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    How THE ITCHY BOOK! Was Made with LeUyen Pham

    Travis Jonker, February 24, 2019 | All Episodes, The Unraveller

    Travis: LeUyen Pham has illustrated early reader books before, but The Itchy Book! is the first one that she has also written. I sat down last summer at ALA Annual in New Orleans to talk with Pham about the process. We hope you enjoy the episode. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/88-leuyen-pham-the-itchy-book-unraveled Subscribe below to catch every episode.

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    Top 10 Episodes of 2018: Number 1: Colby & Travis

    Travis Jonker, February 3, 2019 | All Episodes

    Travis: And the most popular episode of The Yarn in 2018 was . . . https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/84-colby-travis-2018-year-in-review

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    Top 10 Episodes of 2018: Number 2: Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen

    Travis Jonker, February 3, 2019 | All Episodes

    Travis: And the 2nd most popular episode of The Yarn in 2018 was . . . https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/73-mac-barnett-jon-klassen-collaborators

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    Top 10 Episodes of 2018: Number 3: Katherine Applegate

    Travis Jonker, February 2, 2019 | All Episodes

    Travis: And the 3rd most popular episode of The Yarn in 2018 was . . . https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/72-katherine-applegate-wishtree-unraveled

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    Top 10 Episodes of 2018: Number 4: Kate DiCamillo

    Travis Jonker, January 30, 2019 | All Episodes

    Travis: And the 4th most popular episode of The Yarn in 2018 was . . . https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/81-kate-dicamillo-louisianas-way-home-unraveled

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    Illustrating the Creation of the Universe with Ekua Holmes

    Travis Jonker, January 27, 2019 | All Episodes, The Unraveller

    How did Holmes go about illustrating the creation of the universe for THE STUFF OF STARS? It began with marbleized paper.

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    Our First-Ever Year in Review Episode

    Travis Jonker, December 24, 2018 | All Episodes

    Travis: A couple nights ago, Colby and I did something we’ve never done before: with recorders running, we talked about the year in children’s books. I wasn’t sure how it would go – we usually put out short episodes that are edited and produced. Typically, aside from the intros and outros, you almost never hear […]

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    Fantasmagorical: Abby Hanlon Visits The Yarn

    Travis Jonker, December 16, 2018 | All Episodes, The Series

      Travis: Since the show began, one of the people I’ve most wanted to have on The Yarn is Dory Fantasmagory creator Abby Hanlon. It’s my favorite chapter book series right now, and to hear Hanlon talk about how it came to be was such fun. We hope you enjoy the episode. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/83-abby-hanlon-dory-fantasmagory-unraveled

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    ‘This Book Changed My Life’ Derrick Barnes Visits The Yarn

    Travis Jonker, November 20, 2018 | All Episodes, The Unraveller

    Travis: Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut was one of my favorite picture books of 2017. I wasn’t alone. In this episode, I talked with author Derrick Barnes about how one of the most beloved picture books in recent memory came to be. We hope you enjoy the show. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/82-derrick-barnes-crown-unraveled Subscribe below to catch […]

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    ‘Every book is a conversation’ Kate DiCamillo on LOUISIANA’S WAY HOME

    Travis Jonker, November 4, 2018 | All Episodes, The Unraveller

    Travis: Louisiana’s Way Home is Kate DiCamillo’s first middle grade sequel (or more accurately in this case, companion novel). It also marks a return to first-person writing – something she hasn’t done since Because of Winn Dixie. It was a pleasure to talk with her about how these two things came to be. We hope […]

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