Matthew Cordell Returns to The Yarn Podcast!

September 30, 2026 by Travis Jonker Leave a Comment

Travis: At the American Library Association Annual Conference back at the end of June, I interviewed Matthew Cordell about his 2026 book, 102. It might be my favorite picture book of the year thus far.

This marks the third time Matthew has been on the show.

The first time he was part of a LIVE picture book panel (peep the vintage logo):

The second time he talked about his picture book bio of Mr. Rogers: Hello, Neighbor:

And today Matthew takes us behind the scenes of 102:

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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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