This year, the Highlights Foundation is partnering with The Children’s Book Podcast. As partner, we’ll be helping to bring some of our friends, faculty, scholarship recipients, and alumni onto the show.
This roundup features faculty and community members Hannah Sawyerr, Natasha Khan Kazi, Erin Entrada Kelly, Heidi EY Stemple and Katie Yamasaki.
Hannah Sawyerr
Hannah V. Sawyerr, author of Truth Is: A Novel in Verse (Amulet Books), joins Matthew to talk about making a decision that belongs to you.
More About Hannah Sawyerr
Natasha Khan Kazi
Natasha Khan Kazi, author illustrator of Bela and Lily (Kokila), joins Matthew to talk about bravery through being a multi-language learner.
More About Natasha Khan Kazi
Natasha Khan Kazi Bio
Natasha Khan Kazi Website
From Spark to Final Sketches: My 7-Step Picture Book Dummy Process
Erin Entrada Kelly
Erin Entrada Kelly, author of At Last She Stood (Greenwillow Books) and The Last Resort (Scholastic Press), joins Matthew to talk about crafting stories as meaningful as possible to the reader.
More About Erin Entrada Kelly
Erin Entrada Kelly Bio
Erin Entrada Kelly Website
Gather Podcast: Erin Entrada Kelly and Laurel Snyder
Heidi E.Y. Stemple
Heidi EY Stemple, author of The Poetry of Car Mechanics (Wordsong), joins Matthew to talk about becoming curious and making every bit of your writing intentional.
More About Heidi E.Y. Stemple
Heidi E.Y. Stemple Bio
Heidi E.Y. Stemple Website
Gather Podcast: Heidi Stemple on Birds, Back Matter and Mentor Texts
Katie Yamasaki
Katie Yamasaki, author illustrator of Mural Island (Norton Young Readers), joins Matthew to talk about building upon the tradition of making public art through relentless expression.
