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November 16, 2025 by Travis Jonker Leave a Comment

POP! Betsy Bird is on The Yarn

November 16, 2025 by Travis Jonker   Leave a Comment

Travis: Back in late June I talked with author, librarian, and Fuse #8 Production blogger Betsy Bird about her excellent 2025 picture book POP! GOES THE NURSERY RHYME.

In this episode, Betsy shares the inspiration for this book (which came during a story time with her children), the tricky task of deciding which rhymes to include, her collaboration with Andrea Tsurumi, and much 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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