Rita Williams-Garcia
11 Podcast Episodes
Rita Williams-Garcia: Author, New York Times best-selling author of "One Crazy Summer"
Rita Williams-Garcia: Author, New York Times best-selling author of "One Crazy Summer"
On what it's like having (my pathetic, podunk home turf) work to ban her book from school libraries; on why people feel ... Read more
15 Feb 2022
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41mins
A Sitting in St. James with Rita Williams-Garcia
A Sitting in St. James with Rita Williams-Garcia
Audra Russell chats with author Rita Williams-Garcia.Rita Williams-Garcia's Newbery Honor Book, One Crazy Summer, was a ... Read more
13 Jul 2021
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1hr 23mins
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"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Rita Williams-Garcia’s 2010 novel about the Black Panthers is a middle-grade masterpiece. The book follows three black s... Read more
25 May 2021
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1hr 3mins
One Crazy Summer (ft. Rita Williams-Garcia, Janae Marks, Paula Chase & Lisa Moore Ramée)
One Crazy Summer (ft. Rita Williams-Garcia, Janae Marks, Paula Chase & Lisa Moore Ramée)
Hailed by the New York Times as "witty and original," One Crazy Summer is a moving & funny story about three sisters... Read more
26 Aug 2020
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35mins
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Ep 64: Author Rita Williams-Garcia
Ep 64: Author Rita Williams-Garcia
The wisdom that comes with over thirty years in this business and at this craft is priceless--Rita is generous with it h... Read more
7 Aug 2020
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1hr 11mins
Episode 55: Ibi Zoboi + Rita Williams-Garcia (March 12, 2020)
Episode 55: Ibi Zoboi + Rita Williams-Garcia (March 12, 2020)
Rising star Ibi Zoboi (author of the young adult novels American Street and Pride) presents her middle grade fiction deb... Read more
12 Mar 2020
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57mins
Ramona Quimby (ft. Julie Murphy, Rita Williams-Garcia, & Dan Yaccarino)
Ramona Quimby (ft. Julie Murphy, Rita Williams-Garcia, & Dan Yaccarino)
Ramona Quimby is a pest. So... why do we *love* her? Ramona is an icon who helps kids understand the things we can't con... Read more
4 Sep 2019
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40mins
One Crazy Summer By Rita Williams-Garcia (Historical Fiction)
One Crazy Summer By Rita Williams-Garcia (Historical Fiction)
One Crazy Summer By Rita Williams-GarciaThey didn’t really remember their mother, since she’d left so many years ago.... Read more
31 Mar 2019
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3mins
ROUNDUP: Jacqueline Woodson, Victoria V.E. Schwab, Rita Williams-Garcia, Jeff Zentner, Angie Thomas and Leigh Bardugo
ROUNDUP: Jacqueline Woodson, Victoria V.E. Schwab, Rita Williams-Garcia, Jeff Zentner, Angie Thomas and Leigh Bardugo
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Rita Williams-Garcia: 2014 National Book Festival
Rita Williams-Garcia: 2014 National Book Festival
Aug. 30, 2014. Rita Williams-Garcia appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. S... Read more
10 Nov 2014
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28mins
