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 members Laurel Snyder and Valerie Bolling, along with Corinna Luyken, Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and Aaron Becker.
Laurel Snyder
Laurel Snyder, author of The Book of Candles: Eight Poems for Hanukkah (Clarion Books), illustrated by Leanne Hatch, joins Matthew to talk about lowering all the barriers and modeling yourself on something you love.
More About Laurel Snyder
Laurel Snyder’s Website
Podcast: Erin Entrada Kelly and Laurel Snyder
Valerie Bolling
Valerie Bolling, author of A Flea for Justice: Marian Wright Edelman Stands Up for Change (Charlesbridge), illustrated by TeMika Grooms, joins Matthew to talk about a person worth writing about.
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and Aaron Becker
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and Aaron Becker, author and illustrator of We Go Slow (Atheneum Books for Young Readers), join Matthew to talk about the wise ones who know to take time.
Visit Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie online at ekeretallie.com
Visit Aaron Becker online at storybreathing.com
Corinna Luyken
Corinna Luyken, author illustrator of The Arguers (Rocky Pond Books), joins Matthew to talk about the silly, the absurd, and seeing yourself in every single character.
Visit Corinna Luyken online at corinnaluyken.com.
