Podcasts about Golden Kite Award

This Labor Day, we take a look at writing labor history with Steve Watkins, author of The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers' Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields, a riveting true story of the West Virginia coal miners who ignited the largest labor uprising in American history. Watkins is joined by labor historian Rosemary Feurer. This conversation originally took place May 19, 2024 and was recorded live at the American Writers Festival.AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOMEAbout The Mine Wars:In May of 1920, in a small town in the mountains of West Virginia, a dozen coal miners took a stand. They were sick of the low pay in the mines. The unsafe conditions. The brutal treatment they endured from mine owners and operators. The scrip they were paid-instead of cash-that could only be used at the company store.They had tried to unionize, but the mine owners dug in. On that fateful day in May 1920, tensions boiled over and a gunfight erupted-beginning a yearlong standoff between workers and owners.The miners pleaded, then protested, then went on strike; the owners retaliated with spying, bribery, and threats. Violence escalated on both sides, culminating in the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest labor uprising in United States history.In this gripping narrative nonfiction book, meet the resolute and spirited people who fought for the rights of coal miners, and discover how the West Virginia Mine Wars paved the way for vital worker protections nationwide. More than a century later, this overlooked story of the labor movement remains urgently relevant.STEVE WATKINS is an award-winning author of twelve books for young readers, including Down Sand Mountain, which won the 2009 Golden Kite Award for young adult fiction. He also writes books for grown-ups, and won a Pushcart Prize for one of the stories in his collection My Chaos Theory. He is co-editor of the online ideas and features magazine Pie & Chai, a former English professor at the University of Mary Washington, a longtime yoga instructor, and father of four daughters. He and his family live in Fredericksburg, VA.ROSEMARY FEURER'S research and teaching interests focus on understanding the political economy of social conflict. She focuses on labor movements and conflict within the context of U.S. capitalist development spatially, socially and economically during the late nineteenth and twentieth century. Her new work follows the story that made for violent conflict in Illinois and also helped to make it the strongest unionized state in the nation, tentatively entitled The Illinois Mine Wars, 1860-1930. It covers the epic conflicts that helped to define Illinois as one of the strongest labor states in the nation. She is also working on a new biography of Mother Jones, the renowned labor activist and agitator of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. She has always connected her research to public history projects, including tours, electronic media, oral history and video production. Feurer is the author of Against Labor: How U.S. Employers Organized to Defeat Union Activism and Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950.

Tune in to hear Head of School, Dr. Mark Carleton, chat with acclaimed children and adult author, Candace Fleming. This episode which takes a peek behind the scenes at Candace's writing is now live and available for download on our People of PS Podcast. Candace Fleming is the author of more than forty books. Among her nonfiction titles are Giant Squid, Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart, and The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion and the Fall of Imperial Russia.  Her award-winning titles include The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh which won the 2021 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction, and Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera, winner of the 2021 Sibert Medal.  She is also the recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Orbis Pictus Award, as well as a two-time recipient of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Nonfiction, the ALA Sibert Honor, and SCBWI's Golden Kite Award.Presbyterian School was honored to host Candace Fleming on campus last month. She visited with all PK3-8th grade students and tailored her presentations to the different age students: for Early Childhood, the focus was on discovering and sharing stories; for Lower School, Fleming delved deeper into the writing process, discussing topics like structure and revision; and for Middle School, she focused on her writing research methods, the use of primary documents, and editorial choices. Fleming's interactive presentations, accompanied by visually stimulating slides, incorporated elements of storytelling and humor to ignite students' enthusiasm for the wonderful world of writing and reading.

Pat Zietlow Miller knew she wanted to be a writer ever since her seventh-grade English teacher read her paper about square-dancing skirts out loud in class and said: “This is the first time anything a student has written has given me chills.” Pat started out as a newspaper reporter and wrote about everything from dartball and deer-hunting to diets and decoupage. Then, she joined an insurance company and edited its newsletter and magazine. Now, she's a full-time children's author with 22 books currently available and more under contract. Her first book, SOPHIE'S SQUASH, won the Golden Kite Award for best picture book text. It also won an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor, a Charlotte Zolotow Honor and a Crystal Kite Award. BE KIND was on the New York Times bestseller list for 10 weeks, and IN OUR GARDEN was chosen for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Pat has one wonderful husband, two delightful daughters and two pampered cats. She lives in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Find her at www.patzietlowmiller.com, on Twitter at @PatZMiller and on Instagram at @patzmill.

With a needle and thread, award-winning artist Salley Mavor has spent the past 45 years creating whimsical fiber art that tells a story, stirs the emotions, and stimulates the imagination. Mavor's one-of-a-kind art has been featured in over a dozen books she has either written or illustrated, including Pocketful of Posies which won the 2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the 2011 Golden Kite Award.   Find more information about Salley via her website.   Visit her Etsy and watch the Liberty and Justice Film!   Today's sponsors:  Cape Cod Foundation, Bank 5,  The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod, John K. & Thirza K. Davenport Foundation, MassHire Cape & Islands Workforce Board, Rogers Gray, Cape Cod Melody Tent, and William Raveis Real Estate   Learn more about the Creative Exchange!  Learn more about the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.  The Arts Foundation's mission is to support and strengthen a vibrant and diverse arts and cultural sector for everyone in the region. Get involved!

In this episode of the SCBWI Podcast, we are joined by Jessixa Bagley!JESSIXA BAGLEY grew up in Portland, OR. Upon becoming an adult, she decided to follow her childhood dreams of being a picture-book maker. Her debut picture book, Boats for Papa, has earned many accolades and awards, including a Junior Library Guild selection, 2016 ALA Notable, the SCBWI 2016 Golden Kite Award for Best Picture Book Text, as well as the 2016 Washington State Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award. Her recent picture book Laundry Day was a Junior Library Guild Selection and also received a 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Award Honor. She lives in Seattle, WA, with her husband, son, and a slew of houseplants that all have names.http://www.jessixa.com/Follow Jessixa Bagley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessixabagley/Buy Courage Hats here:https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/courage-hatsSCBWI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scbwi/SCBWI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scbwiBecome an SCBWI member today: https://www.scbwi.org/join-scbwi/Shop the SCBWI Bookshop.org page: https://bookshop.org/shop/SCBWISupport the showSupport the show

Join us for an exciting edition of "Storytime with Maceo" as we feature the 2022 Golden Kite Award-winning picture book, "Fly" by Brittany Thurman. This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the power of community and the perseverance and confidence of a young Black girl named Africa, who dreams of becoming a double Dutch legend like her grandmother. With the support of her best friend's dance moves, her classmates' timing and cartwheels, and the rhythm of her friend Omar, Africa prepares for a double Dutch competition. Despite facing doubt from her brother, Africa is determined to give it her all and fly. Through Africa's inspiring story, children will learn about the importance of embracing their unique qualities and the strength that comes from a supportive community. This book is a must-read for all young readers who love stories of empowerment and determination.BRITTANY'S SOCIALS:Website: https://www.brittanythurman.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/britjaneeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/britjanee/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/janeebrittany?lang=enSCBWI: https://www.scbwi.org/golden-kite-gala-2023/OUR SOCIALS:Twitter: https://twitter.com/FatherSonGalaxyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fathersongalaxyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FatherSonGalaxyWebsite: https://fathersongalaxy.com/Media Kit: https://fathersongalaxy.com/media-kit-2/Spreadshop (Merchandise) https://fathersongalaxy.myspreadshop.com

Joanna Ho is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author who has written a number of picture books, including Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, Eyes that Speak to the Stars, and Playing at the Border, which received numerous distinguished awards, including the Golden Kite Award, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor, and a Golden Poppy Award. Most recently, she published her first young adult novel, The Silence that Binds Us, which just received the Asian/Pacific American Award from American Library Association. In this episode, Joanna shares her personal evolution from being an educator and advocate for anti-bias, anti-racism, and equity work to becoming a full-time writer, novelist, and best-selling author with a mission of elevating AAPI representation through literature and picture books. It was inspiring to learn that her racial awakening at Camp Anytown in high school inspired her passion to devote herself to public education, which had an underrepresentation of AAPI. She also shared with us her journey to becoming a best-selling and award-winning author, after years of rejection and having written several unpublished books before landing her first acceptance. I hope you will enjoy this episode! About Joanna: Joanna Ho is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of many books for kids. She has received the Golden Kite Award, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor, and a Golden Poppy Award. She is a writer and educator with a passion for anti-bias, anti-racism and equity work. She holds a BA in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master's from the Principal Leadership Institute at Berkeley. She has been an English teacher, a dean, the designer of an alternative-to-prison program, a creator of educator professional development, and a high school vice principal. She lives in the Bay Area, where she survives on homemade chocolate chip cookies, outdoor adventures, and dance parties with her kids. Keep your eyes open for more books to come! To connect with Joanna: Pre-order Joanna's latest book, One Day (to be released on March 14, 2023), a mother's love letter to her newborn son, a dreaming of all the ways he will grow up and embrace the world. ⁠https://www.joannahowrites.com/one-day Check out her other books: https://www.joannahowrites.com/books Twitter: @joannahowrites Instagram: @joannahowrites SUBSCRIBE TO THE PERMISSION TO BECOME PODCAST Apple Podcast Spotify

On this week Tricia speaks with award-winning author Rajani LaRocca about representation, STEM, creativity and much much more. Rajani LaRocca is a physician and award-winning author of books for young people. She was born in Bangalore, India, immigrated to the U.S. as a baby, and spent most of her childhood in Louisville, Kentucky. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, she trained in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she's been working as a primary care internal medicine physician since 2001. She lives in eastern Massachusetts with her family and impossibly cute dog. Rajani has always been an omnivorous reader of novels, nonfiction, comic books, and cereal boxes. She is now an omnivorous writer of award-winning books for young readers: novels and picture books, fiction and nonfiction, in prose and poetry. Her middle grade novel in verse, Red, White, and Whole, won a 2022 Newbery Honor, the 2022 Walter Dean Myers Award, the 2022 Golden Kite Award, and the 2021 New England Book Award, as well as other honors. She is the author of numerous other acclaimed novels and picture books, including Midsummer's Mayhem, Seven Golden Rings, and more. She also co-hosts the STEM Women in KidLit Podcast. The books Rajani read as a child helped shape who she is today in ways she's still discovering. Books inspired her to pursue medicine, made her yearn to live in different worlds, and helped her consider what it's like to walk in someone else's shoes. A lifelong book lover, she never saw herself in a book until she was an adult—and when she did, it was world-changing and mind-blowing. She believes that everyone deserves to see themselves in the pages of a book; that writing and reading diversely promotes empathy; and empathy makes the world a better place. Learn more about her at www.RajaniLaRocca.com and on Twitter and Instagram @rajanilarocca. Additional links discussed on the show this week: https://diversebooks.org/walter-winner-rajani-larocca-on-red-white-and-whole-and-being-caught-between-worlds/ https://stemwomenkidlit.buzzsprout.com/ https://www.rajanilarocca.com/novels/ Apply to be a leader of learning at Learning2 in 2023 https://learning2.org/ For a transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gn3miiTNphDqnM9FFXjNs-3kGOy167Mshu07fr9RVtM/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode, I talk with an all-time favorite author, Newbery Medalist Katherine Applegate. She talks about her latest stunning novel, Odder, the story of an intrepid sea otter. #1 New York Times bestselling author Katherine Applegate has written many books for young readers, including THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal. Katherine's novels have been translated into dozens of languages, and her books have won accolades, including the Christopher Medal, the Golden Kite Award, the Bank Street Josette Frank Award, the California Book Award Gold Medal, the Crystal Kite Award, the Green Earth Book Honor Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award. Many of her works have appeared on state master lists, as well as Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and New York Times bestseller lists, and Best of the Year lists from School Library Journal, Kirkus, Amazon, the New York Public Library, and the Chicago Public Library. Katherine has two adult children and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and assorted pets. Order copies: Odder on Bookshop.org and Amazon Transcription: You can read the transcription on The Children's Book Review. Resources: Learn more about her work at https://katherineapplegate.com/ Go Green with Willodeen kit: https://read.macmillan.com/mcpg/willodeen-landing-page/ Sehldrick Wildlife Trust: https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/ Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Cam: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/sea-otter-cam Elkhorn Slough Otter Cam: https://www.elkhornslough.org/ottercam/ Discussion Topics: Learn about Odder A brief moment on The One and Only Ruby Channeling anger into stories for kids and finding hope The book cover and interior artwork of Charles Santoso Monterey Bay Aquarium and the role it plays in Odder Environmental and conservation efforts around sea otters Writing in free verse Katherine Applegate reads an excerpt of Odder Being a slow reader, reluctant reader, and thoughts on dyslexia The book that made Katherine Applegate a reader --- This episode is sponsored by · Jennifer Swanson: Footprints Across the Planet. https://jenniferswansonbooks.com/footprints-across-the-planet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechildrensbookreview/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thechildrensbookreview/support

Jessie Oliveros is the author of the Golden Kite Award picture book The Remember Balloons. The heartwarming story likens memories to helium-filled balloons and explains in a tender way how as a person ages, they sometimes lose their memories just like how balloons would slip away from their hands. As you will hear in the interview, the book is inspired by Jessie's grandfather who had Alzheimer's disease. We hope you will be moved just as we were as Jessie shares her story behind creating this story of loss but also of hope.【嘉宾 Guest】Jessie Oliveroshttps://www.jessieoliveros.com/节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned:The Remember Balloons你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

Jessie Oliveros is the author of the Golden Kite Award picture book The Remember Balloons. The heartwarming story likens memories to helium-filled balloons and explains in a tender way how as a person ages, they sometimes lose their memories just like how balloons would slip away from their hands. As you will hear in the interview, the book is inspired by Jessie's grandfather who had Alzheimer's disease. We hope you will be moved just as we were as Jessie shares her story behind creating this story of loss but also of hope.【嘉宾 Guest】Jessie Oliveroshttps://www.jessieoliveros.com/节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned:The Remember Balloons你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

Jessie Oliveros is the author of the Golden Kite Award picture book The Remember Balloons. The heartwarming story likens memories to helium-filled balloons and explains in a tender way how as a person ages, they sometimes lose their memories just like how balloons would slip away from their hands. As you will hear in the interview, the book is inspired by Jessie's grandfather who had Alzheimer's disease. We hope you will be moved just as we were as Jessie shares her story behind creating this story of loss but also of hope.【嘉宾 Guest】Jessie Oliveroshttps://www.jessieoliveros.com/节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned:The Remember Balloons你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

Jessie Oliveros is the author of the Golden Kite Award picture book The Remember Balloons. The heartwarming story likens memories to helium-filled balloons and explains in a tender way how as a person ages, they sometimes lose their memories just like how balloons would slip away from their hands. As you will hear in the interview, the book is inspired by Jessie's grandfather who had Alzheimer's disease. We hope you will be moved just as we were as Jessie shares her story behind creating this story of loss but also of hope.【嘉宾 Guest】Jessie Oliveroshttps://www.jessieoliveros.com/节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned:The Remember Balloons你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

Patricia MacLachlan's Sarah, Plain and Tall was published in 1985 and went on to win the Newbery Medal, the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and the Golden Kite Award in 1986. And while it's the shortest book that Alli has ever covered on SSR, it inspires no shortage of thoughtful conversation! Tune in to Episode 146 for conversations about historical revisionism, whiteness, erasure, beautiful writing, literary scapegoating, the complexities of memory, the dynamics of choice, mail order brides in the American West, Accelerated Reader, and more.Olivia Cole is a writer from Louisville, Kentucky. She is the author of the new adult series Panther in the Hive and a young adult series, which includes A Conspiracy of Stars and An Anatomy of Beasts. Her essays have been published at Bitch Media, Real Simple, The L.A. Times, HuffPost, Teen Vogue, Gay Mag, and others. Olivia's next book — The Truth About White Lies — is out in March of 2022. Follow Olivia on Twitter (@RantingOwl) and Instagram (@rantingowl).

Enjoy our presentation of With the Fire on High, written by Elizabeth Acevedo and published by HarperCollins. From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright.Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions—doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela.The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness.Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it's not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.This title won a Golden Kite Award for Young Adults for 2020.With the Fire on High is recommended for ages 13+. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/with-the-fire-on-highThis title is available in the following formats:Hoopla Ebook: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12376975Hoopla Audiobook: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12195233Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/

Today on Book Publishing from Beginning to End, Eve and Beth interview Barb Rosenstock. Barb is the author of multiple children's history picture books and the recipient of the Sydney Taylor Honor Book for younger readers and the Golden Kite Award for nonfiction for younger readers. In this episode, Beth and Eve focus on her book Yogi: The Life, Loves, and Language of Baseball Legend Yogi Berra.

Kate Hannigan and I discuss her newest novel CAPE and the 2016 Golden Kite award winner, THE DETECTIVE'S ASSISTANT. We do a deep dive on writing and researching historical fiction. Kate gives some outstanding advice for authors doing school visits and a lot of tips for being a more productive writer. She also shares a real-life object lesson on the importance of being nice in an industry as small as publishing. We chat about superheroes and women in history and just generally have a blast talking about writing. Chicago author Kate Hannigan writes fiction and non-fiction for young readers. A former newspaper journalist, she loves listening to people's stories and digging deep into research. Her middle-grade historical fiction "The Detective's Assistant" (Little, Brown) received the 2016 Golden Kite Award for best middle-grade novel and was a California Young Reader Medal nominee. Inspired by the exploits of America's first female detective, Kate Warne, it features nail-biting suspense and exhilarating thrills - along with history around Abraham Lincoln and pre-Civil War America. Kate is also the author of the picture book biography "A Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women's Rights" (Boyds Mills Press), which received four starred reviews, named a Chicago Public Library "Best of the Best" selection, Bank Street College pick for July, A Mighty Girl Best of 2018 Book, Amelia Bloomer Project pick, and a Junior Library Guild Selection. And her three-book cooking caper series "Cupcake Cousins" (Disney/Hyperion) for early middle-grade readers was named to the Illinois READS state list and Chicago Public Library's "Best of the Best" lists.

Literary Agent Jennifer Mattson and I discus her career in publishing from her time as an editor with Dutton to her time as a professional book reviewer up to her last decade spent as an agent with Andrea Brown Literary Agency, and a lot of other book-related jobs as well. We talk about specific habits of successful writers, how many books authors should be reading, and developing an author's voice. We also chat about hooking an agent's attention with a query and a writing sample, advice on how to find a literary agent, and so much more. In the picture book arena, Jennifer is interested in authors, illustrators, and author-illustrators who bring a distinctive, well-developed point of view to their work. In longer fiction, her interests are wide-ranging, but she always has a soft spot for middle grade about resilient kids sorting out the messiness of life. In middle grade and YA both, her heart beats faster for richly imagined, mind-bending fantasies that depart from typical quests (portals entered by protagonists who fulfill prophecies don't tend to be for her). The most dogeared books in her childhood library tended to be fantasy adventures, survival stories, and sprawling, atmospheric tales with Dickensian twists and satisfying puzzles. She gravitates to all of the above, but contemporary realistic fiction can work for her too, especially if it's voice-driven and carefully structured. In all categories, she is especially delighted to see queries in her inbox from kid-lit creators underrepresented in mainstream publishing. Fiction that Jennifer represents includes Katy Loutzenhiser’s contemporary-realistic YA debut, IF YOU’RE OUT THERE (Balzer and Bray/HarperCollins) and Kate Hannigan’s historical middle grade novel, THE DETECTIVE'S ASSISTANT (Little, Brown/Hachette), which won the 2016 Golden Kite Award for Middle Grade Fiction, received two starred reviews, was a Booklist Editor's Choice, and appeared on the 2016 Amelia Bloomer List. Picture books she represents include noted poet Linda Ashman's lyrical ode to the rhythms of the natural world, ALL WE KNOW (HarperCollins), and her nearly wordless celebration of optimism, RAIN! (Houghton/HMH); and Kim Norman's three Arctic Companion books that cleverly spin off favorite preschool songs, TEN ON THE SLED, IF IT’S SNOWY AND YOU KNOW IT, and SHE’LL BE COMIN’ UP THE MOUNTAIN (all Sterling). Artists she represents include Geisel Honor winning author-illustrator Paul Meisel, who has illustrated or written a total of more than 70 books for young readers; J.R. Krause, author-illustrator of DRAGON NIGHT (Putnam), an Indie Next selection; Rob Polivka, illustrator of GOD BLESS AMERICA (Hyperion) and co-author and illustrator of A DREAM OF FLIGHT: ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT’S RACE AROUND THE EIFFEL TOWER (FSG/Macmillan); and former Google doodler Katy Wu, illustrator of several picture book biographies, including Laurie Wallmark's GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE and HEDY LAMARR’S DOUBLE LIFE (both Sterling). Prior to joining ABLA, Jennifer spent time as an editor at Dutton Children's Books and as a Books for Youth staff reviewer at Booklist magazine. Jennifer is based in Chicago and enjoys speaking at SCBWI and other writers' conferences in Chicagoland and farther afield. She is also in the midst of a personal mission to read through the oeuvre of Anthony Trollope. Follow her on Twitter (@jannmatt).

Essayist Monica Devine and poet Mar Ka discuss their recently published books which explore their personal journeys through Alaska in memoir and poetry. And Sally's Kitchen Singers perform (53:20-58:40). Monica Devine's new book Water Mask is a collection of essays that chronicles her interactions with Alaska's land and its people. Her work is an “adventurous memoir that reflects on family, place, memory, work, perception and culture in a land that both beguiles and rejects.” Monica worked as a speech/language therapist for many years, traveling to dozens of villages across Alaska. She has authored five children's books, including Iditarod: The Greatest Win Ever, which was a nominee for the celebrated Golden Kite Award. Her other awards include first place in the Alaska State Poetry Contest, a Pushcart nominee for her story Mission of Motherhood, and a first place award in creative nonfiction from New Letters journal for her story, On The Edge of Ice, about accompanying whalers on a spring hunt. Mar Ka's new poetry collection, Be-hooved, is a layered spiritual memoir structured along the seasons and framed by the migration of the Porcupine caribou herd. "Entrancing, profound, and startling, this book is a testament to hope before change, persistence before confusion, and empathy before difference.” Poet Mar Ka, a.k.a Mary Kancewick, traveled throughout Alaska during her years as an indigenous rights attorney. Her poetry has been published in national and international journals and on occasion has been set to music. The recipient of an NEH grant and the Midnight Sun Poetry Prize, she has long served as a poetry judge for the UAA/ADN Statewide Creative Writing Contest. She presently teaches poetry workshops at the Eagle River Nature Center. Water Mask and Be-Hooved are published by University of Alaska Press.

INTERVIEW WITH CAROLYN CRIMI Carolyn Crimi is the author of numerous picture books, including Boris and Bella, Where's My Mummy?, and Don't Need Friends. Carolyn Crimi received the Prairie State Award in her home state of Illinois for her body of work and her book, There Might Be Lobsters, won the Golden Kite Award in 2018. She was born and raised on Long Island, New York, and now lives in Illinois with her husband and pug. We talk about: - developing a manuscript inspired by a real life experiences. - why you should put your manuscript away for a while. - easy tips for seeing your manuscript in a new way.   Get your Success Journal, free, here: instituteforwriters.com/successjournal

This week, we're talking with Christopher Paul Curtis, the author of many beloved, award-winning books for young readers including The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 and Bud, Not Buddy. He's joining us via Skype from his home in Canada to talk about his newest book, The Journey of Little Charlie, the latest installment in the Buxton Chronicles. Christopher talks about his love of history, his childhood in Flint, MI, and why humor is a crucial element of his heart-wrenching books. Don't miss an episode! Subscribe to our podcast on an iOS device here or an Android device here, and the latest episodes of Scholastic Reads will be automatically delivered to your device. Additional resources:  Read more about The Journey of Little Charlie  Watch Christopher Paul Curtis talk about The Journey of Little Charlie Read a review of The Journey of Little Charlie Discover more works by Christopher Paul Curtis Guests:  Christopher Paul Curtis was awarded both a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his debut book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, and won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award for his second book, Bud, Not Buddy. Mr. Curtis is also the author of the Golden Kite Award-winning Bucking the Sarge, as well as The Mighty Miss Malone, and two previous books in The Buxton Chronicles: The Madman of Piney Woods, and the Newbery Honor book Elijah of Buxton. Special thanks: Music composed by Lucas Elliot Eberl Sound mix and editing by Daniel Jordan and Christopher Johnson Produced by Emily Morrow    

This week, we're talking with Christopher Paul Curtis, the author of many beloved, award-winning books for young readers including The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 and Bud, Not Buddy. He's joining us via Skype from his home in Canada to talk about his newest book, The Journey of Little Charlie, the latest installment in the Buxton Chronicles. Christopher talks about his love of history, his childhood in Flint, MI, and why humor is a crucial element of his heart-wrenching books. Don't miss an episode! Subscribe to our podcast on an iOS device here or an Android device here, and the latest episodes of Scholastic Reads will be automatically delivered to your device. Additional resources:  Read more about The Journey of Little Charlie  Watch Christopher Paul Curtis talk about The Journey of Little Charlie Read a review of The Journey of Little Charlie Discover more works by Christopher Paul Curtis Guests:  Christopher Paul Curtis was awarded both a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his debut book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, and won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award for his second book, Bud, Not Buddy. Mr. Curtis is also the author of the Golden Kite Award-winning Bucking the Sarge, as well as The Mighty Miss Malone, and two previous books in The Buxton Chronicles: The Madman of Piney Woods, and the Newbery Honor book Elijah of Buxton. Special thanks: Music composed by Lucas Elliot Eberl Sound mix and editing by Daniel Jordan and Christopher Johnson Produced by Emily Morrow    

Eugene Yelchin is a Russian-American artist best known as an illustrator and writer of books for children. In 2006 Yelchin received Tomie DePaola Illustration Award and began writing and illustrating picture books and middle grade historical fiction. Since then his books have been published by Scholastic Press, HarperCollins, Simon and Schuster, Macmillan, Candlewick, Clarion Books and Harcourt. In 2010 his illustrations for The Rooster Prince of Breslov received a National Jewish Book Award. In 2012 Won Ton, A Cat Tale Told In Haiku that he illustrated received over forty awards. In 2012 Breaking Stalin’s Nose, a middle grade novel that he wrote and illustrated received Newbery Honor and has been translated into ten languages. His latest novel The Haunting of Falcon House received a Golden Kite Award and was named one of the best books of the year by the National Public Radio. Visit Tamara and Alistair at their websites. Thorne & Cross’ latest novel, The Witches of Ravencrest,is available now! Sign up HERE for Thorne & Cross book updates, special deals, upcoming guests on Haunted Nights LIVE! and more. This is a copyrighted, trademarked podcast owned solely by the Authors on the Air Global Radio  

In Steamboat School (Jump at the Sun, 2016), an historical picture book based on true events, author Deborah Hopkinson recounts the story of Reverend John Berry Meachum's brave act to defy an 1847 Missouri law designed to prohibit African American children from attending school. This fictional account is told from the point of view of a young boy who is at first a student at Meachum's secret school, which held in a church basement. But when the Missouri law is passed and it is no longer safe to continue teaching the students there, Meachum enlists his students and decides to build a steamboat to house a new, legal, school set afloat on the Mississippi River and thus on federal property. The book concludes with a nonfiction afterword about Reverend Meachum's life and the research behind the book. Deborah Hopkinson is the author of more than 40 books for young readers including picture books, middle grade fiction, and nonfiction. In her presentations at schools and conferences, she helps bring history and research alive. Her work is especially well suited for STEM and CCSS connections. Her nonfiction includes Courage & Defiance, Stories of Spies, Saboteurs and Survivors in WWII Denmark, Titanic: Voices from the Disaster, a Robert F. Sibert Award honor book and YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction honor book, and Shutting out the Sky, Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924, an NCTE Orbis Pictus award honor book and Jane Addams Award honor book. Deborah's award-winning picture books include Sky Boys, How They Built the Empire State Building, an ALA Notable and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor book and Apples to Oregon won the Golden Kite Award and Spur Storytelling Award. Susan Raab is president of Raab Associates, an internationally recognized agency that specializes in marketing literature, products and initiatives that help improve the lives of young people. Clients have included National Geographic, Scholastic, the International Board on Books for Young People, and bestselling authors and illustrators. Susan is marketing advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She's also a journalist reporting on publishing, education and human rights. Her work as a broadcast correspondent has been hosted by the University of Connecticut, and by the University of Florida's Recess Radio, a program syndicated to 500 public radio stations. Her many interviews, including with Art Spiegelman, Jon Scieszka, Norton Juster, Laurie Halse Anderson and many others talking about art and literature can be heard here. Follow Susan at: https://twitter.com/sraab18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

In Steamboat School (Jump at the Sun, 2016), an historical picture book based on true events, author Deborah Hopkinson recounts the story of Reverend John Berry Meachum’s brave act to defy an 1847 Missouri law designed to prohibit African American children from attending school. This fictional account is told from the point of view of a young boy who is at first a student at Meachum’s secret school, which held in a church basement. But when the Missouri law is passed and it is no longer safe to continue teaching the students there, Meachum enlists his students and decides to build a steamboat to house a new, legal, school set afloat on the Mississippi River and thus on federal property. The book concludes with a nonfiction afterword about Reverend Meachum’s life and the research behind the book. Deborah Hopkinson is the author of more than 40 books for young readers including picture books, middle grade fiction, and nonfiction. In her presentations at schools and conferences, she helps bring history and research alive. Her work is especially well suited for STEM and CCSS connections. Her nonfiction includes Courage & Defiance, Stories of Spies, Saboteurs and Survivors in WWII Denmark, Titanic: Voices from the Disaster, a Robert F. Sibert Award honor book and YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction honor book, and Shutting out the Sky, Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924, an NCTE Orbis Pictus award honor book and Jane Addams Award honor book. Deborah’s award-winning picture books include Sky Boys, How They Built the Empire State Building, an ALA Notable and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor book and Apples to Oregon won the Golden Kite Award and Spur Storytelling Award. Susan Raab is president of Raab Associates, an internationally recognized agency that specializes in marketing literature, products and initiatives that help improve the lives of young people. Clients have included National Geographic, Scholastic, the International Board on Books for Young People, and bestselling authors and illustrators. Susan is marketing advisor for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She’s also a journalist reporting on publishing, education and human rights. Her work as a broadcast correspondent has been hosted by the University of Connecticut, and by the University of Florida’s Recess Radio, a program syndicated to 500 public radio stations. Her many interviews, including with Art Spiegelman, Jon Scieszka, Norton Juster, Laurie Halse Anderson and many others talking about art and literature can be heard here. Follow Susan at: https://twitter.com/sraab18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Steamboat School (Jump at the Sun, 2016), an historical picture book based on true events, author Deborah Hopkinson recounts the story of Reverend John Berry Meachum’s brave act to defy an 1847 Missouri law designed to prohibit African American children from attending school. This fictional account is told from the point of view of a young boy who is at first a student at Meachum’s secret school, which held in a church basement. But when the Missouri law is passed and it is no longer safe to continue teaching the students there, Meachum enlists his students and decides to build a steamboat to house a new, legal, school set afloat on the Mississippi River and thus on federal property. The book concludes with a nonfiction afterword about Reverend Meachum’s life and the research behind the book. Deborah Hopkinson is the author of more than 40 books for young readers including picture books, middle grade fiction, and nonfiction. In her presentations at schools and conferences, she helps bring history and research alive. Her work is especially well suited for STEM and CCSS connections. Her nonfiction includes Courage & Defiance, Stories of Spies, Saboteurs and Survivors in WWII Denmark, Titanic: Voices from the Disaster, a Robert F. Sibert Award honor book and YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction honor book, and Shutting out the Sky, Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924, an NCTE Orbis Pictus award honor book and Jane Addams Award honor book. Deborah’s award-winning picture books include Sky Boys, How They Built the Empire State Building, an ALA Notable and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor book and Apples to Oregon won the Golden Kite Award and Spur Storytelling Award. Susan Raab is president of Raab Associates, an internationally recognized agency that specializes in marketing literature, products and initiatives that help improve the lives of young people. Clients have included National Geographic, Scholastic, the International Board on Books for Young People, and bestselling authors and illustrators. Susan is marketing advisor for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She’s also a journalist reporting on publishing, education and human rights. Her work as a broadcast correspondent has been hosted by the University of Connecticut, and by the University of Florida’s Recess Radio, a program syndicated to 500 public radio stations. Her many interviews, including with Art Spiegelman, Jon Scieszka, Norton Juster, Laurie Halse Anderson and many others talking about art and literature can be heard here. Follow Susan at: https://twitter.com/sraab18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

作者简介：乌利·舒利瓦茨（Uri Shulevitz），1935年生于波兰，在父母的鼓励下， 3岁开始画画。4岁时二战爆发，被迫离开华沙，辗转搬家后，他于1947年来到巴黎。12岁时参加小学素描比赛并得奖，这对他美术创作的欲望得到了进一步的推动。1949年搬到以色列，15岁时素描作品在特拉维夫美术馆展出，成为在该馆展出作品最年轻的艺术家。15岁至17岁时一边工作一边在夜校学习，接着在特拉维夫的师范学校学习文学和自然科学，在特拉维夫美术学院学习美术。1959年24岁时赴美国，在纽约布鲁克林美术馆美术学校学习绘画，在纽约的一家出版社开始为希伯来语的儿童读物画插图。通过这些经历，他摸索出了新的儿童读物插画模式，于1963年发表了第一部自编自画的图画书《我房间里的月亮》，1969年以《飞船和世界第一个傻瓜》获得了凯迪克奖。至今发表过近50部作品，多次获得了凯迪克奖、夏洛特·左罗托奖（Charlotte Zolotow Award）、金风筝童书奖（Golden Kite Award）、美国《纽约时报》年度优良好书奖等多项奖项。本书被选为美国图书馆协会选定图书。舒利瓦茨不但是一位艺术家，同时也是一位评论家，他个人对艺术的评判标准是：真正的图画书，必须融合了艺术和文字的形式。也因此，他的作品常能深入人心，受到大众的喜爱。他目前居住在美国纽约市。

Aug. 30, 2014. Raul Colon appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Highly acclaimed children's book illustrator Raul Colon studied art in Puerto Rico and later resettled to his first home in New York City, where he began his freelance career. He has since illustrated more than books for children, including the New York Times best-seller "Angela and the Baby Jesus" by Frank McCourt, Susanna Reich's "Jose! Born to Dance" and Jill Biden's "Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops." Colon has been recognized with a Golden Kite Award and a Pura Belpre Award, as well as a Silver Medal and a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. Written by Louise Borden and illustrated by Raul Colon, "Baseball Is..." (Simon & Schuster) captures the joy and history of one of America's most revered pastimes. Borden and Colon work together to honor the sounds, smells and emotions of baseball in this picture book. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6389

Tony Abbott is a prolific children's book author. He has graciously agreed to visit us in Beantown to speak about his works and give advice to young writers. When he began reading bedtime stories to his children, the spark of writing he had had for so many years finally turned to children’s books. After many failures, his first published book, Danger Guys, was written while taking a writing class with renowned children’s author, Patricia Reilly Giff. DSC03371Since then Tony has written over ninety-five books for readers ages 6 to 14, including many series (The Secret of Droon, The Haunting of Derek Stone, Underworlds, Goofballs, to name a few) and novels for older readers, including Kringle, Firegirl, The Postcard, and Lunch-Box Dream. His publishers include HarperCollins, Hyperion, Scholastic, Random House, Little, Brown, Egmont, and Farrar Straus Giroux. Over 12 million of Tony’s books have been sold worldwide, and his series and novels have been translated into Italian, Spanish, Korean, French, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Chinese, and Russian. Several of his books were named Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club selections and Junior Library Guild selections and have appeared on state reading lists, including the Texas Bluebonnet list, and the Great Lakes Great Award Master List, and Choose to Read Ohio. Firegirl won the Golden Kite Award for Fiction presented by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. In the spring of 2009, The Postcard was honored with the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Allan Poe Award for best mystery in the juvenile category. He is currently a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the Yale Center for British Art, and other esteemed arts organizations.  

A literacy advocate excited about sharing what she calls “bookjoy,” Pat Mora founded the family literacy initiative El día de los niños/El día de los libros, Children's Day/Book Day, now housed at the American Library Association. The yearlong commitment to daily linking all children to books, languages and cultures culminates in celebrations across the country on or near April 30. Her book titled “Book Fiesta! Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos el Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros,” (HarperCollins), promotes the Día spirit. Mora’s haiku collection about foods of the Americas, “Yum! ¡Mmm! ¡Qué Rico!, won the Américas Award and was an ALA Notable book. “Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart” was also an ALA Notable book that received a Pura Belpré Author Honor Award and a Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Mora lives in New Mexico.