Helena Ku Rhee (The Children's Book Podcast #572)
top of page
Helena Ku Rhee (@HelenaRhee) shares THE PAPER KINGDOM, a new picture book illustrated by Pascal Campion. In our conversation Helena talks...
Weshoyot Alvitre (The Children's Book Podcast #571)
Weshoyot Alvitre (@weshoyot) shares AT THE MOUNTAIN’S BASE, a poetic story written by Traci Sorell and illustrated by Weshoyot about a...
Nikki Grimes (The Children's Book Podcast #570)
Nikki Grimes (@nikkigrimes9) shares ORDINARY HAZARDS, a memoir in verse that has not only garnered six starred reviews on top of being...
Kat Leyh (The Children's Book Podcast #569)
Kat Leyh (@kaymlay) shares SNAPDRAGON, solo debut graphic novel about a girl named Snap, an old lady named Jacks (who might actually be a...
Introducing Levine Querido (The Children's Book Podcast #568)
Arthur A. Levine (@ArthurALevine1), head of Levine Querido and a publisher and advocate responsible for bringing many widely loved books...
The 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Awards (The Children's Book Podcast #567)
There are countless individuals working throughout publishing to center historically marginalized voices. Perhaps none do it more...
Elizabeth Lilly (The Children's Book Podcast #566)
Elizabeth Lilly (@elizabethmlilly) shares GERALDINE, a picture book about a giraffe whose family moves to a new town where they are the...
Redefining the Boy Hero (The Children's Book Podcast #565)
Last November I had the esteemed privilege of moderating a panel at NCTE, the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of...
Readers' Thoughts on Reading (The Children's Book Podcast #564)
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...
Frané Lessac (The Children's Book Podcast #563)
Frané Lessac (@franelessac) shares UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS and UNDER THE MILKY WAY. Frané has made many beautiful books, but it was...
Elizabeth Zunon (The Children's Book Podcast #562)
Elizabeth Zunon (@ElizabethZunon) shares BEDTIME FOR SWEET CREATURES, which is written by Nikki Grimes. It is a bedtime story of a parent...
Angela Joy (The Children's Book Podcast #561)
Angela Joy (@AngelaJoyBlog) shares BLACK IS A RAINBOW COLOR. This beautiful book, illustrated by one-to-watch and the one-to-wow Ekua...
Ann Braden (The Children's Book Podcast #560)
Ann Braden (@annbradenbooks) shares THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS. This is a story about the strength of a 12-year-old girl named...
Rajani LaRocca (The Children's Book Podcast #559)
Rajani LaRocca (@rajanilarocca) shares MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM. Mimi, the main character in Rajani’s middle grade debut, enters a baking...
Introducing Matthew In The Stacks
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...
bottom of page