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Podcast: The Children's Book Podcast
Episode: Redefining the Boy Hero (NCTE panel)
Description: Last November I had the esteemed privilege of moderating a panel at NCTE, the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of English. The panel was titled "Redefining the Boy Hero: Empowering Sensitive Boys and Bucking Gender Stereotypes Through Middle Grade Fiction". Sitting on the panel among a standing room only crowd were four exceptional children's book authors: Elana K. Arnold, Erin Entrada Kelly, Kekla Magoon, and Katherine Marsh. We only had one mic and it was affixed to the podium, so I wasn't sure how this recording would turn out. Thankfully my Zoom H4n Pro went above...