Toni Yuly is on the show today to practice talking about her new book CAT NAP! I asked Toni to come on today’s episode a couple days ago and as fate would have it she had an interview lined up for Karen Santhanam’s Storybook Spotlight Podcast.
Kwame Alexander: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 226
Kwame Alexander, author most recently of Surf’s Up, illustrated by Daniel Miyares, and winner of the 2015 Newbery Award for The Crossover, stops by the podcast to talk about the economy of words, the spiritual journey through the white space left on the page, and the joy and power of reading.
Love Is My Favorite Thing: The Best Book Ever [this week]
Five picture books reviewed, including a great big enormous pile of toys, a bit of nonsense from a favorite artist, and love… so much love. It’s the Best Book Ever (this week)!
Andy Rash: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 225
Andy Rash, author illustrator of Archie The Daredevil Penguin stops by the podcast to talk about the truth hidden within a joke, how we’re always hardest on ourselves, and that sometimes you can trust your friends.
Salina Yoon: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 224
Salina Yoon, author illustrator of Be A Friend, stops by the podcast to talk about wearing your heart on your sleeve, her childhood struggle with reading and writing in English when Korean was the only language spoken at home, and a focus on the universality of art.
Michelle Schusterman: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 223
Michelle Schusterman, author of Dead Air: The Kat Sinclair Files (Book #1), stops by the podcast to talk about writing a gritty, urban Nancy Drew story, being a skeptic, and how’s there’s a logical explanation to most things that spook people.
Best of 2015: Picturebooking, Episode 43
Let’s have a little fun to close out the year. This episode features a countdown of the top-5 most listened to picturebooking episodes of 2015. Plus I announce my favorite book featured on the show this year.
Kristen Kittscher: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 222
Kristen Kittscher, author of The Tiara on the Terrace, stops by the podcast to talk about creating a surreal world perfectionism gone awry, and how nothing that anyone writes is void of self.
Penny Parker Klostermann: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 221
Penny Parker Klostermann (@pklostermann), author of There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight, illustrated by Ben Mantle (@BenMMantle) stops by the podcast to talk about writing books about things being eaten, finding online writing challenges, and not letting the rhyme rule the book.
Carson Ellis: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 220
Carson Ellis, author illustrator of Home, stops by the podcast to talk about making something more than an art book, starting with what she likes to draw, and creating a story she’s been thinking her whole life.