Susan Hood, author of Shaking Thing Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World, stops by the podcast to talk about standing up, speaking out, and opening up the conversation to other women by commemorating in poetry the lives and accomplishments of a selection of historically impactful girls and young women.
Dashka Slater and the Fan Brothers: All The Wonders, Episode 419
Dashka Slater and The Fan Brothers, author and illustrators respectively of The Antlered Ship, stop by the podcast to talk about the spirit of asking questions, a thread of melancholy, and how sometimes the journey is more important than the destination.
Vanessa Brantley-Newton: All The Wonders, Episode 418
Vanessa Brantley-Newton, author and illustrator of Grandma’s Purse, stops by the podcast to talk about connecting with her readers, kids giving their parents a do-over, and the universal quest to give others what you never got.
David Barclay Moore: All The Wonders, Episode 417
David Barclay Moore, author of The Stars Beneath Our Feet, stops by the podcast to talk about art’s healing ability, Harlem as a symbol for blackness, and being different as an act of resilience.
Bryan Collier: All The Wonders, Episode 416
Bryan Collier, author and illustrator of It’s Shoe Time (Elephant and Piggie Like Reading series) and illustrator of Hey Black Child, stops by the podcast to talk about being different, beautifully perfect flaws, and creating the world you want to be in.
Ben Hatke: All The Wonders, Episode 415
Ben Hatke, cartoonist of Mighty Jack and the Goblin King, stops by the podcast to talk about his modern retelling of a classic fairy tale, an overgrown, scrappy garden, and a tale that grew in the telling.
Susanna Reich: All The Wonders, Episode 414
Susanna Reich, author of Stand Up and Sing! and Fab Four Friends, stops by the podcast to talk about really enjoying the hunt of research, singing for a purpose, and the experience of how people become who they are.
Drew Daywalt: All The Wonders, Episode 413
Drew Daywalt, author of The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors and BB-8 On The Run, stops by the podcast to talk about writing things that all kids have access to, kids loving to be the villain, and trying to lose with all your might.
Penny M. Thomas: All The Wonders, Episode 412
Penny M. Thomas, author of Nimoshom and His Bus, stops by the podcast to talk about Cree becoming a lost language, the respect shown toward elders among First Nation people, and her grandfather, a very resilient man who was always her favorite person.
Katherine Roy: All The Wonders, Episode 411
Katherine Roy, author and illustrator of How To Be an Elephant, stops by the podcast to talk about learning by copying, finding the balance and letting the watercolor do the talking.