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    #30 Kate Beasley and Jennifer Holm (S2 E1)

    Travis Jonker, October 2, 2016 | All Episodes, Season 2

    Travis: Our initial idea for The Yarn: One Book, All Angles. In Season 1, we focused on the graphic novel Sunny Side Up: Season 2 of The Yarn kicks off today. This time around, we’re following Gertie’s Leap to Greatness by debut author Kate Beasley.   In this episode you’ll hear from Kate, but also […]

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    #3 David Levithan (S1 E3)

    Travis Jonker, September 29, 2016 | All Episodes, Season 1

    Travis: Taking another walk down memory lane today as we post all our past episodes here at The Yarn blog. In this episode we talk to Sunny Side Up editor, successful YA author, and recent School Library Journal cover subject David Levithan. We hope you enjoy the episode. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/episode-3-david-levithan Click here to subscribe to The Yarn […]

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    #2 Raina Telgemeier (S1 E2)

    Travis Jonker, September 14, 2016 | All Episodes, Season 1

    Travis: We’re taking another look back today as we continue posting all of the past Yarn episodes here on this blog. Okay, so – Colby and I (mostly Colby) had the idea for a podcast: multiple episodes focusing on the making of one book. We chose the book: Sunny Side Up by Jennifer and Matthew […]

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    #28 Lauren Castillo – NANA IN THE CITY Unraveled

    Travis Jonker, September 7, 2016 | All Episodes, The Unraveller

    Travis: In the latest episode, Lauren Castillo talks about her book Nana in the City. We recorded this interview at Western High School in Parma, Michigan (the site of Nerd Camp) back in July. Here was the scene: This was the first high school classroom I’d seen with a record player: (and a fine collection […]

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    #1 Travis and Colby (S1 E1)

    Travis Jonker, August 30, 2016 | All Episodes, Season 1

    Travis: The problem: there are a whole bunch of episodes of The Yarn that are nowhere to be found on The Yarn blog. You see the issue here, right? Today we start to fix that. Let’s begin at the beginning, with the very first episode. Over time we’ll give all the past episodes a proper home […]

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    Announcement Time! Which Book Will We Follow for Season 2 of The Yarn?

    Travis Jonker, August 22, 2016 | News, Season 2

    Travis: When Colby and I began The Yarn, we wanted a show that was a mix of Netflix (release a bunch of episodes at once, or close), Serial (have a bunch of episodes focused on one topic), and Beyoncé (release them unannounced). Season 1 was all of these things. Since then, the show has evolved […]

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    #26 Kate DiCamillo – Raymie Nightingale Unraveled (Pt. 1)

    Travis Jonker, August 14, 2016 | The Unraveller

    Travis: In June we interviewed Kate DiCamillo in front of a live audience at the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. We talked to Kate about a lot of different things, so it made sense to break the episode into two parts. Today is the first part – look for part two on Wednesday. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/26-kate-dicamillo-raymie-nightingale-unraveled-pt-1/s-ygWPs […]

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    Coming Soon(ish) on The Yarn

    Travis Jonker, August 5, 2016 | News

    Travis: Here are some of the authors and illustrators you’ll be hearing from in future episodes of The Yarn. And more to come . . .

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    #25 Dav Pilkey – Captain Underpants: The Series

    Travis Jonker, August 1, 2016 | All Episodes, The Series

    Travis: Testing, testing. Hey there. This is the first post on the brand-new blog for The Yarn. We are now officially under the School Library Journal banner. Colby and I are happy to be here. On today’s episode: Dav Pilkey. This was our most unusual interview yet due to the venue: a moving vehicle. This […]

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