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Show Notes

Episode 95 – Spring 2024 Book Buzz Editor’s Preview | New Jewish Children’s Books from Kar-Ben

Episode 94 – Spring 2024 Book Buzz Editor Preview | New Educational Books from Lerner Publishing Group

Episode 93 – Spring 2024 Book Buzz Editor Preview | New Novels from Carolrhoda Books and Carolrhoda Lab

Episode 92 – Spring 2024 Book Buzz Editor’s Preview | Picture Books from Carolrhoda Books and Millbrook Press

Episode 91 – Spring 2024 Book Buzz Editor’s Preview | New Graphic Novels from Graphic Universe

Episode 90 – Spring 2024 Book Buzz Editor Preview | New YA Nonfiction from Twenty-First Century Books and Zest

Episode 89 – Weed: Cannabis Culture in the Americas – Frequently Asked Questions

Episode 88 – Fall 2023 Book Buzz Editor Preview | New YA Nonfiction from Twenty-First Century Books and Zest

Episode 87 – Fall 23 Book Buzz Editor Preview | New Novels from Carolrhoda Books and Carolrhoda Lab

Episode 86 – Fall 2023 Book Buzz Editor’s Preview | New Kids’ Photo Nonfiction from Millbrook Press

Episode 85 – Fall 2023 Book Buzz Editor’s Picks | New Jewish Children’s Books from Kar-Ben

Episode 84 – Fall 2023 Book Buzz Editor Preview | New Educational Books from Lerner Publishing Group

Episode 83 – Fall 2023 Book Buzz Editor Preview | New Graphic Novels from Graphic Universe

Episode 82 – Introducing Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill | A New Podcast from Author Lee Wind

Episode 81 – Spring 2023 Picture Books | A Webinar Rebroadcast

Episode 80 – Hidden History: Pulling Back the Curtain on Marginalized Groups of the Past and Present | A Webinar Rebroadcast

Episode 79 – Graphic Novels: Teaching Up to Their Potential | A Webinar Rebroadcast

Episode 78 – New YA Nonfiction from Twenty-First Century Books and Zest Books | Spring 2023 Preview

Episode 77 – New Picture Books from Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books | Spring 2023 Preview

Episode 76 – New Informational Children’s Books from Lerner | Spring 23 Editor Preview

Episode 75 – New Children’s Books from Kar-Ben Publishing | Spring 2023 Preview

Episode 74 – New Graphic Novels from Graphic Universe | Spring 2023 Preview

Episode 73 – New Fiction Novels from Carolrhoda Books and Carolrhoda Lab | Spring 2023 Preview

Episode 72 – Not Just for Kids: How to Use Picture Books with Tweens and Teens | A Webinar Rebroadcast

Episode 71 – Notes from a Sickbed | A New Graphic Memoir from Tessa Brunton

Episode 70 – LGBTQ+ History in Children’s Lit Webinar ft. Lee Wind, Rob Sanders, Melanie Gillman | A Webinar Broadcast

Episode 69 – Yuck, You Suck! Poems about Animals That Sip, Slurp, Suck | by Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple

Episode 68 – Not Done Yet | A Picture Book by Tameka Fryer Brown

Episode 67 – The Lady and the Octopus | Middle Grade Nonfiction from Danna Staaf

Episode 66 – Big Bear and Little Fish | New Picture Book from Sandra Nickel

Episode 65 – Funeral Girl | Debut YA Fiction from Emma K. Ohland

Episode 64 – Hear Me | New OwnVoices Middle Grade Novel from Kerry O’Malley Cerra

Episode 63 – Live from the 25 ALA Interview | Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffrey Boston Weatherford

Episode 62 – Lee Wind | Live from the 25 ALA Interview

Episode 61 – Sue Fliess | Live from the 25 ALA Interview

Episode 60 – Patricia Newman | Live from the 25 ALA Interview

Episode 59 – Today Is Different | New Picture Book from Doua Moua

Episode 58 – Make Way for Animals! | New Picture Book from Meeg Pincus

Episode 57 – We Belong | A New Picture Book by Laura Purdie Salas

Episode 56 – Rumble and Roar | New Picture Book from Sue Fliess

Episode 55 – Washed Ashore | New Environmental Nonfiction (+ ART!) from Kelly Crull

Episode 54 – This Last Adventure | New Middle Grade from Ryan Dalton

Episode 53 – Call Me Miss Hamilton | New Picture Book from Carole Boston Weatherford

Episode 52 – Josh Hicks Shares His Hilarious New Graphic Novel Glorious Wrestling Alliance

Episode 51 – Cynthia Argentine Hopes to Inspire Readers with How Nature Changes in Night Becomes Day

Episode 50 – Blake Hoena Writes About What He’s Interested In | New Graphic Novel Series Amazing Inventions

Episode 49 – Author Kate Messner Shares Details about Her Fascinating Books, Tracking Pythons and Tracking Tortoises

Episode 48 – Author Laura Gehl Introduces Who Is a Scientist?

Episode 47 – Where I Belong | New YA Novel from Marcia Argueta Mickelson

Episode 46 – Introducing Hair Story, New Picture Book by Nonieqa Ramos and Keisha Morris

Episode 45 – Introducing Understanding Coronaviruses: SARS, MERS, and the COVID-19 Pandemic by Connie Goldsmith

Episode 44 – Fall 21 YA Nonfiction Preview from Lerner Publishing Group, Twenty-First Century Books, and Zest Books

Episode 43 – Fall 21 Series Preview from Lerner Publishing Group

Episode 42 – Fall 21 Illustrated and Photographic Picture Books Preview from Lerner Publishing Group, Carolrhoda Books and Millbrook Press

Episode 41 – Graphic Novel Month! Fall 21 Graphic Novel Preview from Graphic Universe at Lerner Publishing Group

Episode 40 – Artie and the Wolf Moon | New supernatural graphic novel by Olivia Stephens

Episode 39 – Just Ash | New YA Novel from Sol Santana

Episode 38 – Christmas in July! Introducing Chico Bon Bon Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Craftiest Christmas Ever by Chris Monroe

Episode 37 – Fall 2021 Lerner Publishing Group Novels Preview

Episode 36 – From the Tops of the Trees | New Picture Book from Kao Kalia Yang

Episode 35 – Chris Barton Shares How He Researched His Forthcoming Picture Book How to Make a Book (About My Dog)

Episode 34 – Emily Barth Isler Introduces Her New Middle Grade Novel AfterMath

Episode 33 – Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke Librarian, Announces New Read Book Books with Lerner Publishing Group

Episode 32 – Lee Wind Shares the Story Behind No Way, They Were Gay? with Librarians and Educators

Episode 31 – Ted Anderson Shares the Story of The Spy Who Raised Me, the New Graphic Novel from Graphic Universe

Episode 30 – Miranda Paul Shares Her Inspiration for Beyond: Discoveries from the Outer Reaches of Space

Episode 29 – Author Patricia Newman Describes Planet Ocean: Why We All Need a Healthy Ocean

Episode 28 – Traci Sorell Reads From Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

Episode 27 – Author Carole Boston Weatherford Describes Her New Book Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

Episode 26 – Floyd Cooper Reads from Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre and Shares His Family Connection

Episode 25 – Ginger Garrett, author of Name Tags and Other Sixth Grade Disasters

Episode 24 – Whitney Stewart and Hans Andersson, MD, authors of Genomics: A Revolution in Health and Disease Discovery

Episode 23 – Jennie Liu, author of Like Spilled Water and Girls on the Line

Episode 22 – Connie Goldsmith, author of Kiyo Sato: From a WWII Japanese Internment Camp to a Life of Service

Episode 21 – Catching Up Again with Chris Monroe, creator of the Monkey with a Toolbelt series

Episode 20 – Author Interview: Maria Gianferrari, author of Play Like an Animal

Episode 19 – Author Interview: Caren Stelson, author of A Bowl Full of Peace

Episode 18 – Author Interview: Jeff Fleischer, author of Votes of Confidence, 2nd Edition

Episode 17 – Creator Interview: Hannah Batsel, author/illustrator of A Is for Another Rabbit

Episode 16 – Author Interview: Mia Siegert, author of Somebody Told Me

Episode 15 – Comics Creators Interview: Haiko Hörnig and Marius Pawlitza, the duo behind A House Divided

Episode 14 – Chris Monroe, creator of the Monkey with a Toolbelt series.

Episode 13 – Amy Fitzgerald, Editorial Director of Carolrhoda, talks about historical fiction and 1950s-era novel Red Menace.

Episode 12 – MariNaomi, creator of the Life on Earth graphic novel series

Episode 11 – Nina Crews, author of A Girl Like Me

Episode 10 – Beth Mills, author of Ella McKeen, Kickball Queen

Episode 9 – Nicole Valentine, author of A Time Traveler’s Theory of Relativity

Episode 8 – Sasha Dawn, author of Panic

Episode 7 – Carlyn Beccia, author and illustrator of Monstrous

Episode 6 – Shing Yin Khor, author and illustrator of The American Dream?

Episode 5 – Whitney Stewart, author of Mindfulness and Meditation

Episode 4 – Mélina Mangal, author of The Vast Wonder of the World

Episode 3 – John Coy, author of If We Were Gone

Episode 2 – Joshua S. Levy, author of Seventh Grade vs. the Galaxy

Episode 1 – Amber J. Keyser, author of No More Excuses