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Award-Winning Illustrator Marla Frazee & the Best Interview Ever

| January 30, 2012 | 0 Comments
Award-Winning Illustrator Marla Frazee & the Best Interview Ever

Marla Frazee is the award-winning author and illustrator of many celebrated bestselling books including The Seven Silly Eaters, Stars, The Boss Baby, Roller Coaster, and the Clementine series. Her acclaimed books All the World and A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever received the Caldecott Honor Award.

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Patricia Polacco: Great Artist and Storyteller

| January 10, 2012 | 0 Comments
Patricia Polacco: Great Artist and Storyteller

Patricia Polacco is the much-loved, award-winning author of many children’s picture books. She has most recently published Bun Bun Button and Just in Time, Abraham Lincoln.

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Interview with Bestselling Author & Illustrator LeUyen Pham

| January 9, 2012 | 0 Comments
Interview with Bestselling Author & Illustrator LeUyen Pham

Bestselling author and illustrator, LeUyen Pham, began her career as a layout artist for Dreamworks Feature Animation. She wrote and illustrated All The Things I Love About You and Big Sister, Little Sister and is the illustrator of numerous other picture books.

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Maria Tatar on the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up

| January 4, 2012 | 0 Comments
Maria Tatar on the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up

Maria Tatar is Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures and Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University. Her latest book The Annotated Peter Pan is a glorious celebration of the centenary of the first publication of the novel, originally entitled Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie.

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Jane Yolen, America’s Hans Christian Andersen

| December 27, 2011 | 3 Comments
Jane Yolen, America’s Hans Christian Andersen

Known as the “Hans Christian Andersen of America,” Jane Yolen has written over 300 books including Owl Moon, winner of the 1988 Caldecott Medal.

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An Author, a Photographer & a Child’s Exciting Adventures

| December 22, 2011 | 0 Comments
An Author, a Photographer & a Child’s Exciting Adventures

Interview with the author and photographer behind Kiki & Coco in Paris—a child’s exciting adventures in the City of Light.

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Yona Zeldis McDonough: From Madame Alexander to Marilyn Monroe

| December 5, 2011
Yona Zeldis McDonough: From Madame Alexander to Marilyn Monroe

Yona Zeldis McDonough is the multi-talented author of many books for readers of all ages: fiction and non-fiction for adults and award-winning children’s books. She has most recently written the highly anticipated second book in her Doll Shop series, The Cats in the Doll Shop.

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A Holiday Interview with “Gramps” Bricker

| November 30, 2011 | 0 Comments
A Holiday Interview with “Gramps” Bricker

“Gramps Bricker” is a story telling grandparent who has seen his children, grandchildren, and now his great grandchildren voice their doubts upon seeing so many Santas everywhere without a beard.

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Interview with Angelica Shirley Carpenter Biographer of Children’s Book Authors

| November 27, 2011 | 0 Comments
Interview with Angelica Shirley Carpenter Biographer of Children’s Book Authors

Angelica Shirley Carpenter is the author of many acclaimed biographies written for young people including Frances Hodgson Burnett: Beyond the Secret Garden, L. Frank Baum: Royal Historian of Oz, Robert Louis Stevenson: Finding Treasure Island, and Lewis Carroll: Through the Looking Glass.

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Interview with Kathleen Krull about the Magical World of Jim Henson

| November 24, 2011 | 0 Comments
Interview with Kathleen Krull about the Magical World of Jim Henson

Kathleen Krull is an award-winning author of many, many children’s books, including most recently Jim Henson: The Guy Who Played With Puppets.

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