AND YET YOU SHINE: Supriya Kelkar Visits The Yarn

Travis: It was such a pleasure to interview Michigan author/illustrator Supriya Kelkar about her nonfiction picture book AND YET YOU SHINE: THE KOHINOOR DIAMOND, COLONIZATION, AND RESISTANCE. Supriya talks about the process and challenges of making a picture book about a brutal and often tragic true story. She also shares her unique artmaking process, and her hope for the book.
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About Travis Jonker
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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