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March 27, 2021 by Travis Jonker

RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE: Rajani LaRocca Visits The Yarn

March 27, 2021 by Travis Jonker   Leave a Comment

Travis: How does a doctor become a children’s book author? What makes a good novel-in-verse? In this episode of The Yarn, Colby talks with Red, White, and Whole author Rajani LaRocca about these things, and a lot more.

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Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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