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    Michaela Goade on BERRY SONG and Getting The Caldecott Call for WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS

    Travis Jonker, December 19, 2022 | All Episodes, The Unraveller

    The author/illustrator takes us behind the scenes of BERRY SONG and WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS.

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    Kyle Lukoff Visits The Yarn!

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    ‘I get to scare a lot of generations’ R.L. Stine Visits The Yarn

    Travis Jonker, October 30, 2022 | All Episodes, The Unraveller

    Part two of our interview with the king of horror.

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    ‘I never even planned to be scary. It wasn’t my idea!’ R.L. Stine Visits The Yarn

    Travis Jonker, October 9, 2022 | The Unraveller

    The king of GOOSEBUMPS takes us behind the scenes of his new series, STINETINGLERS.

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    Katherine Applegate stops by The Yarn to talk about Odder

    Colby Sharp, September 19, 2022 | All Episodes, The Unraveller, Uncategorized

    COLBY: I had a lot of fun chatting with Katherine Applegate about her new book Odder. The interview took place a couple of weeks ago, and I wasn’t able to get my hands on a copy of the book beforehand, so this might be the only interview I have ever done for The Yarn without […]

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    Grant Snider Visits The Yarn!

    Travis Jonker, April 30, 2022 | All Episodes, The Unraveller

    Grant Snider takes us behind the scenes of his upcoming book, ONE BOY WATCHING

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    I AM EVERY GOOD THING – Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James Visit The Yarn

    Travis Jonker, June 22, 2020 | All Episodes, The Unraveller

    Author Derrick Barnes and illustrator Gordon C. James discuss their books CROWN and I AM EVERY GOOD THING.

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    ‘I think it starts with just cracking jokes’ Dan Santat Visits The Yarn

    Travis Jonker, August 4, 2019 | All Episodes, The Unraveller

    Travis: I interviewed Dan Santat back in June at the 2019 American Library Association Annual Conference. Ostensibly, the focus was his latest, Harold & Hog Pretend For Real, but we ended up getting into a bunch of his recent work, and his collaboration process with Mo Willems. I think you’re going to like it. Subscribe […]

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    ‘I get to be the one to tell this story?’ Molly Idle on PEARL and getting ‘The Call’

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

    Travis: I sat down with author/illustrator Molly Idle during the 2018 NCTE conference in Houston. We had a great conversation about her most recent picture book, Pearl, and about her Caldecott Honor win for Flora and the Flamingo. We hope you enjoy the episode. Subscribe below to catch every episode.

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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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