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Tag: Caldecott
Trying Something New: SPEED ROUND w/ Marla Frazee, Doug Salati, Dan Santat, and Amina Luqman-Dawson
Colby and I decided to try out a new idea: speed round-only episodes of the podcast. Today is the first one.
HOT DOG! 2023 Caldecott Medalist Doug Salati
A conversation with 2023 Caldecott Medalist, Doug Salati.
A Book 25 Years in the Making: Marla Frazee Visits The Yarn
The Caldecott Honor winner takes us behind the scenes of her latest picture book, IN EVERY LIFE.
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Taking a Look Back: Our 2022 Year in Review Episode
We look back at the highs and lows of children's literature in 2022.
Michaela Goade on BERRY SONG and Getting The Caldecott Call for WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS
The author/illustrator takes us behind the scenes of BERRY SONG and WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS.
Instant Reactions to the 2022 Youth Media Awards!
The 2022 ALA Youth Media Awards took place this morning. A few hours later, Colby and I got on the phone to break it all down.
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‘I think it starts with just cracking jokes’ Dan Santat Visits The Yarn
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 […]
‘I get to be the one to tell this story?’ Molly Idle on PEARL and getting ‘The Call’
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.
Everything Is Upside-Down: The 2008 Newbery and Caldecott Medals
Travis: Before we even made the first episode of The Yarn podcast, we’ve wanted to do an episode on the 2008 Newbery and Caldecott medal winners, and unforgettable year that challenged assumptions about what kinds of books could win the most prestigious awards in children’s literature. In today’s episode, Brian Selznick and Laura Amy Schlitz […]
Listen to 2017 Caldecott and Newbery Winners on The Yarn!
As luck would have it, we’ve recorded episodes with the 2017 Caldecott AND Newbery Medal winners. First up, author/illustrator Javaka Steptoe who takes us behind the scenes of his 2017 Caldecott Medal-winning book Radiant Child. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/34-javaka-steptoe-radiant-child-unraveled Kelly Barnhill won the 2017 Newbery Medal for The Girl Who Drank the Moon. We interviewed Kelly about her […]
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