The Children's Book Podcast
Matthew C. Winner
Celebrating the power of storytelling to reflect our world, expand our perspectives, and foster connections between readers of all ages. The Children's Book Podcast features interviews with authors, illustrators, and everyone involved in taking a book from drawing board to bookshelf. Hosted by Matthew C. Winner, a teacher, librarian, writer, and fan of kids. Brought to you in partnership with the Highlights Foundation, positively impacting kids by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inform, educate, and inspire children to become their best selves.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Dec 26, 2015 • 38min
Penny Parker Klostermann
Penny Parker Klostermann (@pklostermann), author of There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight, illustrated by Ben Mantle (@BenMMantle) stops by the podcast to talk about writing books about things being eaten, finding online writing challenges, and not letting the rhyme rule the book. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Dec 21, 2015 • 39min
Carson Ellis
Carson Ellis (@cfellis), author illustrator of Home, stops by the podcast to talk about making something more than an art book, starting with what she likes to draw, and creating a story she's been thinking her whole life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Dec 18, 2015 • 38min
Lori Degman
Lori Degman (@LoriDegman), author of Cock-a-Doodle Oops!, stops by the podcast to talk about a rooster who needs a vacation, the way books should read like music, and liking to make people laugh. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Dec 15, 2015 • 40min
Ben Clanton
Ben Clanton (@Clantoons), author illustrator of Something Extraordinary, stops by the podcast to talk about the feel of traditional medium, crafting good re-read alouds, and a question about the color orange. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Dec 13, 2015 • 40min
Brightly
Brightly co-founder Christine McNamara (@ReadBrightly) stops by the podcast to talk about making books part of what people are doing rather than taking away from anything else. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Dec 11, 2015 • 47min
Zack Giallongo RETURNS!
Zack Giallongo (@Zackules), cartoonist of Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents: Romeo & Juliet, stops by the podcast to talk about snowmen versus talking rocks, contributing to the Ewoks mythology, and the Galaxy of Super Adventure! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Dec 8, 2015 • 35min
Michael Arndt
Michael Arndt (@animalopoeia), author of Cat Says Meow, stops by the podcast to talk about starting with a circle and some nondescript blobs, letting the letters create an animal, and the fact that letters are just shapes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Dec 7, 2015 • 45min
Gus Gordon
Gus Gordon (@IllustratorGus), author of Herman and Rosie, stops by the podcast to talk about ideas starting at the sketch stage, drawings that ask lots of questions, and two characters that need to find one another. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Dec 5, 2015 • 41min
Ellen Fischer
Ellen Fischer, author of If an Elephant Went to School, stops by the podcast to talk about getting into a good writing group, editing to make a story stronger, and asking "what if?" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
Dec 1, 2015 • 58min
Kris Remenar and Matt Faulkner
Kris Remenar (@RemenarReads) and Matt Faulkner (@MattFaulkner1), author and illustrator of Groundhog's Dilemma, stop by the podcast to talk about treating the process like a business partnership, a writer who can write to the child in us all, and how the best revenge is living well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message
