May 31, 2025
Kate Jenks Landry (A Summer Without Anna) shares what is giving her hope today: writing with kids. We don’t need permission to make art. Creation is always available to us and it’s so much harder to feel hopeless when you’re creating.
This is a new miniseries of indefinite length in which I invite my friends...
May 27, 2025
Rebecca Lee Kunz, illustrator of Chooch Helped (Levine Querido), written by Andrea L. Rogers, joins Matthew to talk about the importance of taking time to learn, to explore, and to discover.
Visit Rebecca Lee Kunz online at treeoflifestudio.net
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May 20, 2025
Rob Sanders, author of Book Comes Home: A Banned Book’s Journey (Random House Books for Young Readers), illustrated by Micah Player, joins Matthew to talk about the final stage of publication: readers.
Visit Rob Sanders online at www.robsanderswrites.com
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May 17, 2025
Suzy Ultman (I Like Your Chutzpah And Other Yiddish Words You'll Like) shares what is giving her hope today: looking for the helpers.
This is a new miniseries of indefinite length in which I invite my friends from the kidlit community to share what is giving them hope today.
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May 13, 2025
Kelly Leigh Miller, author illustrator of Cloud Puppy: Game On! (Atheneum Books for Young Readers), joins Matthew to talk about raising Tamagotchi, adoring Sanrio characters, and balancing the cute and the weird in her own storytelling.
Visit Kelly Leigh Miller online at www.kellyleighmiller.com
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