Margaret Muirhead is a coffee-fueled, craft-making, cat-loving writer and children’s librarian who loves all things picture book. She joins Julie in this episode to share what she learned while studying creative writing in North Carolina (aside from developing an appreciation for BBQ), including the ways that poetry can inform children’s picture book writing. Margaret and Julie discuss the practice of being a writer versus the performative space of being an author before they geek out about the true art that’s found in unassuming picture books, the joy of watching students grow, and the importance of libraries as a third space in schools. One big difference between these two librarians: Margaret thinks makerspaces are awesome and Julie thinks they are messy harbingers of chaos.

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