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MORE 'STEVE-SHEINKIN' POSTS

    Walking and Talking with . . . Elizabeth Wein!

    Betsy Bird, October 17, 2017 | Walking and Talking

    I’m not supposed to have favorites. Periodically Steve Sheinkin will pop up like a magical elf and offer me one of his magnificent Walking and Talking comic series for my blog, and I always thank him profusely, loving each and every one individually. Today’s is different. I’m not sure quite why. I think it has […]

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    Walking and Talking with . . . Deborah Heiligman!

    Betsy Bird, September 12, 2017 | Walking and Talking

    It’s back! It’s back! Steve Sheinkin’s regular series of conversations with great writers of books for youth has returned from its summertime hiatus. Steve has such a fantastic ear for the best parts of any dialogue, and considering the sheer amount of buzz that Ms. Heiligman’s novel Vincent and Theo has been garnering in 2017 […]

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    Walking and Talking with . . . Rebecca Stead!

    Betsy Bird, February 17, 2017 | Walking and Talking

    There is much to love in this latest edition to the Steve Sheinkin “Walking and Talking” oeuvre.  Since today’s guest is Newbery Award winning author Rebecca Stead there are insights into her process.  There is careful consideration of the act of writing, and what you chose to tell or not tell.  And, most important of […]

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    Exclusive Deleted Scene: Steve Sheinkin’s Undefeated

    Betsy Bird, January 17, 2017 | Uncategorized

    This past Sunday you might have seen a review in the New York Times for Steve Sheinkin’s latest book Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team.  In the event that it piqued your interest, you were familiar with the Radiolab episode on the same subject, or you simply like Steve Sheinkin (or […]

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    Walking and Talking with . . . Grace Lin!

    Betsy Bird, November 28, 2016 | Walking and Talking

    Steve Sheinkin is back with his beloved series!  If you’re unfamiliar with it, Steve has a conversation with an author of books for kids or teens and then plucks from it the best parts.  So in spite of the fact that he has a brand new book out in early 2017 (Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and […]

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    Walking and Talking with . . . Kate DiCamillo!

    Betsy Bird, May 11, 2016 | Walking and Talking

    Recently I hosted a Literary Salon where an attendee asked at the end whether or not it was true that Kate DiCamillo deleted every draft she wrote, right after finishing it, so that she could rewrite it again.  As it turns out, this isn’t exactly the case, but it did lead a lot of us […]

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    Fan Art: From Sheinkin to Wicks

    Betsy Bird, April 6, 2016 | Uncategorized

    Here’s an idea for a series on this blog: Authors and illustrators paying tribute to other authors and illustrators in the form of fan art.  Oh, it could work.  Why do I think it could work?  Because that’s what we’re doing today, folks. Consider the author Steve Sheinkin.  You may know him from his award […]

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    Walking and Talking with . . . M.T. Anderson!

    Betsy Bird, February 4, 2016 | Walking and Talking

    There were many fine and fantastic works of nonfiction for older children and teens in 2015.  One such book won the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Award while another won an Honor.  Now those two authors chat about the process of creating narrative nonfiction.  We’ve featured a fair number of Walking and Talking chats […]

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    Walking and Talking With . . . Dav Pilkey

    Betsy Bird, November 30, 2015 | Walking and Talking

    Such a treat! So I’m finally reading Steve Sheinkin’s latest nonfiction work, Most Dangerous, and then out of the blue he sends me the latest in his “Walking and Talking” series. Dav Pilkey, Mr. Captain Underpants himself, is today’s subject. Fun Pilkey Fact You Never Knew: He has exquisite taste in cakes. True fact! Thanks […]

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    Walking and Talking With . . . Tim Federle!

    Betsy Bird, October 7, 2015 | Walking and Talking

    Steve Sheinkin returns once more to write up and illustrate his “Walking and Talking” series.  As with other posts in the series, Steve will have a conversation with an author or illustrator and then pluck out and bring to life the parts that really define something about the process.  Part of the reason I love […]

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