infusing work with sin...

Jon Scieszka from 2015-10-23T02:55:33

Jon Scieszka (@Jon_Scieszka), editor of Guys Reads: Terrifying Tales, which is published by Walden Pond Press (@WaldenPondPress), and other of a ton of bestselling books including The Stinky Cheese...

Lou Anders from 2015-10-20T03:22:32

Lou Anders (@LouAnders), author of Nightborn; Thrones and Bones (Book 2), which is published by Crown Books for Young Readers (@randomhousekids), stops by the podcast to talk about creating an acce...

Julie Sternberg from 2015-10-16T02:40:06

Julie Sternberg (@SternbergJulie), author of Secrets Out!; The Top Secret Diary of Celie Valentine (Book 2), which is published by Boyds Mills Press (@boydsmillspress), stops by the podcast to talk...

KA Holt RETURNS! from 2015-10-13T02:13:17

K.A. Holt (@karianneholt), author of House Arrest, which is published by Chronicle Books (@ChronicleKids, @ChronicleBooks), returns to the podcast to talk about writing out of order, pulling all th...

Josh Funk from 2015-09-29T01:50:41

Josh Funk (@joshfunkbooks), debut picture book author of Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast, published by Serling Children's Books (@SterlingKids), stops by to talk about culinary chaos, emoting foo...

Joel Grayson from 2015-09-27T00:10:39

Joel Grayson (@BOWJoel), beloved bookseller at NYC's renowned Books of Wonder (@BooksofWonder), stops by to talk about who determines if it's a "boy book" or a "girl book", the two kinds of people ...

Rubin Pingk from 2015-09-25T01:28:25

Rubin Pingk (@RubinPingk), debut picture book author illustrator of Samurai Santa, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (@SimonKIDS), stops by to talk about creating a book trailer...

Katherine Applegate from 2015-09-22T02:55:54

Katherine Applegate (@kaaauthor), author most recently of Crenshaw, published by Feiwell and Friends (@FeiwelFriends), and recipient of the Newbery Award in 2013 for The One and Only Ivan, stops by...

Ed Vere from 2015-09-18T02:39:16

Ed Vere (@ed_vere), author illustrator most recently of Max the Brave, which is published by Sourcebooks (@SBKSLibrary), stops by to talk about storytelling with a jazz trio, a stubborn and tenacio...

Jarrett J. Krosoczka RETURNS! from 2015-09-15T02:39:12

Jarrett J. Krosoczka (@StudioJJK), author illustrator most recently of It's Tough To Lose Your Balloon, which is published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers (@AAKnopf @MacKidsBooks), stops...

Emily Arrow from 2015-09-13T03:39:14

Emily Arrow (@HelloEmilyArrow), the talented singer songerwriter behind The Dot Song and many other amazing song adaptations of picture books, stops by to talk about finding the melody in her favor...

John Hendrix from 2015-09-11T03:29:30

John Hendrix, illustrator most recently of McToad Mows Tiny Island, written by Tom Angleberger (@OrigamiYoda) and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers (@abramskids), stops by to talk about t...

Best Books Ever (Summer 2015, part II) from 2015-08-30T14:20:39

 
More books. More reviews. More friends. It’s the Best Books Ever, with special guests Julie Falatko (@JulieFalatko) and Carter Higgins (@CarterHiggins), here on the Let’s Get Busy podcast!

Christian Robinson RETURNS! from 2015-08-28T01:34:42

Christian Robinson, illustrator most recently of Leo: a Ghost Story, written by Mac Barnett (@macbarnett) and published by Chronicle Books (@ChronicleBooks), stops by to talk about stories meant to...

Mac Barnett RETURNS! from 2015-08-25T01:55:35

Mac Barnett (@macbarnett), author most recently of Leo: a Ghost Story, illustrated by Christian Robinson and published by Chronicle Books (@ChronicleBooks), stops by to talk about ghosts versus ima...

KidLitCon from 2015-08-21T04:02:24

Paula Willey of Unadulterated, the popular kidlit blog of children's book reviews for grown ups, stops by to talk about KidLitCon (@KidLitCon), a bloggers conference for people who write and talk a...

Laurel Snyder and Julie Morstad from 2015-08-18T03:25:20

Laurel Snyder (@LaurelSnyder) and Julie Morstad, the author and illustrator of Swan: the Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova, published by Chronicle Books (@ChronicleBooks, @ChronicleKids), stop by to t...

Colby Sharp and Travis Jonker present... from 2015-08-16T20:00:24

Colby Sharp (@ColbySharp) and Travis Jonker (@100scopenotes), stop by to reveal The Yarn, an all new podcast they've created to illuminate the process and the people behind getting a book to public...

Jay Hosler from 2015-08-13T19:11:15

Jay Hosler (@Jay_Hosler), author and illustrator of Last of the Sandwalkers, published by First Second (@01FirstSecond), stops by to talk about finding the tedium we can endure, a tale of prolonged...

Kate Messner RETURNS from 2015-08-11T04:16:06

Kate Messner (@KateMessner), author Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree, published by Chronicle Books (@ChronicleKids, @ChronicleBooks) and illustrated by Simona Mulazzani...

Jennifer Gray Olson from 2015-07-31T03:21:08

Jennifer Gray Olson (@jgrayolson), author and illustrator of Ninja Bunny, published by Alfred A. Knopf (@AAKnopf), stops by to talk about abounding confidence, her mental commute to work, and how o...

Adam Rex from 2015-07-28T02:23:08

Adam Rex (@MrAdamRex), author and illustrator of Smek for President, published by Disney Hyperion (@DisneyHyperion) and sequel to the best-selling The True Meaning of Smek Day, stops by to talk abo...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - July 26, 2015 from 2015-07-26T11:12:01

Five exceptional graphic novels reviewed.
- Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #5: The Underground Abductor by Nathan Hale (Amulet Books)
- Fable Comics edited by Chris Duffy (First Second)
...

Russ Cox from 2015-07-24T11:00:50

Russ Cox (@smilingotis), author and illustrator of Faraway Friends, published by Sky Pony Press (@skyhorsepub), stops by to talk about playing outside, always learning, and knowing when "it's just ...

Marcus Ewert and Lisa Brown from 2015-07-21T03:22:46

Marcus Ewert (@MarcusEwert) and Lisa Brown (@lisabrowndraws), author and illustrator of Mummy Cat, published by Clarion Books (@HMHKids), stop by to talk about writing with ideograms, how Yale is a...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - July 19, 2015 from 2015-07-19T19:29:13

Five books reviewed in five minutes.
- Welcome to the Neighborwood by Shawn Sheehy (Candlewick Press)
- The Cow Tripped Over the Moon: a nursery rhyme emergency by Jeane Willis, illustrated...

Jory John from 2015-07-16T19:29:53

Jory John (@joryjohn), author most recently of I Will Chomp You!, illustrated by Bob Shea (@bobshea) and published by Random House (@randomhousekids), stops by to talk about solving problems in a r...

Louise Borden from 2015-07-14T04:09:54

Louise Borden (@LouiseBorden), author most recently of Kindergarten Luck, illustrated by Genevieve Godbout and published by Chronicle Books (@ChronicleBooks), stops by to talk about the sounds of w...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - July 12, 2015 from 2015-07-12T23:33:10

Five books reviewed in five minutes.
- The Fly by Petr Horacek
- Sophie's Animal Parade by Amy Dixon, illustrated by Katia Wish
- Sock Monkey Takes a Bath by Cece Bell
- The Big Pri...

Kody Keplinger from 2015-07-10T03:55:54

Kody Keplinger (@Kody_Keplinger), author most recently of Lying Out Loud, published by Scholastic Press (@Scholastic), stops by to talk about being a cautious pessimest, the difference between writ...

Best Books Ever (Summer 2015) from 2015-06-30T13:50:15

Cynthia Alaniz (@utalaniz) joins me to talk about our favorite books of 2015 so far in this all new segment of the Let's Get Busy podcast.

Gwendal Le Bec from 2015-06-29T23:00

Gewndal Le Bec, illustrator and author most recently of Danny, published by Flying Eye Books (@FlyingEyeBooks), stops by to talk about the collaborative process of writing a book with his brother, ...

Kidlit.TV with Julie Gribble and Rocco Staino from 2015-06-26T05:17:40

Julie Gribble (@JulieGribbleNYC) and Rocco Staino (@RoccoA), founders of Kidlit.TV (@nymediaworks), stop by to talk about the journey so far of their online resource to children's literatures, deve...

Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre from 2015-06-23T02:40:17

Rafael Rosado (@rafael_rosado1) and Jorge Aguirre (@jorgeagu), creators of Dragons Beware!, published by First Second (@01FirstSecond), stop by to talk about building a graphic novel with the start...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - June 21, 2015 from 2015-06-22T00:37:46

Five books reviewed in five minutes.
- Monty's Magnificent Mane by Gemma O'Neill
- So Cozy by Lerryn Korda
- Hippos are Huge! by Jonathan London; illustrated by Matthew Trueman
- Da...

Paul Volponi from 2015-06-18T21:48:38

Paul Volponi, author most recently of Game Seven, published by Viking (@VikingChildrens), stops by to talk about teaching incarcerated youth on Rikers Island, faking it by listening, and El Fuego, ...

Cale Atkinson from 2015-06-17T20:30:44

Cale Atkinson (@2dCale), author illustrator of To The Sea, published by Disney Hyperion (DisneyHyperion), stops by to talk about big and chunky and strange and overcomplicated manuscripts, what it ...

Julie Paschkis from 2015-06-12T01:09:24

Julie Paschkis (@jpaschkis), author illustrator of P. Zonka Lays an Egg, published by Peachtree Publishers (@PeachtreePub), stops by to talk about her sister's egg decorating party, the imprint a s...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - May 31, 2015 from 2015-05-31T00:22:16

Five books reviewed in five minutes.
- Bird & Diz by Gary Golio; art by Ed Young
- Spots In a Box by Helen Ward
- The Death of the Hat: a Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects selected ...

Rowboat Watkins (Ep. 154) from 2015-05-29T01:17:21

Rowboat Watkins, debut picture book author illustrator of Rude Cakes (@ChronicleBooks), stops by to talk about trust, avoiding ego as much as possible, and learning how to be a better listener.

Jake Marcionette from 2015-05-26T00:33:48

Jake Marcionette (@jakemarcionette), author of the Just Jake series (@GrossetPSS), stops by to talk about the newest installment in the Just Jake series, his work as a motivational speaker, and how...

Play, Memory with Julie Sternberg from 2015-05-24T10:51:11

Play, Memory is a new podcast started by Julie Sternberg (@SternbergJulie), author of Like Pickle Juice on a Cupcake and The Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine series. Julie graciously allowed me ...

Miriam B. Schiffer from 2015-05-22T00:00

Miriam B. Schiffer, author of Stella Brings the Family (@ChronicleKids), illustrated by Holly Clifton Brown (@HollyRCB), stops by to talk about knowing your family is enough, the dilemma that occur...

Karen Rostoker-Gruber from 2015-05-19T02:14:43

Karen Rostoker-Gruber (@KarenRostokerGr), author most recently of Ferret Fun in the Sun (Two Lions), stops by to talk about author visits, her past life writing adult humor, and her goal to make a ...

Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw from 2015-05-15T00:00

Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (@KosteckiShaw), author illustrator most recently of Luna & Me:  The True Story of a Girl Who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest (@HenryHolt), stops by to talk about how art c...

Erin Hagar from 2015-05-12T03:39:32

Erin Hagar (@HagarErin), author of Julia Child: An Extraordinary Life in Words and Pictures (@duopress), stops by to talk about investigating CIA records, breaking the norm of "leaving room for the...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - May 12, 2015 from 2015-05-11T02:12:19

Five books reviewed in five minutes.
- Faraway Friends by Russ Cox
- Toby and the Ice Giants by Joe Lillington
- Vincent and the Night by Adele Enersen
- The Elephantom by Ross Coll...

Royden Lepp from 2015-04-29T02:11:11

Royden Lepp (@Royden Lepp), author of Death of the Rocket Boy (@Archaia), the third and penultimate volume in his Rust graphic novel series, stops by to talk about humanity, writing an open letter ...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - April 25, 2015 from 2015-04-25T18:55:18

Five books reviewed in five minutes.
- How to Read a Story by Kate Messner, illustrated by Mark Siegel
- This is My Rock by David Lucas
- The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes
- Beach...

David Ezra Stein from 2015-04-23T23:56:32

David Ezra Stein, author illustrator most recently of Tad and Dad (@NancyRoseEp @PenguinKids), stops by to talk about being a dad advocate, illustrating with a Crayola marker, and the idea that exp...

Alison Formento from 2015-04-20T21:29:05

Alison Formento (@AFormento), author of These Rocks Count (@AlbertWhitman), the newest offering in the These Count nature series illustrated by Sarah Snow, stops by to talk about book hangovers, se...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - April 19, 2015 from 2015-04-19T20:44:44

Five books reviewed in five minutes.
- On My Beach by Sara Gillingham, illustrated by Lorena Siminovich
- Hop, Hop Bunny by Betty Ann Schwartz and Lynn Seresin, illustrated by Neiko Ng
...

Timothy Young from 2015-04-16T22:48:32

 
Timothy Young (@TimSYoung), author illustrator most recently of The Angry Little Puffin (@SchifferBooks), stops by to talk about creating animations for Pee Wee's playhouse, hiding hundreds o...

Steve Light RETURNS from 2015-04-13T23:00

Steve Light (@SteveLight), author illustrator most recently of Have You Seen My Monster? (@Candlewick), stops by to talk about incorporating the 20 Motessori shapes into his newest book, turning ne...

Best Books Ever (Spring 2015) from 2015-04-12T00:00

 
Carter Higgins (@CarterHiggins) and Julie Falatko (@JulieFalatko) join me to talk about our favorite books of 2015 so far in this all new segment of the Let's Get Busy podcast.

Kimberly Willis Holt from 2015-04-10T02:23:43

Kimberly Willis Holt, author most recently of Dear Hank Williams (@henryholt, @mackidsbooks), stops by to talk about writing letters to her great grandmother, adding little things in the story to s...

Joyce Wan from 2015-03-31T23:56:45

Joyce Wan (@Wanart), author illustrator most recently of The Whale in My Swimming Pool (@fsgbooks, @mackidsbooks), stops by to talk about cute, chubby, adorable images, creating her first greeting ...

Michelle Eastman from 2015-03-31T23:44:12

Michelle Eastman (@meastmanbooks), author of The Legend of Dust Bunnies: A Fairy's Tale, illustrated by Kevin Richter (@KevinRichter), stops by to talk about investing time in building a presence o...

Amy Krouse Rosenthal from 2015-03-31T02:34:39

Amy Krouse Rosenthal (@missamykr), author most recently of I Wish You More (@ChronicleBooks), illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld (@tlichtenheld), stops by to talk about her love letter to those that sh...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - March 29, 2015 from 2015-03-29T17:07:16

Five books reviewed in five minutes.
- Farewell Floppy by Benjamin Chaud
- Black and White by Dahlov Ipcar
- By Mouse & Frog by Deborah Freedman
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way ...

Aaron Starmer from 2015-03-27T00:57:01

Aaron Starmer (@aaronstamer), author of The Whisper (@fsgbooks), the sequel to 2014's The Riverman, stops by to talk about competing narratives, building suspense, and world-building in the fantasy...

Paul Czajak from 2015-03-23T23:00

Paul Czajak (@PCzajak), author of Seaver the Weaver (@MightyPress), which is illustrated by Sean and Ben Hilts (@BrothersHilts), and author of the Monster & Me series, stops by to talk about orb sp...

The Brothers Hilts from 2015-03-20T02:47

Sean and Ben Hilts (@BrothersHilts), illustrators of Seaver the Weaver (@MightyPress), written by Paul Czajak (@PCzajak), as well as the critically reviewed The Insomniacs (@PenguinKids), written b...

Tina and Carson Kugler from 2015-03-17T02:33:38

Tina and Carson Kugler (@tinatheatre and @CarsonKugler), creator of the In Mary's Garden (@HMHkids), stop by to talk about "the witch's house", an artist who worked in found and recycled materials ...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - March 15, 2015 from 2015-03-15T20:12:05

Five books reviewed in five minutes.
- Changes: A Child's First Poetry Collection Poems by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke
- The Baseball Player and the Walrus by Ben Loory...

James Kochalka from 2015-03-12T21:31:39

James Kochalka (@GlorkAcademy), creator of the Glorkian Warrior graphic novel series including the newest title, The Glorkian Warrior Eats Adventure Pie (@01FirstSecond), as well as the Johnny Boo ...

Greg Pizzoli RETURNS! from 2015-03-10T03:39:14

Greg Pizzoli (@GregPizzoli), author illustrator of Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower (@PenguinKids) and Templeton Gets His Wish (@DisneyHyperion), stops by ...

Matthew Cordell from 2015-02-27T03:29:22

Matthew Cordell (@CordellMatthew), author illustrator of Wish (@DisneyHyperion) and illustrator of Special Delivery (@MacKidsBooks) by Philip C. Stead, stops by to talk about s...

Matthew Cordell from 2015-02-27T03:29:22

Matthew Cordell (@CordellMatthew), author illustrator of Wish (@DisneyHyperion) and illustrator of Special Delivery (@MacKidsBooks) by Philip C. Stead, stops by to talk about satisfying two vastly ...

Benji Davies from 2015-02-24T03:36:40

Benji Davies (@Benji_Davies), author illustrator of The Storm Whale (@MacKidsBooks), stops by to talk about working on short films, how some books are like sitcoms, and using storyboadi...

Benji Davies from 2015-02-24T03:36:40

Benji Davies (@Benji_Davies), author illustrator of The Storm Whale (@MacKidsBooks), stops by to talk about working on short films, how some books are like sitcoms, and using storyboading to find t...

Kat Yeh from 2015-02-20T04:46:13

Kat Yeh (@YehFace), author of The Truth About Twinkie Pie (@LBKids), stops by to talk about an idea that took root over NaNoWriMo, the amazing ways friends and the kidlit community celebrate book r...

Chris Giarrusso from 2015-02-17T03:55:58

Chris Giarrusso (@Chris_Giarrusso), author of The G-Man Super Journal: Awesome Origins (@ AndrewsMcMeel) and three G-Man graphic novels (@ImageComics), stops by to talk about disovering the Peanuts...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - February 15, 2015 from 2015-02-15T03:57:20

Five books reviewed in five minutes. 
- The Legend of Dust Bunnies: a fairy's tale by Michelle R. Eastman, illustrated by Kevin Richter
- Izzy & Oscar by Allison Estes and Dan Stark, illust...

Dev Petty from 2015-02-13T03:23:49

Dev Petty (@DevPetty), author of I Don't Want to Be a Frog (@doubledaypub), stops by to talk about bizarre serendipity, her debut picture book forest animal existential crisis, and making sure kids...

Kelly DiPucchio from 2015-02-10T02:59:17

Kelly DiPucchio (@kellydipucchio), author of Gaston (@SimonKids), Zombie in Love 2+1, and Crafty Chloe, stops by to talk about a cautionary tale of bacon, an obligation first and foremost to the ki...

Jen Malone from 2015-01-29T23:00

Jen Malone (@jenmalonewrites), author most recently of At Your Service (@simonschuster), stops by to talk about her love note to New York City, true stories of concierge service, and the Margin Pro...

Angelica Banks from 2015-01-26T23:00

Angelica Banks (@AAngelicaBanks), author of Finding Serendipity (@HenryHolt), stops by to talk about how two authors develop a unified voice, writing in a caravan, and reaching an audience halfway ...

The Best Book Ever [this week] - January 26, 2015 from 2015-01-26T19:10:02

Five books reviewed in five minutes. 
- Bilby: Secrets of an Australian Marsupial by Edel Wignell, illustrated by Mark Jackson
- Hansel & Gretel retold by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Lorenz...

David Huyck from 2015-01-23T02:05:55

David Huyck (@huyckd), illustrator of If Kids Ruled the World (@PenguinTeen), Nine Words Max (@Tundra Books), and That One Spooky Night, stops by to talk about massaging a manuscript, self-pulishin...

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley from 2015-01-20T00:34:53

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (@kimbbbradley), author of The War That Saved My Life (@PenguinTeen), stops by to talk about researching the stories of evacuees, writing a character who is confined and t...

Samantha Berger from 2015-01-15T23:00

Samantha Berger (@BergerBooks), author of Snoozefest (@PenguinKids) and A Crankenstein Valentine (@LittleBrown) stops by to talk about working for Nickelodeon, turning in fully illustrated manuscri...

Steve Antony from 2015-01-12T15:08:33

Steve Antony (@MrSteveAntony), author of Betty Goes Bananas (@schwartzwade), Please, Mr. Panda (@Scholastic), and The Queen's Hat, stops by to talk about letting his characters tell the story, the ...

Michelle Knudsen from 2015-01-01T21:26:39

Michelle Knudsen (@MichelleKnudsen), author of Evil Librarian (@Candlewick), Library Lion Listen