The Children's Book Podcast · Matthew C. Winner

Finding Collaboration Along the Way with Chris Tebbetts

·31 min·2 clips
Chris Tebbetts found new hope in school visits by letting kids write spontaneously and seeing their creative genius.
Not about me stays at the center.

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A warm, practical talk about serving the reader and making middle-grade adventure move fast.

Chris Tebbets makes a plain, steady case for serving the reader. He talks through finding a character's voice, shows how comedy can keep a middle-grade book moving, and treats Dr. Zeus as a fast ride that still knows where it is headed.

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Press play for a lively conversation about how a middle-grade myth adventure finds its comic spark while keeping young readers front and center.

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