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MORE 'PICTURE-BOOK-AUTHOR-INTERVIEWS' POSTS

    Owl Enticements: A Cover Reveal and Interview with Eric Fan and  Dena Seiferling About the Upcoming NIGHT LUNCH

    Betsy Bird, June 8, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Cover Reveal, Interviews

    When artists write picture books and encourage others to illustrate them, what's the reasoning? Today we've a beautiful interview with Eric Fan and Dena Seiferling on their upcoming NIGHT LUNCH and what this collaboration has entailed.

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    From Black Oak to Board Books: A Harold Green III Interview

    Betsy Bird, May 25, 2022 | Interviews

    Chicago poet Harold Green III is switching from adult poetry to children's literature. Why the change and what does he hope to do? I have questions. He has answers.

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    Quite the Treat. A Yellow Dog Blues Interview with Alice Faye Duncan and Chris Raschka

    Betsy Bird, May 24, 2022 | Interviews

    Any book that combines the vernacular stylings of Alice Faye Duncan, the intricate hand sewn and illustrated art of Chris Raschka, and the rhythm and music of the Mississipi Delta is a book you need to hear more about right now.

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    Cover Reveal and Interview with Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann: POLAR BEAR!

    Betsy Bird, May 19, 2022 | Cover Reveal, Interviews

    "I want to make art, not taxidermy." A ribald talk with two greats in the field of children's literature. I reveal the cover of their latest: POLAR BEAR!

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    ACTION!: How Books About Movies Get Made – A Meghan McCarthy Interview

    Betsy Bird, May 11, 2022 | Interviews

    Process junkies, have I got a post for you today! A remarkable interview in which Meghan McCarthy breaks down how she created the epic and wonderful ACTION! about the birth of cinema.

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    Halloween in May: A Witch Hazel Interview with Molly Idle

    Betsy Bird, May 5, 2022 | Interviews

    Good news, process junkies. We're talking about how Molly Idle created her upcoming smash hit (at least I hope it is) Witch Hazel.

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    And Tango Gets Banned Again? Book Banning Perspectives from Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson

    Betsy Bird, April 26, 2022 | Interviews

    and offer advice to book creators facing challenges to their own works for the very first time.

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    Pigeon & Cat: An Interview with Eddie Hemingway

    Betsy Bird, April 22, 2022 | Interviews

    Interested in a retro-styled treat of friendship? Eddie Hemingway's back with a particularly sweet tale and I get to ask him about it at length.

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    Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: Talking About Flamingos and Watermelons with Zahra Marwan

    Betsy Bird, March 29, 2022 | Best Books, Best Books of 2022, Interviews

    Sometimes it feels like I've seen so many picture books on immigration, and yet I've never seen anything like Zahra Marwan's WHERE BUTTERFLIES FILL THE SKY. There's a lightness to it, even in the midst of a deadly serious topic, that isn't like anything else out there.

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    Orange You Glad I’m Doing This Interview? Carrie Tillotson & Estrela Lourenco Talk Bananas

    Betsy Bird, March 17, 2022 | Interviews

    The problem with the world today is that we don't have enough picture books about spotlight-hungry bananas written by biostatisticians. And as luck would have it, such a book is coming out soon. I talk with its creators.

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