In this conversation, Joan Schoettler discusses A Doctor at Heart, her inspiring picture book biography about children’s heart surgery pioneer Vivien Thomas.
Browsing: Author Interviews
Join us in our conversation with Lin Oliver, who discusses humor, heart, and the idea that kindness is a skill children can grow.
In this conversation, Ken Rohlf shares the inspiration behind Best Friends, A Tale of a Boy and His Dog, a heartfelt story of a child and his dog.
Author Andy Griffiths and illustrator Bill Hope stop by the Growing Readers Podcast to talk peanut butter, lost things, and the creative partnership.
For Pam Fong, art has always been a way to give shape to emotion—capturing fleeting, often hard-to-name feelings through line, light, and composition.
In this episode, Jolene Gutiérrez and John Tonai talk about bringing Unbreakable to life, sharing insights into its creation and the story it preserves.
We’re excited to welcome co-authors Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White for a behind-the-scenes conversation about bringing Kitty Caterpillar to life.
We’re delighted to welcome Falling to Fairyland author Sarah Jean Horwitz for a behind-the-scenes look at building a Grimm-inspired world.
In Passing Notes, debut author Tammy Wilson draws on decades of experience as an elementary school principal to tell the story of Logan, a boy with asthma.
Author Sandra Nickel offers a fairy-tale-like portrait of how a misunderstood child grew into one of the world’s most beloved storytellers.