Charlesbridge Unplugged

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Join Charlesbridge Publishing as we talk to our authors, illustrators, and editors about their recent Charlesbridge projects!

Mel Schuit


    • Nov 19, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 27 EPISODES


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    A Case Study #5: Rebecca Caprara

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 26:00


    Browse through author Rebecca Caprara's bookcase and get a behind-the-scenes look at Worst-Case Collin. Watch this episode on YouTube and check out the series!

    Episode #4: JaNay Brown-Wood

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 25:51


    Browse through author JaNay Brown-Wood's bookcase and get a behind-the-scenes look at Shhh! The Baby's Asleep. Watch this episode on YouTube and check out the series!

    A Case Study #3: Molly Beth Griffin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 18:18


    Browse through author Molly Beth Griffin's bookcase and get a behind-the-scenes look at Ten Beautiful Things. Watch this episode on YouTube and check out the series!

    A Case Study #2: Traci Sorell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 20:48


    Browse through author Traci Sorell's bookcase and get a behind-the-scenes look at We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know. Watch this episode on YouTube and check out the series!

    A Case Study #1: Rajani LaRocca

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 21:42


    Browse through author Rajani LaRocca's bookcase and get a behind-the-scenes look at Bracelets for Bina's Brothers. Watch this episode on YouTube and check out the series!

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #21: Laura Purdie Salas

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2019 17:08


    Renowned poet Laura Purdie Salas talks about her debut Charlesbridge book Snowman-Cold=Puddle

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #20: JC Coates

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2019 19:23


    Puppy Talk: Opposites author JC Coates talks puppies, photography, and more puppies!

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #19: Samantha Vamos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2019 17:33


    We're kicking off 2019 with author Samantha Vamos, who is here to talk about her book The Piñata That the Farm Maiden Hung

    Agus Morales talks about We Are Not Refugees

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2019 25:54


    Agus Morales talks about We Are Not Refugees

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #18: Hillary Homzie

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2018 27:41


    Hillary Homzie stops by to talk about her new early reader series Ellie May! Come have a listen.

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #17: Patricia Hruby Powell

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2018 27:48


    Award-winning author Patricia Hruby Powell joins our conversation today to talk about her upcoming book Struttin' with Some Barbecue: Lil Hardin Armstrong Becomes the First Lady of Jazz

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #16: Middle Grade Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2018 44:14


    Today we're talking to two of our esteemed middle grade authors, as well as one of our middle grade editors! Joining us today are Ellen Wittlinger (Someone Else's Shoes) and HP Wood (Fakers: An Insider's Guide to Cons, Hoaxes, and Scams) as well as Editor Julie Bliven.

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #15: Erin Dionne

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2018 17:20


    Come listen to us talk to Erin Dionne, author of the picture book Captain's Log: Snowbound.

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #14: YA Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2018 42:22


    Today we're talking to not one author but THREE about their young adult books for our teen imprint CharlesbridgeTEEN. We're excited to have Tracy Barrett (Freefall Summer), Marit Weisenberg (Select Few), and Caitlin Seal (Twice Dead) in discussion with each other and Executive Editor Monica Perez.

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #13: Carrie Pearson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2018 20:26


    Today we're in conversation with author Carrie Pearson about her picture book Stretch to the Sun: From a Tiny Sprout to the Tallest Tree on Earth and how she came to write about the tallest tree in the world.

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #12: Kevin O'Malley and Patrick O'Brien

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2018 27:04


    Kevin O'Malley and Patrick O'Brien stop by to talk about creating the third Captain Raptor book CAPTAIN RAPTOR AND THE PERILOUS PLANET!

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #11: Traci Sorell

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2018 21:44


    Traci Sorell talks about her debut book WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #10: Nancy Bo Flood & Jonathan Nelson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2018 31:21


    Nancy Bo Flood and Jonathan Nelson discuss their first book together, FIRST LAUGH—WELCOME, BABY!

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #9: Christina Matula

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2018 12:51


    Christina Matula stops by to talk about her debut book The Shadow in the Moon: A Tale of the Mid-Autumn Festival

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #8: Anne Sibley O'Brien

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2018 23:31


    Anne Sibley O'Brien joins us to talk about her new book Someone New

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #7: Ruth Spiro

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2018 22:23


    Ruth Spiro talks about the two new books in her Baby Loves Science series, Baby Loves Gravity! and Baby Loves Coding!

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #6: Michelle Cusolito

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2018 23:25


    Debut nonfiction author Michelle Cusolito talks about her research process for Flying Deep: Climb Inside Deep-Sea Submersible ALVIN

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #5: Steve Jenkins

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2018 19:41


    Caldecott Honor recipient Steve Jenkins stops by to talk about his first-ever book with Charlesbridge, A House in the Sky, and Other Uncommon Animal Homes

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #4: David Biedrzycki

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2018 25:21


    Today we're talking to expert and season author David Biedrzycki about the newest book in his Breaking News Bears series, Alien Alert. 

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #3: Tami Charles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2018 22:45


    Today we're talking to debut author Tami Charles about her semi-autobiographical book Like Vanessa and why it was so important for Tami to write a book for herself and others like her.

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #2: Barry Wittenstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2018 26:04


    Mel Schuit talks to seasoned Charlesbridge author Barry Wittenstein about his new book The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story About an Accidental Invention (Really!), illustrated by Chis Hsu.

    Charlesbridge Unplugged #1: Cynthia Grady

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2017 21:47


    In our inaugural episode, Marketing Assistant Mel Schuit talks to nonfiction author Cynthia Grady about her newest book Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind, illustrated by Amiko Hirao.

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