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He's got the eyebrows of Roy Kent and the emotional range of Oscar the Grouch. But what makes a book cranky? Only way to find out? Ask its creators!
"You get your story and you hold on to it, and every time you tell it, you forget it more.” We talk today with Andrew Knapp about his beloved Momo and the book he made once she was gone.
Interview Triumvirate: A Three-Way Rescues Interview with Tommy and Charlie Greenwald and Shiho Pate
|It's been a good year for dog books. As proof, you should probably check out The Rescues. I interview its three creators about bringing this monumentally cute story to life.
Poetry and friendship. Family and legacy. The story behind the collaboration of Jerry Pinkney, Nikki Grimes, Brian Pinkney, and Charnelle Pinkney may be one of the finest you read all year.
One of my favorite parts of this job is talking to picture book creators about their art. But you know what's even better than that? Talking to picture book creators about other picture book creators.
"...we are better working together, but this in itself is a skill that needs to be practiced over and over again." We're talking Iñupiaq origin myths with author/illustrator Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson today!
Art and Science Combine As One: It’s an Iguanodon’s Horn Cover Reveal + Interview with Sean Rubin!
|Dinosaur paleontology: a science mediated by illustrators. Today we're talking with multi-talented Sean Rubin about dinos and an upcoming book that explains how we get them a little more right with every generation.
Power couple Laini Taylor and Jim Di Bartolo discuss their first middle grade graphic novel created together, as well as the state of science fiction in children's books today.
"How would Jewish people take to anthropomorphic animals? You mean cute mice were okay for Christmas books, but Jewish children shouldn’t have cute bears? Was I missing something?" Jane Breskin Zalben discusses her classic series.
Just in time for Father's Day we're joined by Michael and Joshua Sampson, a father/son team, discussing their first collaboration together.