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
Aug 13, 2015 • 41min
Jay Hosler
Jay Hosler (@Jay_Hosler), author and illustrator of Last of the Sandwalkers, published by First Second (@01FirstSecond), stops by to talk about finding the tedium we can endure, a tale of prolonged stupidity (or obliviousness), and trying to capture the joy of Snoopy dancing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Aug 11, 2015 • 36min
Kate Messner RETURNS
Kate Messner (@KateMessner), author Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree, published by Chronicle Books (@ChronicleKids, @ChronicleBooks) and illustrated by Simona Mulazzani, stops by to talk about assigning herself a research project as a kid, messing around as part of the writing process, and the details you would never find if you didn't go there. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Aug 9, 2015 • 11min
The Best Book Ever [this week] - August 9, 2015
Five excellent picture books reviewed, including a monster who runs for president and a monster who turns out to be not such a monster after all. - Monster Needs Your Vote by Paul Czajak, Illustrations by Wendy Grieb (Mighty Media Kids) - One Day on Our Blue Planet ...in the Savannah by Ella Bailey (Flying Eye Books) - How to Behave at a Dog Show by Madelyn Rosenberg; Illustrated by Heather Ross (Katherine Tegen Books, HarperCollins Publishers) - If an Elephant Went to School by Ellen Fischer; Illustrations by Laura Wood (Mighty Media Kids) - Max the Brave by Ed Vere (Sourcebooks) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Aug 6, 2015 • 39min
Phil Bildner and John Parra
Phil Bildner (@PhilBildner) and John Parra, author and illustrator of Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans, published by Chronicle Books (@ChronicleKids, @ChronicleBooks), stop by to talk about the 10th anniversary of the worst man-made disaster in New Orleans' history, conducting visual research, and toxic gumbo. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Aug 3, 2015 • 57min
Lynne Jonell
Lynne Jonell, author most recently of The Sign of the Cat, published by Henry Holt and Company (@HenryHolt, @MacKidsBooks), stops by to talk about a special 3rd grade teacher, a green piece of paper with a curved line, and learning to serve your story and cut your ego. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Aug 2, 2015 • 9min
The Best Book Ever [this week] - August 2, 2015
Five outstanding picture books reviewed. - Pool by Jihyeon Lee (Chronicle Books) - The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton (Arthur A. Levine Books) - Melissa's Octopus and Other Unsuitable Pets by Charlotte Voake (Candlewick Press) - Peanut Butter and Brains: A Zombie Culinary Tale by Joe McGee; pictures by Charles Santoso (Abrams Books for Young Readers) - One Day, The End: Short, Very Short, Shorter-Than-Ever Stories by Rebecca Kai Dotlich; illustrated by Fred Koehler (Boyds Mills Press) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Jul 31, 2015 • 39min
Jennifer Gray Olson
Jennifer Gray Olson (@jgrayolson), author and illustrator of Ninja Bunny, published by Alfred A. Knopf (@AAKnopf), stops by to talk about abounding confidence, her mental commute to work, and how one day ninja bunny just sort of showed up in her sketchbook. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Jul 28, 2015 • 54min
Adam Rex
Adam Rex (@MrAdamRex), author and illustrator of Smek for President, published by Disney Hyperion (@DisneyHyperion) and sequel to the best-selling The True Meaning of Smek Day, stops by to talk about writing as he goes, his massive project for which no one was paying him and no one knew about, and the standard of bad kickball playing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Jul 26, 2015 • 11min
The Best Book Ever [this week] - July 26, 2015
Five exceptional graphic novels reviewed. - Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #5: The Underground Abductor by Nathan Hale (Amulet Books) - Fable Comics edited by Chris Duffy (First Second) - Dragons Beware! written by Jorge Aguirre, art by Rafael Rosado (First Second) - Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Scholastic Graphix) - The Last of the Sandwalkers by Jay Hosler (First Second) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Jul 24, 2015 • 49min
Russ Cox
Russ Cox (@smilingotis), author and illustrator of Faraway Friends, published by Sky Pony Press (@skyhorsepub), stops by to talk about playing outside, always learning, and knowing when "it's just not the right person for me." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
