The Children's Book Podcast

Stacey Wells joins The Children's Book Podcast to talk about Stronger Than, the picture book she co-wrote with Nikki Grimes and illustrated by E.B. Lewis.

The episode takes a warm, measured look at the Sidney Taylor Book Award and the books it honors, moving from celebrated titles to the people behind them and the Jewish lives those books try to hold.

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.

This episode treats Fireworks as more than a picture book chat. It moves from rooftop fireworks and summer wandering to the way words and illustrations can pull a reader back into wonder, and Matthew Winner gives Matthew Burgess and Catia Chien enough space to think aloud…

The episode takes up the practical work of children's authorship, moving from the solitude of drafting to the sharper feedback that comes from school visits, writing groups, and editors.

This episode of the Children's Book Podcast centers on Alexandra Villasante's Fire Blooms, framed as an upcoming speculative queer romance. The talk stays close to safety, speech, bullying, intimacy, and the uneven ground between people who want to understand one another but do…

Sarah Andrea Fajardo's conversation with Matthew Winner moves from the glow of the Youth Media Awards into the story behind Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka Con La Papa.

Matthew Winner's conversation with Tori Maldonado stays focused on a child trying to reach the adults around him, and on how each response shapes that effort. It keeps close to Just Write, a picture book about the adults who help a child feel safe, valued, and true to himself.