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Tag: author videos

September 19, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Cabin Head and Tree Head: Best Promotional Video for a Children’s Book of 2025?

Come for the wacky promotional video for one of the greatest graphic novels of 2025. Stay for the celebrity picture book cameo at the very end.

January 20, 2024 by Betsy Bird

The Belle of the Bologna Book Festival A Conversation With Beatrice Alemagna

Folks, when you have a chance to interview an absolute legend in the field, you take that chance and you run with it. Today's legend in question: none other than the illustrious Beatrice Alemagna.

November 21, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Delving Deep Into Different Kinds of Minds: An Interview with Dr. Temple Grandin

Today I'm talking with Dr. Temple Grandin about her latest book for kids, DIFFERENT KINDS OF MINDS, about the brain, patterns, types of thinkers and more.

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Tyler Merritt: The Summer That Changed My Life

September 14, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Actor and activist Tyler Merritt speaks about a moment that happened to him when he was ten-years-old and has inspired his autobiographical picture book A Door Made for Me.

Warrants a Discussion: David Wiesner Discusses His Carle Museum Exhibit

September 1, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Multi-Caldecott Award winning creator David Wiesner gives me a rundown on the history of wordless picture books (worth an academic course right there) and the exhibit he curated with the Carle called Speechless: The Art of Wordless Picture Books.

Wisdom of Trees: An Interview and Video Reveal for the Latest from Lita Judge

January 26, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Hope you like trees because today you're getting a bird's eye view. Author Lita Judge answers my questions and reveals a video for her latest dendrophile accomplishment.

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Gary Paulsen: Videos, Conversations, and a Brand New Book

January 12, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Tonight I talk with Gary Paulsen live. Before that, listen to him talk about his latest book, Gone to the Woods.

An Unspeakable Interview: Talking with Carole Boston Weatherford & Floyd Cooper About the Tulsa Race Massacre

January 5, 2021 by Betsy Bird

"I do not think that young readers are too tender for tough topics." I talk with Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper about their nonfiction picture book on the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Author Fan Face-off: A Steve Sheinkin Video Production

September 22, 2020 by Betsy Bird

Librarian Stacey Rattner and author Steve Sheinkin bring you the game show we've all been waiting for. Now answering the ultimate question: Who knows their books better? Authors? Or fans?

Book Trailer Premiere: My Heart Is a Compass by Deborah Marcero

November 2, 2018 by Betsy Bird

Look, I don’t want you to think I’m easy or anything. “Old Betsy Bird,” you’d say. “She’ll post pretty much any kind of video on her site”. Not true, sez I! I just like what I like. And what I like is process. Getting into the heads of the creators of some of my favorite […]

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