Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (@KosteckiShaw), author illustrator most recently of Luna & Me: The True Story of a Girl Who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest (@HenryHolt), stops by to talk about how art can be magic, the life and discovery waiting in a goosepen, and how "you just get it" when you're there among the old growth redwoods. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message

Erin Hagar (@HagarErin), author of Julia Child: An Extraordinary Life in Words and Pictures (@duopress), stops by to talk about investigating CIA records, breaking the norm of "leaving room for the illustrator", and the impact of Julia Child had on the world by writing for the beginning cook. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message

Five books reviewed in five minutes. - Faraway Friends by Russ Cox - Toby and the Ice Giants by Joe Lillington - Vincent and the Night by Adele Enersen - The Elephantom by Ross Collins - Where's the Pair? by Britta Teckentrup --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message

Deborah Underwood (@UnderwoodWriter), author most recently of Interstellar Cinderella (@ChronicleKids), illustrated by Meg Hunt (@MegHunt), stops by to talk about being six when she writes, creating sketches to accompany her Here Comes Cat books, and how the thing with writing rhyme is that you kind of get it or you don't. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message

Michael Buckley (@MichaelWBuckley), author of Undertow (@HMHKids) as well as the best-selling Sisters Grimm series (@AbramsKids) and NERDS series, stops by to talk about how dreaming of sand castles, facing moralistic decisions alongside your characters, and the notion that some of the best science fiction is about people. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message

Five books reviewed in five minutes. - Sea Bones by Bob Barner - Her Idea by Rilla - Rude Cakes by Rowboat Watkins - Red Yellow Blue and a Dash of White, Too! by C. G. Esperanza - A Nest is Noisy by Dianna Hutts Aston, illustrated by Sylvia Long --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message

Jennifer Ann Mann (@JenAnnMann), author of Sunny Sweet Can So Get Lost (@Bloomsbury), the third book in her Sunny Sweet series, stops by to talk about being born sandwiched between geniuses, being siblings for life, and the history and stories one can discover on a walk in the woods. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message

Royden Lepp (@Royden Lepp), author of Death of the Rocket Boy (@Archaia), the third and penultimate volume in his Rust graphic novel series, stops by to talk about humanity, writing an open letter to his father, and leaving questions open for good. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message

Five books reviewed in five minutes. - How to Read a Story by Kate Messner, illustrated by Mark Siegel - This is My Rock by David Lucas - The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes - Beach House by Deanna Caswell, illustrated by Amy June Bates - Just Like Daddy by Ovi Nedelcu --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message

David Ezra Stein, author illustrator most recently of Tad and Dad (@NancyRoseEp @PenguinKids), stops by to talk about being a dad advocate, illustrating with a Crayola marker, and the idea that exploration is dangerous, but the pay off can be high. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message