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048: Tips to Break Into the Children’s Book Industry
048: Tips to Break Into the Children’s Book Industry
Advice for amateur storytellers looking to become professional
9 Mar 2016
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50mins
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019: Katherine Roy – The Process of Making a Picture Book
019: Katherine Roy – The Process of Making a Picture Book
What goes into making a non-fiction picture book? How do you start researching? And how do you balance story, design and... Read more
28 Jan 2015
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1hr 1min
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084: Picturebooking Pain
084: Picturebooking Pain
13 authors and illustrators tell us what they find as the most painful thing about the picture book industry. It’s some ... Read more
12 Jul 2017
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33mins
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Zanni Louise – Archie and the Bear
Zanni Louise – Archie and the Bear
What happens when you giving yourself the space for magic? Well, if you are Zanni Louise you get to author an amazing pi... Read more
5 Dec 2018
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48mins
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086: Aaron Reynolds – The Underwear Episode
086: Aaron Reynolds – The Underwear Episode
Aaron Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of CREEPY CARROTS, NERDY BIRDY, PRESIDENT SQUID and CARNIVORES stops b... Read more
9 Aug 2017
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46mins
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Adam Rex - Why?
Adam Rex - Why?
Are you familiar with the universal tendency of young children to always ask WHY? This laugh-out-loud picture book featu... Read more
30 Oct 2019
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34mins
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057: Claire Lordon – Pizza Party
057: Claire Lordon – Pizza Party
Today’s show features Claire Lordon and her book LORENZO THE PIZZA-LOVING LOBSTER. You’ll discover the inspiration behin... Read more
13 Jul 2016
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23mins
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068: Jake Parker – Good Things Come to Those Who Create
068: Jake Parker – Good Things Come to Those Who Create
On the show today we have Jake Parker and his debut picture book LITTLE BOT & SPARROW. Jake has worked in comics, co... Read more
30 Nov 2016
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38mins
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065: Nate Wragg – Monsters, Trucks, Ninjas and Telling a Visual Story
065: Nate Wragg – Monsters, Trucks, Ninjas and Telling a Visual Story
Today’s featured book is a Halloween special … MONSTER TRUCKS by Anika Denise and illustrated by Nate Wragg. Sometimes i... Read more
19 Oct 2016
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46mins
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027: Molly Idle – Art of the Sequel
027: Molly Idle – Art of the Sequel
Author and illustrator Molly Idle is spreading joy and creativity on today's show. We talk about making successful seque... Read more
20 May 2015
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56mins
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026: Sanae Ishida – A Little Ninja Girl and A Lot of Japanese Culture
026: Sanae Ishida – A Little Ninja Girl and A Lot of Japanese Culture
Author and illustrator and all-around-creative-person Sanae Ishida is on the show today. We talk about her new picture b... Read more
6 May 2015
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53mins
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Eliza Wheeler – Living in Your Illustrations
Eliza Wheeler – Living in Your Illustrations
How to develop scenes that make the worlds and characters you create feel so true? What kinds of opportunities or challe... Read more
21 Apr 2019
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1hr 10mins
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021: Jason Chin – Using Fiction to tell a Non-Fiction Story
021: Jason Chin – Using Fiction to tell a Non-Fiction Story
Author-illustrator Jason Chin takes us through his thought process of creating non-fiction picture books like GRAVITY.
25 Feb 2015
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51mins
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018: Samuel Valentino – Understanding Folklore Types
018: Samuel Valentino – Understanding Folklore Types
Author-Illustrator Samuel Valentino talks about folklore types, making books for an audience of three and the story behi... Read more
14 Jan 2015
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33mins
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031: Miranda Paul – The Long Journey of Story-making
031: Miranda Paul – The Long Journey of Story-making
Miranda Paul is an author of two amazing new non-fiction picture books (ONE PLASTIC BAG and WATER IS WATER). She is also... Read more
15 Jul 2015
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51mins
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066: Melissa Sweet – Some Writer: The Story of E. B. White
066: Melissa Sweet – Some Writer: The Story of E. B. White
Getting to know the author of CHARLOTTE’S WEB through Melissa Sweet‘s book SOME WRITER: THE STORY OF E. B. WHITE was suc... Read more
2 Nov 2016
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37mins
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033: Tara Lazar – I Thought This was a Picture Book Idea Episode
033: Tara Lazar – I Thought This was a Picture Book Idea Episode
Tara Lazar is a picture book author and creator of Picture Book Idea Month (PiBoIdMo). This talk is less about PiBoIdMo ... Read more
12 Aug 2015
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1hr 1min
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Holly Hatam – Illustrating Joy
Holly Hatam – Illustrating Joy
Having lots of different interest helps make your art stronger. Why you should always stay uncomfortable. And how to mas... Read more
7 Apr 2019
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38mins
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083: Dan Santat – Unedited
083: Dan Santat – Unedited
Dan Santat returns to the pod to chat about RODZILLA, his latest picture book written by Rob Sanders. And he opens up ab... Read more
28 Jun 2017
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1hr 11mins
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035: Ben Clanton – Simple and Extraordinary
035: Ben Clanton – Simple and Extraordinary
Ben Clanton is the author and illustrator of the new picture book SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY. Ben uses simple words and sim... Read more
9 Sep 2015
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53mins