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    Listening to The Yarn on Spotify: A Step-by-Step Guide

    Travis Jonker, August 24, 2019 | News, Uncategorized

    We’ve been wanting to have The Yarn listed on Spotify for a while now, but we kept running into tech hurdles. No more! As of today, the hurdles are cleared and The Yarn is available for your Spotify listening pleasure. If you’re a Spotify subscriber, we put together a step-by-step guide to find and follow […]

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    How Adam Gidwitz Went From Being a Terrible Teacher to an Amazing Author

    Colby Sharp, July 27, 2019 | The Unraveller, Uncategorized

    Colby: I had a blast interviewing Adam Gidwitz for The Yarn on a car ride to an airport. He’s a great dude, and I think a lot of people are going to find his journey to publication fascinating.

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    Not on The Yarn: The Cult of Pedagogy

    Colby Sharp, July 26, 2019 | Uncategorized

    Colby: This past week I got an email from Mrs. Woolworth about the latest episode of The Cult of Pedagogy. Mrs. Woolworth is an amazing teacher in my district, that is always trying to get better. I subscribe to The Cult of Pedagogy podcast, but I hadn’t listened to the latest episode. Mrs. Woolworth’s endorsement […]

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    #TBT: Tracey Baptiste Talks About The Jumbies

    Colby Sharp, July 25, 2019 | Uncategorized

    Colby: Crazy that The Yarn is inching closer to 100 episodes. I thought it might be fun to start throwing it back on Thursdays to some of our previous episodes. It has been an honor sharing these episodes with you. Thanks for tuning in! The third book in Tracey Baptiste’s The Jumbies series, The Jumbies […]

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    ‘Everything we do shapes us’ Todd Parr shares his journey to publication

    Colby Sharp, June 16, 2019 | Uncategorized

    Colby: I had a blast hanging out and getting to know Todd Parr for this episode of The Yarn. I was so happy that he turned out to be as amazing of a person as I built him up to be. The world is lucky to have him. I hope you like this episode of […]

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    ‘I had to sit down, before I fell down’ Jason Chin on his award-winning book, GRAND CANYON

    Travis Jonker, June 2, 2019 | Uncategorized

    Travis: I sat down with author/illustrator Jason Chin during the 2018 NCTE conference in Houston. We had a great conversation about his Caldecott and Sibert Honor-winning book, Grand Canyon. We hope you enjoy the episode. Subscribe below to catch every episode.

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    Ashley Herring Blake Discusses The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James.

    Colby Sharp, May 21, 2019 | Uncategorized

    Colby: I had a blast interviewing Ashley Herring Blake at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference. It is always interesting when I meet someone through an interview for The Yarn. I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I enjoyed getting to know Ashley.

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    “They see each other for the first time” Minh Lê on DRAWN TOGETHER

    Travis Jonker, April 28, 2019 | Uncategorized

    Travis: It was a pleasure to sit down with Minh Lê and talk about how his book with Dan Santat, Drawn Together, came to be. In this episode Minh talks about how the story was born in a 3:00 am brainstorming session with a fussy baby, and how the language barrier between the main characters […]

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    Top 10 Episodes of 2018: Number 5: Kazu Kibuishi

    Colby Sharp, December 30, 2018 | Uncategorized

      Colby: Kazu Kibuishi is the creator of the graphic novel series Amulet. If you work with kids, you probably know that Amulet is one of the most popular graphic novel series of all-time. For this episode, I interviewed Kazu in front of a live audience in Ann Arbor, Michigan. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/76-kazu-kibuishi-amulet-the-series

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    Top 10 Episodes of 2018: Number 6: Laurel Snyder

    Colby Sharp, December 27, 2018 | Uncategorized

    Colby: I love Laurel Snyder’s Orphan Island. It was one of my favorite 2017 middle grade novels. Talking to Laurel about the book was so exciting. The book leaves so much to the imagination. If you missed this episode, be sure to check it out! You won’t regret it. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/74-laurel-snyder-orphan-island-unraveled

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