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The Children's Book Podcast

Celebrating the power of storytelling to reflect our world, expand our perspectives, and foster connections between readers of all ages. The Children's Book Podcast features interviews with authors, illustrators, and everyone involved in taking a book from drawing board to bookshelf. Hosted by Matthew C. Winner, a teacher, librarian, writer, and fan of kids. Brought to you in partnership with Boyds Mills, positively impacting kids by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inform, educate, and inspire children to become their best selves.

Lyn Miller-Lachmann Shares a Poem About the Pain of Leaving Someone Behind

4 mins; April 20, 2023

Teresa Robeson Shares a Poem About a Bio Bus

3 mins; April 19, 2023

Kids Ask Authors (Friends of the Children's Book Podcast)

12 mins; April 18, 2023

Suzy Levinson Shares a Poem About Animals in Pants

2 mins; April 17, 2023

Reem Faruqi Shares a Poem About Taking Something That Doesn't Belong to You

3 mins; April 15, 2023

Chris Baron Shares a Poem About Shyness

3 mins; April 14, 2023

Irene Latham Shares a Poem About a Cat Inspired by a Work of Art

3 mins; April 13, 2023

Andrea J. Loney Shares a Poem About Activism in Response to Gun Violence

4 mins; April 12, 2023

The Book Club for Kids (Friends of the Children's Book Podcast)

24 mins; April 11, 2023

Lisa Fipps Shares a Poem About Food and Body Acceptance

4 mins; April 10, 2023

Robert Schechter Shares a Silly Poem About a Horse

3 mins; April 08, 2023

Vanessa Brantley Newton Shares a Poem About Self-Love

2 mins; April 07, 2023

Lindsay Metcalf Shares a Poem About Composting

3 mins; April 06, 2023

Keila Dawson Shares a Poem About Earth

3 mins; April 05, 2023

Filling in What is Missing with Elizabeth Partridge and Lauren Tamaki

31 mins; April 04, 2023

A Golden Shovel Poem for the Authors Take Action #ClimatePoemProject

5 mins; April 01, 2023

Happy, Healthy, Me, and You with Divinity Roxx and NaShantá Fletcher

30 mins; March 28, 2023

We Can All Be Grumps with Katrina Moore

25 mins; March 21, 2023

This is a Story with John Schu and Lauren Castillo

27 mins; March 14, 2023

One Hundred Percent Loving Who We Are As Humans with NoNieqa Ramos

28 mins; March 07, 2023

In the Purple Veil of Twilight with Natasha Khan Kazi

26 mins; February 28, 2023

Our Child Sunrise and Elder Sunset with Kim Rogers

19 mins; February 21, 2023

Your Story Matters with Alphabet Rockers

25 mins; February 14, 2023

The Sydney Taylor Book Award 2023 Winners and Honors

37 mins; February 10, 2023

A Powwow Celebration with Traci Sorell and Madelyn Goodnight

23 mins; February 07, 2023

Love Without Bounds with Drs. Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, and Carolyn Choi

26 mins; February 01, 2023

Being a Great Listener with Benson Shum

20 mins; January 24, 2023

Craft Webinar: Becoming a Better Storyteller Through Podcasting

2 mins; January 18, 2023

Namaste and Music as Activism with Suma Subramaniam

22 mins; January 17, 2023

Sharing Folktales with Rebecca Sheir

13 mins; January 10, 2023

The Power in Our Hands with Torrey Maldonado

26 mins; January 03, 2023

Welcome to The Children's Book Podcast

1 min; December 14, 2022

TBCP Origins: Why Make Podcasts for Kids?

8 mins; December 06, 2022

TCBP Origins: How Are Your Values Represented?

10 mins; December 02, 2022

TCBP Origins: Can A Podcast Really Change?

10 mins; November 29, 2022

TCBP Origins: What's In A Name?

12 mins; November 22, 2022

(Worth Noting) Worth Noting on Pause

1 min; November 12, 2022

(Worth Noting) A Kids Co. Presents: Newsy Pooloozi

27 mins; November 05, 2022

(Worth Noting) Fascism and National Elections in Italy and Brazil

13 mins; October 29, 2022

(Worth Noting) A Kids Co. Presents: Everyday Feels

18 mins; October 22, 2022

(Worth Noting) A Kids Co. Presents: Is That True?

18 mins; October 15, 2022

(Worth Noting) Lizzo and the 200-Year-Old Crystal Flute

10 mins; October 08, 2022

(Worth Noting) Water Protectors Amid the Water Crisis

13 mins; October 01, 2022

(Worth Noting) Water Crisis in the United States

12 mins; September 24, 2022

(Worth Noting) Update: Rethinking Mascots

11 mins; September 17, 2022

(Worth Noting) A Kids Co. Presents: Sarah Jones Breaks It Down

17 mins; September 10, 2022

(Worth Noting) Historic Flooding in Pakistan

6 mins; September 03, 2022

(Worth Noting) Megaflood to Impact California

7 mins; August 27, 2022

(Worth Noting) Harmful Ableist Words

11 mins; August 20, 2022

(Worth Noting) It's a Heat Wave

13 mins; August 06, 2022

(Worth Noting) On the Topic of Mass Shootings

11 mins; July 16, 2022

(Worth Noting) Roe v. Wade Overturned

11 mins; July 02, 2022

(Worth Noting) Casting Expectations on Adaptations

11 mins; May 21, 2022

(Worth Noting) The Kids Are (Not) Alright

10 mins; April 23, 2022

(Worth Noting) The "Don't Say Gay" Bill Passes in Florida

9 mins; March 12, 2022

(Worth Noting) Florida, Texas, and Ukraine

15 mins; February 26, 2022

(Worth Noting) The Tonga Undersea Volcano Eruption

9 mins; February 05, 2022

(Worth Noting) Love for Others (A Kids Mindful Moment)

16 mins; January 29, 2022

(Worth Noting) Unplugging from Tech (A Kids Mindful Moment)

12 mins; January 22, 2022

(Worth Noting) I Am Love (A Kids Mindful Moment)

9 mins; January 15, 2022

(Worth Noting) Voter Access and the January 6th Insurrection

13 mins; January 08, 2022

(Worth Noting) The Harm in Historical Reenactments

10 mins; October 08, 2021

(Worth Noting) Are Banned Books the Problem?

7 mins; October 01, 2021

(Worth Noting) S.B. 8 and Losing the Right to Choose

8 mins; September 24, 2021

(Worth Noting) Can Schools Require Masks?

8 mins; September 17, 2021

(Worth Noting) The 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks

10 mins; September 10, 2021

(Worth Noting) At the 2020 Paralympics

8 mins; September 03, 2021

(Worth Noting) Rethinking Mascots

9 mins; August 27, 2021

(Worth Noting) Climate Change Forcing Tribal Relocation

9 mins; August 20, 2021

(Worth Noting) Not In My Class

11 mins; August 13, 2021

(Worth Noting) Simone Biles, GOAT

10 mins; August 06, 2021

(Worth Noting) Introducing Worth Noting

49 secs; July 25, 2021

BONUS: Swimming Caps for All

13 mins; July 22, 2021

BONUS: Evelyn Talks About Sexual Abuse

23 mins; April 19, 2021

We'll Be Back

4 mins; April 08, 2021

Carole Boston Weatherford - Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

41 mins; April 05, 2021

Ilyasah Shabazz - The Awakening of Malcolm X

34 mins; April 01, 2021

Jason June and Lori Richmond - Porcupine Cupid

42 mins; March 29, 2021

Archaa Shrivastav - We Are Little Feminists: Families

44 mins; March 25, 2021

Soyeon Kim - Once Upon an Hour

40 mins; March 22, 2021

Melissa Stewart - Ick! Delightfully Disgusting Animal Dinners, Dwellings, and Defenses

46 mins; March 18, 2021

Eric Gansworth - Apple (Skin to the Core)

38 mins; March 15, 2021

Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith - I Talk Like a River

53 mins; March 11, 2021

Ilima Loomis and Kenard Pak - Ohana Means Family

30 mins; March 08, 2021

Duncan Tonatiuh - Feather Serpent and the Five Suns

32 mins; March 03, 2021

Raúl The Third - ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat

36 mins; March 01, 2021

Monique Gray Smith and Nicole Neidhardt - When We Are Kind

43 mins; February 26, 2021

Shane W. Evans - My Friend!

47 mins; February 23, 2021

Lulu Delacre - Luci Soars

36 mins; February 19, 2021

David Levithan - The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as Told to His Brother)

37 mins; February 16, 2021

The 2021 Sydney Taylor Book Awards

29 mins; February 12, 2021

Nikki Grimes - Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance

37 mins; February 09, 2021

Vincent X. Kirsch - From Archie to Zack

45 mins; February 01, 2021

Peter Sís - Nicky & Vera

49 mins; January 28, 2021

Anastasia Higginbotham - What You Don't Know

54 mins; January 25, 2021

Natasha Yim - Luna's Yum Yum Dim Sum

46 mins; January 18, 2021

Jackie Azúa Kramer and Cindy Derby - The Boy and the Gorilla

58 mins; January 14, 2021

Susan Kusel and Sean Rubin - The Passover Guest

67 hours 9 mins; January 11, 2021

Yesenia Moises - Stella's Stellar Hair

40 mins; January 04, 2021

Lamar Giles - The Legendary Alston Boys Adventures

42 mins; December 31, 2020

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