The Yarn

By Travis Jonker and Colby Sharp

The Yarn takes listeners behind the scenes of children's literature. Each episode features an author or illustrator talking about how they create books for young readers.... more

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How many episodes does The Yarn have?

The podcast currently has 258 episodes available.

The Yarn episodes:

August 24, 2015 #8 Jennifer And Matthew Holm (S1 E8)
In the final episode of the first season of The Yarn, Sunny Side Up author Jennifer Holm and illustrator Matthew Holm talk about working on this book together.
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29min
August 23, 2015 #7 Matthew Holm (S1 E7)
In this episode Sunny Side Up illustrator Matthew Holm talks about his love for our space and comics as a kid.
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25min
August 22, 2015 #6 Lark Pien (S1 E6)
In this episode Lark Pien shares her long road to finding comics as a career.
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27min
August 21, 2015 #5 David Saylor (S1 E5)
David Saylor founded the Graphix imprint for Scholastic 10 years ago. In this episode you'll learn about David's career, and his thoughts on graphic novels.
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17min
August 20, 2015 #4 Phil Falco (S1 E4)
Phil Falco is a book designer for Scholastic. In this episode he talks about his process for designing books covers, cover trends, and how he became a cover designer.
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15min
August 18, 2015 #2 Raina Telgemeier (S1 E2)
Episode 2 features Raina Telgemeier, the face of graphic novel memoirs.
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26min
August 15, 2015 #3 David Levithan (S1 E3)
David Levithan is an editor and best selling author. In this episode of The Yarn David talks about how far children's literature has come and where it still needs to go.
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24min
August 14, 2015 #1 Travis And Colby (S1 E1)
In this episode Colby and Travis kick off their new show: The Yarn - a narrative of adventures.
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15min

FAQs about The Yarn:

How many episodes does The Yarn have?

The podcast currently has 258 episodes available.

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