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Children's Literature
Interviews with authors of children's literature about their new books
September 8, 2024
On Haya Shenhav's "100 Rooms"
Professor Yirmi Pinkus celebrates with us the rerelease of the classic Hebrew children's book, 100 Rooms by Haya Shenhav, in a new American edition (K…
September 7, 2024
One Small Spark
In this, our second interview with prolific author Ruth Spiro, we celebrate the publication of her brand new book, One Small Spark: A Tikkun Olam Stor…
August 4, 2024
The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle
Dan Gutman is the renowned, prolific author of some 190 books for kids from kindergarten up to middle school. His books include Rappy the Raptor (pict…
July 25, 2024
Muslimness in Books for Young Readers
Persevering with our literary theme this season, in this episode Claudia Radiven and Chella Ward chat to A. M. Dassu about her books for young readers…
July 15, 2024
The New Brownies' Book
In 1920, W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP founders published The Brownies’ Book: A Monthly Magazine for Children of the Sun. A century later, The New Br…
July 13, 2024
Don Tate, Children's Book Illustrator and Author
Don Tate is the award-winning author and/or illustrator of numerous picture book biographies, including Pigskins to Paintbrushes: The Story of Footbal…
July 7, 2024
Doña Gracia Saved Worlds
Bonni Goldberg, award-winning poet, writer, and educator, writes non-fiction for children and adults. In our animated discussion, we talk about how he…
June 19, 2024
The Business of Publishing Children's Books
Elizabeth Law has worked in the publishing field her whole life, first as an Editor at Viking Children’s Books and Puffin Books, as Associate Publishe…
June 5, 2024
Like Father, Like Son
In our animated interview with prolific, award-winning children's author and poet Lesléa Newman, we celebrate two of her picture books which have just…
May 25, 2024
Who's Writing This Story?
Robin Newman was a practicing attorney and legal editor but has more fun writing children's books about witches, mice, pigs, and peacocks. In our inte…
May 22, 2024
A Tour of the Human Body
In this wonderful second interview with Jennifer Berne we celebrate the launch of her newest picture book, and the first in a series: A Tour of the H…
May 11, 2024
Walking Trees
Marie-Louise Gay is an internationally-acclaimed, multi-award winning Canadian author and illustrator of over 60 books. In our interview, we celebrate…
May 4, 2024
Harry and the Highwire
In this interview, we celebrate Julie Carpenter's first picture book, Harry and the Highwire: Houdini's First Amazing Act (Laura Catalán, illustrator)…
April 13, 2024
On Monsters, Goddesses and Myths: A Discussion with Author Katherine Marsh
“We’re not monsters, Mom. We’re goddesses—smart, fearless, and beautiful.” That’s the voice of Ava, the superpowered protagonist of Katherine Marsh’s …
March 30, 2024
The Imposter
In this heartwarming interview with Laura Bower, we celebrate the launch of her brand new, debut picture book, The Imposter, illustrated by Kerisa Gre…
March 24, 2024
Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten
Michelle Knudsen is the New York Times best-selling author of fifty books for young readers of all ages, including the award-winning picture books (an…
March 21, 2024
The Devash Megillat Esther
The Devash Megillat Esther (Hadar Press, 2024) includes the full Hebrew Megillah text, an original kid-friendly English translation, and carefully sel…
March 18, 2024
Octopus Acrobatics
Sue Fliess ("fleece") is the award-winning, bestselling author of over 50 children's books including Sadie Sprocket Builds a Rocket, How to Trap a Lep…
March 17, 2024
The Color of Sound
Emily Barth Isler is the author of AfterMath, an award-winning middle grade novel, and of the forthcoming picture book Always Enough Love. In our inte…
March 10, 2024
A Chat with a Children's Book Illustrator: Erin Kraan
Erin Kraan has illustrated over half a dozen children's books, with more on the way. In our interview we celebrate her latest illustrated picture book…