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COLBY: I had a blast chatting with Amy Timberlake about her new book Egg Marks the Spot. She is such an interesting and unique human. I could have chatted with her for hours. Be sure to check out the episode below. Subscribe below to catch every episode of The Yarn: iTunes Spotify Stitcher
COLBY: Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet was that “one book” for me as a child. It continues to rock the world of so many readers in my classroom, and I am forever grateful to Gary and his work. Learning of his passing a couple of weeks ago was really hard. Travis and I talked about rerunning my […]
COLBY: When I learned that Sara Pennypacker was revisiting the world of Pax and Peter in the book Pax, Journey Home I knew that I had to talk to her for The Yarn. Pax blew me away, and the thought of being able to find out what happened next made my heart so happy. In […]
COLBY: I am a big of reading aloud and of Pernille Ripp. When you put two awesome things together, you get something magical. In this episode of The Yarn, Pernille talks about starting the global read aloud, why she decided to continue it in 2021, and this year’s selections. Be sure to check out the […]
COLBY: Back in 2019, at the NCTE Annual Conference in Baltimore, I sat down with Karyn Parsons to talk about her middle grade novel ‘How High the Moon’. I was very proud of myself for not asking Karyn anything about her time working on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She did manage to bring it […]
Colby: When I saw that Kate Messner’s picture book on Dr. Fauci was coming out late June, I couldn’t stop thinking about how in the world Simon & Schuster, Kate, and illustrator Alexandra Bye managed to get this book done so quickly. Kate answers that question and a whole lot more in the latest episode […]
Colby: During the summer of 2011, I joined Donalyn Miller’s #bookaday challenge. It was one of the best things that I have ever done professionally. I read a lot of amazing books and met a lot of brilliant people year, so I continue to join the challenge each and every summer. In the latest episode […]
COLBY: Watercress by Andrea Wang and Jason Chin took my breath away. The only thing I could do after I finished reading it, was read it again. And again. And again. At the end of the year, I expect to see this book on just about every end of the year ‘best books’ list. It’s […]
COLBY: I had a blast interviewing Tae Keller for The Yarn. We talked about her book ‘When You Trap a Tiger’, her new podcast, and what it was like learning that she won the Newbery Medal over Zoom. I hope you like the episode! Here’s my video review of the book! Subscribe below to catch […]
Colby: The first book I ever fell in love with was Gary Paulsen’s ‘Hatchet’. I was a fourth grader in Mrs. Collins’s class. She read it aloud to us. I’ll never forget what it felt like to fall in love with a book for the first time. I owe so much to Mrs. Collins and […]
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