New Books in Children's Literature

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Interviews with authors of children's literature about their new books

Episode Date
On Monsters, Goddesses and Myths: A Discussion with Author Katherine Marsh
Apr 13, 2024
Laura Bower, "The Imposter" (Gnome Road Publishing, 2024)
Mar 30, 2024
Michelle Knudsen, "Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten" (Candlewick Press, 2024)
Mar 24, 2024
Shoshanna Lockshin and Efrayim Unterman, "The Devash Megillat Esther" (Hadar Press, 2024)
Mar 21, 2024
Sue Fliess, "Octopus Acrobatics" (Albert Whitman & Company, 2024)
Mar 18, 2024
Emily Barth Isler, "The Color of Sound" (Carolrhoda Books, 2024)
Mar 17, 2024
A Chat with a Children's Book Illustrator: Erin Kraan
Mar 10, 2024
Suzanne Slade, "The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue" (Astra, 2021)
Mar 09, 2024
Heather L. Montgomery, "Sick!: The Twists and Turns Behind Animal Germs" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
Mar 02, 2024
Get Signed: A Chat with Literary Agent Lucinda Halperin
Feb 25, 2024
Laurie Wallmark and Raakhee Mirchandani, "Journey to the Stars: Kalpana Chawla, Astronaut" (Beaming Books, 2024)
Feb 18, 2024
My Friends Maurice Sendak and Leonard Bernstein
Feb 13, 2024
Rebecca Gardyn Levington, "Afikoman, Where'd You Go?: A Passover Hide-and-Seek Adventure" (Rocky Pond Books, 2024)
Feb 09, 2024
Talk to the Literary Agent: A Discussion with Victoria Selvaggio
Jan 31, 2024
What Makes A Great Picture Book?
Jan 26, 2024
Meet the Literary Agent: A Chat with Leslie Zampetti
Jan 21, 2024
Miriam Halahmy, "A Boy from Baghdad" (Green Bean Books, 2024)
Jan 16, 2024
Meet the Librarian
Jan 15, 2024
Renée LaTulippe, "The Crab Ballet" (Abrams, 2022)
Jan 13, 2024
Isabel Estrada, "La Mariachi" (Sleeping Bear Press, 2023)
Dec 22, 2023
Charlotte Offsay, "Challah Day!" (Holiday House, 2023)
Dec 18, 2023
Lita Judge, "Don't Worry, Wuddles" (Atheneum, 2023)
Dec 09, 2023
Tara Lazar, "Flat Cat" (Flamingo Books, 2023)
Nov 29, 2023
Donating Books to Children: A Chat with Alex Zablotsky of PJ Library
Nov 25, 2023
Talk to the Agent: A Discussion with Jennifer Unter
Nov 19, 2023
Talk to the Publisher: A Chat with Sandra Shutter
Nov 08, 2023
Meet the Literary Agent: A Chat with Marisa A. Corvisiero
Nov 05, 2023
Bea Birdsong, "Boop!" (HarperCollins, 2023)
Nov 02, 2023
Autism in Children's Literature: A Discussion with Jen Malia
Nov 01, 2023
What Do Literary Agents Do?
Oct 28, 2023
Illustrating Children's Books: A Discussion with Amanda Hall
Oct 22, 2023
Melissa Stewart, "Thank You, Moon: Celebrating Nature's Nightlight" (Knopf, 2023)
Oct 14, 2023
Free Books for the Children of Chicago
Oct 11, 2023
Julie Hedlund, "Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie Andrews" (Little Bee Books, 2023)
Sep 27, 2023
Mónica Mancillas, "How to Speak in Spanglish" (Penguin Workshop, 2023)
Sep 23, 2023
A Discussion with Jannie Ho, Illustrator and Author
Sep 20, 2023
Michael Leventhal, "The Chocolate King" (Green Bean Books, 2021)
Sep 18, 2023
Brides of Christ (with Sr Mary Josefa of the Eucharist)
Sep 14, 2023
A Better Way to Buy Books
Sep 12, 2023
A Chat with a Literary Agent: Savannah Brooks
Aug 29, 2023
Laurie Wallmark, "Rivka's Presents" (Random House Studio, 2023)
Aug 26, 2023
Lisa M. Bolt Simons, "The Vanished Northwest Passage Arctic Expedition" (Capstone, 2022)
Aug 17, 2023
Leslie Kimmelman, "Ready, Set, Run!: The Amazing New York City Marathon" (Random House Studio, 2023)
Aug 13, 2023
Anna Olswanger, "Greenhorn" (NewSouth Books, 2012)
Jul 22, 2023
The Children's Books Business: A Discussion with Elizabeth Law
Jul 16, 2023
Sarah Sassoon, "Shoham's Bangle" (Kar-Ben Publishing, 2022)
Jul 09, 2023
Shelli R. Johannes and Chelsea Clinton, "She Persisted: Florence Nightingale" (Philomel Books, 2023)
Jun 28, 2023
Ariel Bernstein, "You Go First" (Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2023)
Jun 25, 2023
Jewish Children's Books: A Chat with Lili Rosenstreich
Jun 17, 2023
Illustrating Children's Books: A Discussion with Holly Hatam
Jun 11, 2023
Anne Roos Kleiss, "When a Friend Needs a Friend" (Scholastic Press, 2023)
Jun 09, 2023
Anna Lazowski, "Dark Cloud" (Kids Can Press, 2023)
Jun 05, 2023
Martin Lemelman, "The Miracle Seed" (Eerdmans Young Readers, 2023)
May 31, 2023
Hanoch Piven and Shira Hecht-Koller, "Dream Big, Laugh Often: And More Great Advice from the Bible" (FSG, 2023)
May 30, 2023
Sophia Gholz, "A History of Toilet Paper (and Other Potty Tools)" (Running Press Kids, 2022)
May 27, 2023
Lee Wardlaw, "Won Ton and Chopstick: A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku" (Henry Holt, 2015)
May 21, 2023
Jennifer Swanson, "Footprints Across the Planet" (Reycraft, 2022)
May 19, 2023
Jennifer Berne, "How the Sea Came to Be (and All the Creatures in It)" (Eerdmans, 2023)
May 13, 2023
Katey Howes, "Woven of the World" (Chronicle Books, 2023)
May 02, 2023
Advice from a Literary Agent
Apr 29, 2023
Noa Nimrodi, "Not So Shy" (Kar-Ben Publishing, 2023)
Apr 25, 2023
Chris Haughton on Writing and Illustrating Children's Books
Apr 19, 2023
Shelly M. Jones, "Women Who Count: Honoring African American Women Mathematicians" (American Mathematical Society, 2019)
Apr 16, 2023
Lindsay Bonilla, "The Note Who Faced the Music" (Page Street Kids, 2023)
Apr 05, 2023
Susan Johnston Taylor, "Animals in Surprising Shades: Poems about Earth's Colorful Creatures" (Gnome Road Publishing, 2023)
Mar 31, 2023
Talk to the Children's Lit Agent: A Discussion with Melissa Edwards
Mar 26, 2023
Cathy Stefanec Ogren, "Pew! The Stinky and Legen-Dairy Gift from Colonel Thomas S. Meacham" (Sleeping Bear Press, 2023)
Mar 24, 2023
Publishing Jewish Children's Books: A Chat with Joni Sussman
Mar 19, 2023
Ned Bustard, "Saint Patrick the Forgiver: The History and Legends of Ireland's Bishop" (InterVarsity, 2023)
Mar 16, 2023
Kirsten W. Larson, "The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of" (Chronicle Books, 2023)
Mar 05, 2023
Emma Bland Smith, "Mr. McCloskey's Marvelous Mallards: The Making of 'Make Way for Ducklings'" (Calkins Creek Books, 2022)
Mar 01, 2023
James McGowan, "Good Night, Oppy!" (Astra Young Readers, 2021)
Feb 22, 2023
Philip Nel, "Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books" (Oxford UP, 2017)
Feb 16, 2023
Jean Reidy, "A Grand Day" (Simon and Schuster, 2022)
Jan 22, 2023
A Chat with Children's Lit Agent Debbie Bibo
Jan 20, 2023
Tammi Sauer, "The Underpants" (Scholastic Press, 2022)
Jan 15, 2023
Child's Play: The Seriousness of Children's Literature
Jan 13, 2023
Tara Lazar, "Time Flies: Down to the Last Minute" (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2022)
Dec 31, 2022
What Makes a Book, Song or Movie Popular? A Conversation with Noah Askin
Dec 23, 2022
Elena Goodwin, "Translating England into Russian: The Politics of Children's Literature in the Soviet Union and Modern Russia" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
Dec 23, 2022
Ken Schept, "A Gift of Feathers" (Feiwel & Friends, 2023)
Dec 07, 2022
Julia Richardson, "Little Dandelion Seeds the World" (Sleeping Bear Press, 2021)
Dec 04, 2022
Helen Wu on Writing Children's Books for Chinese and American Audiences
Dec 03, 2022
Ourboox: A Conversation with Mel Rosenberg
Nov 30, 2022
Writing for Young People, Being a Literary Agent, and Success
Nov 28, 2022
Carrie Finison, "Lulu and Zoey: A Sister Story" (Running Press Kids, 2022)
Nov 18, 2022
Annette Bay Pimentel, "Before Music: Where Instruments Come From" (Abrams, 2022)
Nov 10, 2022
Shelli R. Johannes, "Theo TheSaurus and the Perfect Pet" (Viking, 2022)
Nov 03, 2022
Rose-Ann Smith, "The Day I Became a Hurricane" (Hooked on Books Jamrock, 2022)
Oct 24, 2022
Bea Birdsong, "How to Spot a Best Friend" (Rodale Kids, 2021)
Oct 21, 2022
91* Leah Price on Children’s Books: Turning Back the Clock on “Adulting” (EF, JP)
Oct 20, 2022
Robyn McGrath, "Dolly!: The Story of Dolly Parton and Her Big Dream" (Little Brown, 2022)
Oct 13, 2022
Elaine Kachala, "Superpower?: The Wearable-Tech Revolution" (Orca Book Publishers, 2022)
Sep 30, 2022
Publishing Children's Books: A Chat with Meira Firon
Sep 20, 2022
Debra Kempf Shumaker, "Peculiar Primates: Fun Facts About These Curious Creatures" (Running Press Kids, 2022)
Sep 07, 2022
A Life in Children's and YA Publishing: A Discussion with Elizabeth Law
Sep 01, 2022
Rosie J. Pova, "The School of Failure: A Story about Success" (Yeehoo Press, 2022)
Aug 23, 2022
Rena Rossner, "The Light of the Midnight Stars" (Redhook, 2021)
Aug 11, 2022
Hannah Holt, "A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken" (Roaring Brook, 2022)
Aug 09, 2022
Sylvia Liu, "Hana Hsu and the Ghost Crab Nation" (Razorbill, 2022)
Aug 08, 2022
Candid Advice for Would-Be Children's Books Authors
Jul 20, 2022
Megan Hoyt, "The Greatest Song of All: How Isaac Stern United the World to Save Carnegie Hall" (Quill Tree Books, 2022)
Jul 18, 2022
Michelle Knudsen and Chelsea Clinton, "She Persisted: Nellie Bly" (Philomel, 2021)
Jul 13, 2022
Rosemary Mosco, "Flowers Are Pretty . . . Weird!" (Tundra Book, 2022)
Jun 30, 2022
Leah Henderson, "Daddy Speaks Love" (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2022)
Jun 16, 2022
Michal Babay, "Incredible Shrinking Lunchroom" (Charlesbridge, 2022)
Jun 14, 2022
A Chat with Lisa Varchol Perron, Childrens' Book Author and Lover of Patterns
Jun 01, 2022
An Early Morning Interview on the Tel Aviv Beach with Maira Kalman
May 25, 2022
Alysson Foti Bourque, "Alycat and the Cattywampus Wednesday" (Arcadia/Pelican, 2022)
May 20, 2022
Salma Hussain, "The Secret Diary of Mona Hasan" (Tundra Books, 2022)
May 11, 2022
Cindy Williams Schrauben, "This Could Be You" (Cardinal Rule Press, 2022)
Apr 20, 2022
Helen H. Wu, "Tofu Takes Time" (Beaming Books, 2022)
Apr 18, 2022
James Michael Thibeault, "Melanie and the Box" (2021)
Apr 12, 2022
Jennifer Wolf Kam, "Until the Blueberries Grow" (PJ Publishing, 2022)
Apr 12, 2022
Pat Zietlow Miller, "In Our Garden" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2022)
Apr 08, 2022
Kelly Herold et al., "Growing Out of Communism: Russian Literature for Children and Teens, 1991-2017" (Brill, 2021)
Apr 01, 2022
Laurie Smollett Kutscera, "Maya's Treasure" (Peter Pauper Press, 2021)
Apr 01, 2022
Beth Ferry, "No Nibbling!" (Roaring Brook Press, 2022)
Mar 23, 2022
Katelyn Aronson, "Clovis Keeps His Cool" (Page Street, 2021)
Mar 22, 2022
Amalia Hoffman, "Masha Munching" (Yeehoo Press, 2022)
Mar 09, 2022
PJ McIlvaine, "Little Lena and the Big Table" (Big Belly Book Co., 2019)
Mar 04, 2022
Laura Sassi, "Bunny Finds Easter" (Zonderkidz, 2022)
Feb 28, 2022
Linda J. M. Holloway, "Little Miss Linda Speaks Out About Diversity" (2021)
Feb 21, 2022
Mike Malbrough, "Love Is Here" (Penguin, 2021)
Feb 21, 2022
Christine Taylor Butler, "The Get-Together" (Reycraft Books, 2022)
Feb 10, 2022
Anne Renaud, "Gwendolyn's Pet Garden" (Penguin, 2021)
Feb 09, 2022
Janie Emaus, "Latkes for Santa Claus" (Sky Pony Press, 2020)
Feb 08, 2022
Amalia Hoffman, "My Monsterpiece" (Yeehoo Press, 2021)
Feb 07, 2022
Risa Cohen: Creative Director of "Sing into Reading"
Feb 04, 2022
Rotem Omri on Illustrating Children's Books
Feb 03, 2022
Ruth Spiro, "Maxine and the Greatest Garden Ever" (Dial/PRH, 2021)
Feb 02, 2022
Colleen Paeff, "The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem" (Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2021)
Feb 01, 2022
Rajani LaRocca, "Bracelets for Bina's Brothers" (Charlesbridge, 2021)
Jan 31, 2022
Anna Lazowski, "T. Rexes Can't Tie Their Shoes" (Doubleday, 2021)
Jan 28, 2022
Kirsten W. Larson, "A True Wonder: The Comic Book Hero Who Changed Everything" (Clarion Books, 2021)
Jan 27, 2022
Pamela Moritz, "If I Lived with Noah" (Apple and Honey Press, 2020)
Jan 26, 2022
Nicholas Jubber, "The Fairy Tellers: A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales" (John Murray, 2022)
Jan 26, 2022
Karen Rostoger-Gruber, "The Family (and Frog! ) Haggadah" (Behrman House, 2017)
Jan 25, 2022
Nancy Churnin, "Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing" (Creston Books, 2018)
Jan 24, 2022
Julie Hedlund, "Over, Bear! Under, Where?" (Philomel Books, 2021)
Jan 21, 2022
Chana Stiefel Chana, "Let Liberty Rise!: How America’s Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty" (Scholastic Press, 2021)
Jan 20, 2022
Atara Ofek on What Makes a Children's Book Good
Jan 19, 2022
Elaine Kiely Kearns, "Noah Noasaurus" (Albert Whitman and Company, 2019)
Jan 18, 2022
Alayne Kay Christian, "The Weed That Woke Christmas: The Mostly True Tale of the Toledo Christmas Weed (Blue Whale Press, 2020)
Jan 17, 2022
Miri Leshem-Pelly, "Penny And The Plain Piece Of Paper" (Philomel Books, 2020)
Jan 14, 2022
Vivian Kirkfield, "Making Their Voices Heard: The Inspiring Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe" (Little Bee Books, 2020)
Jan 13, 2022
Mike Malbrough, "Marigold Bakes a Cake" (Philomel Books, 2017)
Jan 12, 2022
Melissa Stoller, "Sadie’s Shabbat Stories" (Spork, 2020)
Jan 11, 2022
Lydia Lukidis, "No Bears Allowed" (Blue Whale Press, 2019)
Jan 10, 2022
Julie Hedlund on Writing Children's Books
Jan 07, 2022
Harold Underdown on Writing and Publishing Books for Children
Jan 06, 2022
Ellen Leventhal, "A Flood of Kindness" (Worthy Kids, 2021)
Jan 05, 2022
Annette Whipple, "Whooo Knew?: The Truth about Owls" (Reycraft Books, 2020)
Jan 04, 2022
Joyce Lapin, "The Little Spacecraft That Could" (Sterling Children's Books, 2021)
Jan 03, 2022
Amy Murrell, "Becca Epps Series about Bending Your Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors" (Shawnee Scientific Press, 2017-2021)
Dec 31, 2021
Debra Shumaker, "Freaky, Funky Fish: Odd Facts about Fascinating Fish" (Running Press Kids, 2021)
Dec 30, 2021
Beth Anderson, "‘Smelly Kelly’ and His Super Senses" (Calkins Creek, 2020)
Dec 29, 2021
Ann Koffsky, "Kayla and Kugel's Happy Hanhukkah" (Apples and Honey Press, 2020)
Dec 28, 2021
Nicholas Solis, "The Staring Contest" (Peter Pauper Press, 2020)
Dec 27, 2021