Kidlit Love Podcast
In this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Polly Holyoke. Polly is the author of the award-winning Neptune Trilogy and acclaimed Skyriders series. She’s here today to talk about the inspiration behind her work, how she creates vivid, believable new...
If you have a dream in your heart to write a children’s book, or any book really, then this episode is for you. Today, I’m talking with Victoria J. Coe and Cheryl Lawton Malone, children’s literature authors with books we know and love. Together, they have written two books designed to...
In this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Kao Kalia Yang and Khou Vue, the author and illustrator team behind Caged, a stunning, powerful picture book. Listen as we talk about Caged, the cool connection both of their daughters have in contributing to their careers and how they...
In this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Matt Landis, a middle grade author whose books aim to make history “not boring”. His books certainly accomplish that mission, especially his newest series-starter National Archive Hunters: Capitol Chase. Listen as we talk about his work as a history teacher,...
In this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Lynne Kelly, an award-winning author of three middle grade novels that will steal your heart. Listen as we talk about and take a deeper dive into The Secret Language of Birds, a novel that gave me all the feels that...
In this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Ashley Iman about her debut picture book Ruby Rene Had So Much To Say. Listen as we talk about why she wrote this book, the important message woven inside the pages and her favorite notebook, too. =) Here are the...
In this episode, I’m talking with Stephen Briseño, author of one of my FAVORITE picture books: The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border. Listen as we talk about The Notebook Keeper, along with Stephen’s newest picture book, Queen of Leaves: The Story of Ynes Mexia. We talk about...
In this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Benson Shum. Benson is the author and illustrator of multiple picture books I love and has worked as an animator on some Disney movies you know and love, too….Big Hero 6 and Frozen are two of them. =) Listen as...
In this episode, I’m talking with Maria Marianayagam. She’s the author of The Amazing Power of Girls, an absolutely brilliant, lyrical and inspiring book. Come listen as we talk about the fact that we are all made up of multitudes…and the intersection of them all is where she writes. Maria will...
Today’s conversation was such a treat! In this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Julie Falatko. Julie is the author of several picture book and middle grade novels, including my favorite epistolary novels in picture book form: Yours in Books. Today, we talk about her lifelong dream of...
