The Children's Book Podcast
Matthew C. Winner
Celebrating the power of storytelling to reflect our world, expand our perspectives, and foster connections between readers of all ages. The Children's Book Podcast features interviews with authors, illustrators, and everyone involved in taking a book from drawing board to bookshelf. Hosted by Matthew C. Winner, a teacher, librarian, writer, and fan of kids. Brought to you in partnership with Boyds Mills, positively impacting kids by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inform, educate, and inspire children to become their best selves.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Apr 3, 2017 • 41min
Debbie Levy and Gilbert Ford
Debbie Levy (@debbielevybooks) and Gilbert Ford (@gilbertford), respective author and illustrator of Soldier Song: A True Story of the Civil War, talk about bringing to life a story a different views, warring sides, and a song that brought the soldiers together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Apr 2, 2017 • 39min
PJ Lynch
PJ Lynch (@PJLynchArt), illustrator most recently of Patrick and the President, stops by the podcast to talk about getting the work right, painting the town for an important visit, and the 50th anniversary since JFK's landmark trip to Wexford, Ireland. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Mar 31, 2017 • 45min
Elana K. Arnold and Charles Santoso
Elana K. Arnold (@ElanaKArnold) and Charles Santoso (@minitreehouse), author and illustrator, respectively, of A Boy Called Bat, stop by the podcast to talk about respecting the people whose lives you borrow from, feeling like autism is always in the foreground when talking about neurodiversity, and creating a book with a whole lot of heart. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Mar 27, 2017 • 39min
Laura Amy Schlitz
Laura Amy Schlitz, author of Newbery medal-winning Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!, shares Princess Cora and the Crocodile, her new early chapter book illustrated by Brian Floca. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Mar 24, 2017 • 38min
Christopher Browne
Christopher Browne (@loyaldogmarlo), author illustrator of Marlo, stops by the podcast to talk about his tribute to the imagination, creating worlds beyond the page, and how creating a webcomic helped to hold himself to deadlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Mar 21, 2017 • 37min
Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant
Anna Kang (@annakang27) and Christopher Weyant (@chrisweyant05), author and illustrator of I Am (Not) Scared, stop by the podcast to talk about creating safe places to talk to children about their emotions, letting thoughts and feelings out, and how not all fears are scary for the same people. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Mar 21, 2017 • 1h 32min
Giuseppe Castelano
Giuseppe Castellano (@pinocastellano), executive art director at Penguin Random House and founder of the Illustration Department (@illusdept), stops by the podcast to answer publishing and illustration questions submitted by our listeners. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Mar 17, 2017 • 43min
Peter H. Reynolds
Peter H. Reynolds (@peterhreynolds), author illustrator of The Dot, Ish, and, most recently, of Happy Dreamer, stops by the podcast to talk about being a very distracted kid, the power we all possess to make things better, and the idea that technology isn't as cool as innovative thinking. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Mar 15, 2017 • 47min
Jon Chad
Jon Chad (@jon_chad), cartoonist behind Volcanoes, the newest in First Second's Science Comics series, stops by the podcast to talk about his underlying love of science, looking for narrative beats, and the emotion you get from Darth Vader just from his slight tip of the helmet. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Mar 10, 2017 • 44min
David Jacobson and Toshikado Hajiri
David Jacobson and Toshikado Hajiri, author and illustrator of Are You An Echo?: The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko, stop by the podcast to talk about the life and works of Misuzu, her sense of vulnerability in her poems, and the universal nature of her words, written 100 years ago. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
