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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 […]
A special live episode with two award-winning authors.
A special live episode with two award-winning authors.
Bob Shea and Brian Won have teamed up for a new board book series, ADURABLE
Grant Snider takes us behind the scenes of his upcoming book, ONE BOY WATCHING
This podcast is five years old! In this episode, Colby looks back to the beginning of The Yarn, and ahead to the new school year.
Colby: During this pandemic, I’ve been thinking a lot about supporting small businesses. When I saw a lot of book creators talking about Bookshop, I got curious. It is pretty darn easy to purchase books from Amazon, but I know that the money I spend with them doesn’t support my community. Learning that Bookshop sends […]
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.
Colby: I had an amazing time talking to Laurie Halse Anderson at NCTE last fall for The Yarn. I hope you enjoy the episode, but more importantly I hope you read her book Shout. It is an important one. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/89-laurie-halse-anderson-shout-unraveled Subscribe below to catch every episode.
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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