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Podcast: The Reading Culture
Episode: Inflection Point: Shadra Strickland Puts the Dash in Author-Illustrator
Description: Creators & Guests
Jordan Lloyd Bookey - Host
Shadra Strickland - Guest
On Today's Show“I remember everything was so shiny. Like the way that Pat illustrated that book, everything glistened, and main characters were Black and that was really cool for me. It was so colorful. I just wanted to live in that world.” - Shadra Strickland on “Clouds” by Pat CummingsOne of Shadra Strickland’s earliest memories is drawing underneath her grandma’s table. From a young age, she had a visual, creative mind. As the daughter of an English teacher, she was an avid...