Podcast – Samantha Berger

In today’s episode, we’ll hear from Samantha Berger, a twice Emmy-nominated writer and award-winning author of over 80 books for young readers, including Crankenstein, Monster’s New Undies, Snail Mail, and Rock What You Got! Now, she’s revealing five things you need to know about being AND writing funny.

Samantha Berger may not be an otter with an attitude, a monstrously cranky boy, OR a Snail crossing America, but she has written about them all. Sam is a twice Emmy-nominated writer and award-winning author of over 80 books for young readers. Samantha LOVES picture books, and loves sharing them with people of all ages. She wrote for Nickelodeon for 12 years, and currently writes for Sesame Street in Communities, Sesame Street International, and various preschool shows. Sam likes to see as much of the world as she can, and do as much good as she can along the way. She is an official We Need Diverse Books Mentor, and looks forward to helping new voices and new stories shine.

Wondering what it takes to be funny in picture books? Listen in to Samantha Berger’s top 5 tips:

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Some stories make us crack up, and others make us kvell. But what makes a five-year-old and a fifty five-year-old laugh or feel deeply, may not be as different as you think. Join award-winning author and television writer Samantha Berger for a lesson in LOLs and Awwwws, and how to keep your readers emotionally engaged, no matter what their age.

In this 50-minute presentation, Samantha reveals how she infuses everything she writes with humor and heart and how you can too! Get Guffaws, HaHaHas, and Hardy-Har-HEART: The Connecting Thread Between Humor and Heart on the Picture Book Summit Teachable site HERE.