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    Kate Messner: The Grown-Up Version of “That Kid with a Million Questions”
    By Lisa Bullard
    In Author Interviews
    Posted January 15, 2021

    Kate Messner: The Grown-Up Version of “That Kid with a Million Questions”

    It only takes a quick glance at Kate Messner’s website to grasp that she’s a prolific, award-winning writer with a wide array of books to her credit. Digging deeper reveals something more: No [...]

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    Christian Robinson on the Art of Communicating Through Pictures
    By Lisa Bullard
    In Author Interviews
    Posted December 30, 2020

    Christian Robinson on the Art of Communicating Through Pictures

    Christian Robinson received a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for his art in Last Stop on Market Street (by Matt de la Peña), as well as many other awards and honors [...]

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    Varian Johnson: Relating Fiction to Real Life
    By Lisa Bullard
    In Author Interviews
    Posted November 30, 2020

    Varian Johnson: Relating Fiction to Real Life

    Varian Johnson’s middle-grade novel, The Parker Inheritance, was awarded a 2019 Coretta Scott King Honor as well as received numerous other accolades. The title is notable for the way it deftly [...]

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    Bill Konigsberg: Bringing Suicide and Depression into the Light
    By Lisa Bullard
    In Author Interviews
    Posted October 21, 2020

    Bill Konigsberg: Bringing Suicide and Depression into the Light

    Bill Konigsberg at NCTE in Houston in November 2018, right after his Papa Bear speech Young adult author Bill Konigsberg is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Stonewall [...]

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    Rex Ogle Talks About His Past and How He Found a Way Forward
    By Lisa Bullard
    In Author Interviews
    Posted September 16, 2020

    Rex Ogle Talks About His Past and How He Found a Way Forward

    Rex Ogle’s debut Free Lunch won the 2020 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award and received several starred reviews. In the book, Ogle uses his remarkable storytelling skills to chronicle his [...]

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    Nic Stone: Writing the Real World, One Letter at a Time
    By Lisa Bullard
    In Author Interviews
    Posted August 25, 2020

    Nic Stone: Writing the Real World, One Letter at a Time

    Nic Stone’s 2017 debut novel, Dear Martin, was a New York Times Bestseller, a William C. Morris Award Finalist, an ALAN / Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist—and according to Tia, the educator [...]

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    Alphamaniacs: Word Play at its Finest
    By Amy Meythaler
    In Author Interviews
    Posted July 22, 2020

    Alphamaniacs: Word Play at its Finest

    Newbery Medal-winning author Paul Fleischman and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Melissa Sweet have collaborated on a unique tribute to language and those who lovingly and imaginatively [...]

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    Maribeth Boelts: Writing What She Knows, Remembers, and Imagines
    By Amy Meythaler
    In Author Interviews
    Posted June 22, 2020

    Maribeth Boelts: Writing What She Knows, Remembers, and Imagines

    Maribeth Boelts is a well-known name to teachers and librarians who work with young children. They use her gentle, tender stories to teach children important life lessons, as well as to enhance [...]

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