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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.

Michelle Meadows and Ebony Glenn - Flying High

34 mins; December 29, 2020

Cathy Camper - Ten Ways to Hear Snow

40 mins; December 21, 2020

Victoria Bond - Zora & Me: The Summoner

48 mins; December 17, 2020

Meg Medina - Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away

37 mins; December 14, 2020

KA Holt - BenBee and the Teacher Griefer

50 mins; December 07, 2020

Marilyn Singer - Ways To Say I Love You

43 mins; December 03, 2020

Wendell Minor - Southwest Sunrise

36 mins; November 30, 2020

Christopher Paul Curtis - The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

39 mins; November 23, 2020

Arthur A. Levine - The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol

36 mins; November 19, 2020

Jelani Memory and Company - A Kids Book About

46 mins; November 16, 2020

Oliver Jeffers - What We'll Build

24 mins; November 09, 2020

Connie Schofield-Morrison and Frank Morrison - I Got the School Spirit

44 mins; November 05, 2020

Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright - Twins

54 mins; November 02, 2020

Thrity Umrigar - Sugar in Milk

30 mins; October 26, 2020

Zetta Elliott - A Place Inside of Me

50 mins; October 25, 2020

Eva Chen - Roxy the Last Unisaurus Rex

38 mins; October 23, 2020

Fred Bowen and James Ransome - Gridiron

43 mins; October 18, 2020

Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton - Julie's Library

27 mins; October 12, 2020

Tami Charles - All Because You Matter

52 mins; October 08, 2020

Linda Sue Park - Prairie Lotus

60 hours 21 mins; October 05, 2020

Deborah Wiles - Kent State

45 mins; September 28, 2020

Meera Sriram - A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India

39 mins; September 24, 2020

Frank Murphy and Kayla Harren - A Girl Like You

56 mins; September 21, 2020

Adam Gidwitz and Emma Otheguy - The Madre de Aguas of Cuba

44 mins; September 19, 2020

Samara Cole Doyon and Kaylani Juanita - Magnificent Homespun Brown

43 mins; September 14, 2020

Rashmi Bismark - Finding Om

56 mins; September 07, 2020

Farhana Zia - Lali's Feather

47 mins; September 06, 2020

Kelly Starling Lyons - Going Down Home with Daddy

47 mins; August 31, 2020

Mike Curato - Flamer

57 mins; August 24, 2020

Lynnette Mawhinney - Lulu the One and Only

48 mins; August 21, 2020

Chad Sell - Doodleville

52 mins; August 17, 2020

Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan - A Place at the Table

46 mins; August 10, 2020

Tameka Fryer Brown - Brown Baby Lullaby

39 mins; August 06, 2020

Christina Soontornvat - A Wish in the Dark

50 mins; August 03, 2020

Alice Faye Duncan and Charnelle Pinkney Barlow - Just Like a Mama

45 mins; July 31, 2020

Juana Medina - Juana and Lucas

45 mins; July 28, 2020

Lil Miss Hot Mess - The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish

36 mins; July 24, 2020

Rahele Jomepour Bell - Our Favorite Day of the Year

44 mins; July 20, 2020

Flavia Z. Drago - Gustavo the Shy Ghost

45 mins; July 13, 2020

Valerie Bolling - Let's Dance!

48 mins; July 10, 2020

Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw - Papa Brings Me the World

43 mins; July 08, 2020

Derrick Barnes - I Am Every Good Thing

39 mins; July 04, 2020

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow - Your Name is a Song

40 mins; June 29, 2020

Sonja K. Solter

40 mins; June 26, 2020

Seamus Kirst

38 mins; June 23, 2020

Danielle Dufayet

38 mins; June 20, 2020

Anastasia Higginbotham

54 mins; June 15, 2020

Michael Genhart

46 mins; June 12, 2020

Jewell Parker Rhodes (2020)

56 mins; June 08, 2020

Commitment to Black Lives Matter

5 mins; June 06, 2020

Aram Kim

41 mins; June 01, 2020

Charles Waters

52 mins; May 31, 2020

Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

38 mins; May 26, 2020

Hallee Adelman

35 mins; May 22, 2020

Bethan Woollvin (2020)

35 mins; May 19, 2020

Irene Latham, Karim Shamsi-Basha, and Yuko Shimizu

36 mins; May 15, 2020

Introducing... Bookclub!

5 mins; May 11, 2020

Matthew Cordell (2020)

49 mins; May 08, 2020

Dylan Glynn

40 mins; May 05, 2020

Connecting with the Soaring '20s

22 mins; April 30, 2020

Moments from Childhood with the Soaring '20s

17 mins; April 29, 2020

Getting Down to Details with the Soaring '20s

22 mins; April 28, 2020

Learning from Writing and Illustrating with the Soaring '20s

21 mins; April 27, 2020

Experiencing the World with the Soaring '20s

22 mins; April 26, 2020

Torrey Maldonado

49 mins; April 24, 2020

Mahogany L. Browne

38 mins; April 21, 2020

Jillian Tamaki

34 mins; April 17, 2020

Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade

42 mins; April 14, 2020

Tami Charles and Jacqueline Alcántara

50 mins; April 11, 2020

Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann

44 mins; April 07, 2020

Marcie Colleen (2020)

34 mins; April 03, 2020

Minh Lê (2020)

39 mins; March 31, 2020

Katrina Moore (2020)

53 mins; March 27, 2020

Ryan Andrews

38 mins; March 24, 2020

Kidlit These Days Combats the Coronavirus

47 mins; March 22, 2020

Deborah Marcero (2020)

40 mins; March 19, 2020

Scott Simon

38 mins; March 17, 2020

We Are Little Feminists

57 mins; March 10, 2020

Traci Sorell (2020)

43 mins; March 05, 2020

Margarita Engle (2020)

43 mins; March 02, 2020

Helena Ku Rhee

37 mins; February 28, 2020

Weshoyot Alvitre

40 mins; February 24, 2020

Nikki Grimes (2020)

35 mins; February 21, 2020

Kat Leyh

48 mins; February 17, 2020

Introducing Levine Querido

55 mins; February 14, 2020

The 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Awards

32 mins; February 10, 2020

Elizabeth Lilly

30 mins; February 03, 2020

Redefining the Boy Hero (NCTE panel)

65 hours 34 mins; January 31, 2020

Readers' Thoughts on Reading

28 mins; January 28, 2020

Frané Lessac

37 mins; January 20, 2020

Elizabeth Zunon

38 mins; January 17, 2020

Angela Joy

54 mins; January 13, 2020

Ann Braden

32 mins; January 06, 2020

Rajani LaRocca

39 mins; January 03, 2020

Introducing Matthew in the Stacks

16 mins; December 29, 2019

Jin Xiaojing

33 mins; December 26, 2019

Julie Fogliano

48 mins; December 24, 2019

Thanku Contributors

44 mins; December 18, 2019

Adam Rex (2019)

29 mins; December 13, 2019

Gilly Segal (Live at the Baltimore Book Festival)

45 mins; December 10, 2019

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