Kids Ask Authors is a podcast where kids can ask the authors of their favorite books a question. Every week, children's book author and illustrator Grace Lin and a guest author answer one question from a child reader-helping kids on their own creative journey!
What famous author would you like to be your mentor? with Martha Brokenbrough
8 mins; January 29, 2024
How do you add so many details in your pictures? with Phoebe Wahl
5 mins; January 22, 2024
What color do you use the most and why? with Hyewon Yum
5 mins; January 15, 2024
Are you ever scared to share your book? with James Catchpole
9 mins; January 08, 2024
How do you pick the names of your characters? with Lin Thompson
10 mins; December 25, 2023
Authors Brian Young and Grace Lin answer the kid question Which book that you have written do you think you've enjoyed the most and why? with Brian Young
13 mins; December 18, 2023
Which book that you have written do you think you've enjoyed the most and why?
9 mins; December 11, 2023
How would you describe yourself or your books in 3 words? with Natasha Tarpley
9 mins; December 04, 2023
GRACE LIN PRESENTS : ONE MINUTE MYTHS - CHINESE MENU - BUDDHAS DELIGHT
2 mins; September 20, 2023
GRACE LIN PRESENTS : ONE MINUTE MYTHS - CHINESE MENU - FORTUNE COOKIES
2 mins; September 15, 2023
GRACE LIN PRESENTS : ONE MINUTE MYTHS - CHINESE MENU - PEKING DUCK
1 min; September 13, 2023
GRACE LIN PRESENTS : ONE MINUTE MYTHS - CHINESE MENU - ICE CREAM
2 mins; September 12, 2023
GRACE LIN PRESENTS : ONE MINUTE MYTHS - CHINESE MENU - CHOPSTICKS
2 mins; September 12, 2023
GRACE LIN PRESENTS : ONE MINUTE MYTHS - CHINESE MENU - OOLONG TEA
2 mins; September 01, 2023
GRACE LIN PRESENTS : ONE MINUTE MYTHS - CHINESE MENU - NOODLES
2 mins; August 30, 2023
GRACE LIN PRESENTS : ONE MINUTE MYTHS - CHINESE MENU - SPRING ROLLS
2 mins; August 25, 2023
GRACE LIN PRESENTS: ONE MINUTE MYTHS - CHINESE MENU - RICE
1 min; August 23, 2023
GRACE LIN PRESENTS :ONE MINUTE MYTHS - CHINESE MENU - TOFU
4 mins; August 18, 2023
Season Finale with Grace Lin
14 mins; June 05, 2023
If you were to become a character in your own book which would it be and why? with Laurie Keller
12 mins; May 29, 2023
If you were going on a spaceship, what 3 books would you bring to read? with Cherie Fu
11 mins; May 22, 2023
Do you have a pet? with Anna Alter
6 mins; May 15, 2023
An episode from The Children's Book Podcast featuring Natasha Khan Kazi and "Moon's Ramadan"
26 mins; May 08, 2023
How much of your real life do you put in your books? with Karen S. Chow
10 mins; May 01, 2023
What thing do people ask you to draw the most? with Tracy Subisak
8 mins; April 24, 2023
Have you ever changed the words in a story to make drawing the pictures easier? with Fabio Napoleoni
6 mins; April 17, 2023
Have you ever had problems finishing the end of a book? with Lilliam Rivera
8 mins; April 10, 2023
Are you ever scared about how the pictures in your book will turn out? with JaNay Brown-Wood
12 mins; April 03, 2023
How do you create the art in your books? with Adriana Hernández Bergstrom
6 mins; March 27, 2023
What word do you hate to use when you are writing? with Rhode Montijo
6 mins; March 20, 2023
What did you do when your book was published? with Jenny Lacika
7 mins; March 13, 2023
Do you work on one book at a time or lots of books all at once? with Amy Timberlake
14 mins; March 06, 2023
Do you think this book is the best book you've ever written? with Adam Borba
11 mins; February 27, 2023
How did you get into writing books? with Henry Lien
12 mins; February 22, 2023
What part of your book did you have to do the most research for? with Christina Matula
11 mins; February 13, 2023
What do you do if people don't like your book? with AJ Sass
12 mins; February 06, 2023
How do you make your books so amazing? with Corey Ann Haydu
7 mins; January 30, 2023
How old were you when you started to write books? with Kao Kalia Yang
7 mins; January 23, 2023
"The Legend of Buddha's Delight" storytime with Grace Lin
9 mins; January 14, 2023
What takes longer writing the story or doing the pictures? Why? with Remy Lai
10 mins; December 12, 2022
Do you enjoy your life as an author? Why or why not? with Dayna Lorentz
11 mins; December 05, 2022
How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have? with Holly Goldberg Sloan
14 mins; November 28, 2022
Why did you write this book? with Alexis Bunten
9 mins; November 21, 2022
Why do you put your own culture into your books? with Cynthia Leitich Smith
10 mins; November 14, 2022
What is the wildest thing you have ever done to get your books read? with Matthew Swanson and Robbie Behr
15 mins; November 07, 2022
What made you write your book? Who or what inspired you? with Kelly Jones
