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About Susan Raab

NBN Episodes hosted by Susan:

Film August 19, 2017

The Children's Film

Genre, Nation and Narrative

Noel Brown

Hosted by Susan Raab
Noel Brown is a film and television scholar at Liverpool Hope University. His research has focused on Hollywood and British cinema (classical and contemporary), family entertainment, children's culture and animation …
Children's Literature June 21, 2017

A Discussion with Australia's Children's Laureate

Leigh Hobbs

Hosted by Susan Raab
Though he works across a wide range of artistic mediums Leigh Hobbs is best known for the children's books he has written and illustrated featuring his characters Old Tom, Horrible …
Children's Literature June 13, 2017

An Interview with Aksel Koie

CEO of Step in Books

A Bear Called Mur

Hosted by Susan Raab
Aksel Koie, CEO of Step In Books, based in Copenhagen and founded in 2014, discusses the design and technology behind his Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award winning app, Mur. This is …
Children's Literature May 27, 2017

BabyLit

An Interview with Suzanne Gibbs Taylor

Hosted by Susan Raab
The Gibbs Smith motto is "to enrich and inspire mankind." Since 1969, the publishing house has become known for creating smart, stylish, sophisticated books. This has included books on architecture …
Children's Literature May 25, 2017

Alphabetter and the Peace Dragon Project

Linda Ragsdale

Hosted by Susan Raab
Author, illustrator and international speaker/teacher, Linda Ragsdale talks about her Peace Dragon Tale series of books for children and shares how the powerful skills of View, Voice and Choice can …
Children's Literature May 23, 2017

Discussion with George White

President of Up With Paper/Jumping Jack Press

Hosted by Susan Raab
George White, President and COO of Up With Paper and Jumping Jack Press interviewed following the Bologna Children's Book Fair, discusses the intricacies of creating pop-up art for greeting cards …
Children's Literature May 21, 2017

The Magic Inside Books

A Discussion of the Exhibit

Matteo Faglia

Hosted by Susan Raab
Matteo Faglia, discusses the 2017 Bologna Book Fair exhibition, "Pop-up Show: The Magic Inside Books," which traces some of the important milestones in the story of 3-dimensional, or as they …
Media April 18, 2017

The Happiness Effect

How Social Media is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost

Donna Freitas

Hosted by Susan Raab
In The Happiness Effect: How Social Media is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost (Oxford University Press, 2017), Donna Freitas investigates the darker side of social media …
Children's Literature February 15, 2017

Steamboat School

Deborah Hopkinson

Hosted by Susan Raab
In Steamboat School (Jump at the Sun, 2016), an historical picture book based on true events, author Deborah Hopkinson recounts the story of Reverend John Berry Meachum's brave act to …
Education January 25, 2017

Growing Each Other Up

When Our Children Become Our Teachers

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Hosted by Susan Raab
With Growing Each Other Up: When Our Children Become Our Teachers (University of Chicago Press, 2016), Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot offers an intimately detailed, emotionally powerful and different perspective of the parenting …
Literary Studies January 6, 2017

Some Writer!

The Story of E.B. White

Melissa Sweet

Hosted by Susan Raab
Readers of all ages know E. B. White's work. Charlotte's Web is the first book many children are read aloud. Elements of Style remains an essential reference book. Almost everyone …
Technology December 29, 2016

From Playgrounds to PlayStation

The Interaction of Technology and Play

Carroll Pursell

Hosted by Susan Raab
Carroll Pursell's From Playgrounds to PlayStation: The Interaction of Technology and Play (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015) explores how play reflects and drives the evolution of American culture. Pursell engagingly …
Children's Literature November 29, 2016

The Water Princess

Susan Verde

Hosted by Susan Raab
Supermodel Georgie Badiel grew up in a small village in Burkina Faso where the closest source of water was many miles from home. After launching her successful modeling career, she …
Children's Literature November 3, 2016

Some Girls are Born to Lead

Clara and the Shirtwaist Maker's Strike of 1909

Michelle Markel

Hosted by Susan Raab
Michelle Markel, an award-winning author and former journalist who has written for The Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times, talks about books she's written about two strong and brave …
Children's Literature October 28, 2016

Inside the Brain of the World's Smartest Bird

The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune

Pamela S. Turner

Hosted by Susan Raab
Award-winning author, Pamela S. Turner discusses two new books, Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the Worlds Smartest Bird (HMH Books for Young Readers, 2016), and Samurai Rising: The Epic …
Law October 18, 2016

Human Rights and Children's Literature

Imagination and the Narrative of the Law

Jonathan Todres and Sarah Higinbotham

Hosted by Susan Raab
How can children grow to realize their inherent rights and respect the rights of others? In Human Rights in Children's Literature: Imagination and the Narrative of Law (Oxford University Press …
Children's Literature October 14, 2016

I Dissent

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

Debbie Levy

Hosted by Susan Raab
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing with inequality, arguing against unfair treatment, and standing up for what's right for people everywhere. I Dissent: Ruth Bader …
Children's Literature September 12, 2016

Peep and Egg

I'm Not Trick-or-Treating

Laura Gehl

Hosted by Susan Raab
Peep cant wait for Halloween to start, but younger Egg has a long list of reasons to wish it would not. In a scene familiar to many families, the prospect …
Biography September 8, 2016

She Stood for Freedom

The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

Interview with Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

Hosted by Susan Raab
"Anyone can make a difference. Find a problem, get some friends together, and go fix it. Remember you don't have to change the world, just change your world." --Joan Trumpauer …
Children's Literature August 23, 2016

Travels with Gannon and Wyatt

Hawaii

Patti Wheeler and Keith Hemstreet

Hosted by Susan Raab
Exotic, dangerous, exhilarating and extreme--the contradictions that are Hawaii are the challenges adventurer twins, Gannon and Wyatt, must face as they seek to unravel a centuries-old mystery in Travels with …
Children's Literature August 2, 2016

Southern Gothic

A Celine Caldwell Mystery

Bridgette R. Alexander

Hosted by Susan Raab
Southern Gothic: A Celine Caldwell Mystery (Paris 1865 Press, 2016) and Sons of Liberty, which will be published in Spring 2017, are the first Celine Caldwell Mystery series books in …