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Podcast: The Children's Book Podcast
Episode: Michelle Meadows and Ebony Glenn - Flying High
Description: Michelle Meadows and Ebony Glenn share FLYING HIGH: THE STORY OF GYMNASTICS CHAMPION SIMONE BILES. Michelle's skill at crafting detailed and engaging biographies for the very young in rhythmic, rhyming text is perfectly paired with Ebony's caring touch in bringing important individuals and their lives to life on the page. Michelle talks in our conversation about the music of language and how Simone Biles was, as Michelle puts it, an individual whom you could not help but look at as she took to the mats. Simone's is a story of family love, facing obstacles, and facing hardships. There's much for...