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Vincent X. Kirsch

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Vincent X. Kirsch shares FROM ARCHIE TO ZACK. I feel the need to be completely frank with you here. There are so many wonderful picture books out there and so many great stories of boys crushing on girls and girls crushing on boys. Some flirt with using the word “love”. Many embrace the innocent, complicated, and wholly earnest feelings we feel at a young age toward those who, often for reasons inexplicable, become the objects of our affections. But very rarely do we ever see books where a girl expresses love for a girl, or a boy expresses love for a boy. No matter what the reason, this strikes me as a great loss at reflecting the pureness of childhood look, which never needs any deeper interpretation beyond recognizing “it is what it is.” Vincent has created a beautiful book of two boys in love. Without a doubt, both boys know their love for the other. Their whole class knows and every classmate would tell you with a great big smile on their face. But also, neither boy will say it to the other. It’s a wonderful story of finding the just right words to tell someone how you feel, and also the just right courage. You can access even more information about this book and its author by visiting www.matthewcwinner.com/blog. Get a copy of this book and support independent bookstores (and this podcast) by visiting our BookShop Store. Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/matthewcwinner or on Paypal at paypal.me/childrensbkpod

Vincent X. Kirsch shares FROM ARCHIE TO ZACK. I feel the need to be completely frank with you here. There are so many wonderful picture books out there and so many great stories of boys crushing on girls and girls crushing on boys. Some flirt with using the word “love”. Many embrace the innocent, complicated, and wholly earnest feelings we feel at a young age toward those who, often for reasons inexplicable, become the objects of our affections. But very rarely do we ever see books where a girl expresses love for a girl, or a boy expresses love for a boy. No matter what the reason, this strikes me as a great loss at reflecting the pureness of childhood look, which never needs any deeper interpretation beyond recognizing “it is what it is.” Vincent has created a beautiful book of two boys in love. Without a doubt, both boys know their love for the other. Their whole class knows and every classmate would tell you with a great big smile on their face. But also, neither boy will say it to the other. It’s a wonderful story of finding the just right words to tell someone how you feel, and also the just right courage. You can access even more information about this book and its author by visiting <a href="http://www.matthewcwinner.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.matthewcwinner.com/blog</a>. Get a copy of this book and support independent bookstores (and this podcast) by visiting our <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/ChildrensBkPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BookShop Store</a>. Support us on Patreon at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/matthewcwinner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/matthewcwinner</a> or on Paypal at <a href="https://lgbpodcast.libsyn.com/paypal.me/childrensbkpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paypal.me/childrensbkpod</a>

Vincent X. Kirsch - From Archie to Zack

Vincent X. Kirsch (@VincenzoXKirsch) shares HOW I LEARNED TO FALL OUT OF TREES. In Vincent’s story we meet Roger and Adelia, two best friends since forever. Adelia is helping Roger learn to climb and to fall from trees. But she’s also helping Roger learn how to let go and how to trust that you’ll be able to pick yourself up after the fall. Adelia is moving away. It’s going to be a pretty big fall in Roger’s life Vincent’s care for his characters and his approach to telling this story from two separate timelines that meet in the middle culminates in some profound moments of truth and understanding. His respect for the readers and for all it means to let go is something that I think goes right to the core, both in this story and in his upcoming FROM A TO Z. You can access even more information about this book and its author and illustrator by visiting www.matthewcwinner.com/podcast. Thank you to this week's sponsors: Storyteller Academy  Bharat Babies And to the generous support from our Patrons.

Vincent X. Kirsch (<a href="https://twitter.com/VincenzoXKirsch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@VincenzoXKirsch</a>) shares HOW I LEARNED TO FALL OUT OF TREES. In Vincent’s story we meet Roger and Adelia, two best friends since forever. Adelia is helping Roger learn to climb and to fall from trees. But she’s also helping Roger learn how to let go and how to trust that you’ll be able to pick yourself up after the fall. Adelia is moving away. It’s going to be a pretty big fall in Roger’s life Vincent’s care for his characters and his approach to telling this story from two separate timelines that meet in the middle culminates in some profound moments of truth and understanding. His respect for the readers and for all it means to let go is something that I think goes right to the core, both in this story and in his upcoming FROM A TO Z. You can access even more information about this book and its author and illustrator by visiting <a href="http://www.matthewcwinner.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.matthewcwinner.com/podcast</a>. Thank you to this week's sponsors: <a href="https://www.storytelleracademy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Storyteller Academy</a><a href="https://bharatbabies.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="https://bharatbabies.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bharat Babies</a> And to the generous support from <a href="https://www.patreon.com/matthewcwinner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our Patrons</a>.