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Picture Book Summit Podcast Adam Rex
September 24, 2020 In Podcast

Podcast – Adam Rex

Picture Book Summit Podcast Adam Rex

Today we are thrilled to bring you Adam Rex and his brand of humor. Adam wrote and/or illustrated all the books you like including the New York Times bestselling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich , the New York Times bestselling School’s First Day of School, and also a number of titles about which the New York Times has been strangely coy.

As the E.B. White saying goes, ““Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested. And the frog dies of it.”

Adam Rex dives into analyzing humor anyway in this snippet from his Picture Book Summit presentation. Whether he’s editing a tweet or creating a new picture book, Adam has a way of making us laugh with his combination of words pictures. Join us as Adam digs down deep into word choice and the rules of humor in creating a funny picture book.

 

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Picture Book Summit Podcast Jane Yolen
September 8, 2020 In Podcast

Podcast – Jane Yolen

Picture Book Summit Podcast Jane Yolen

In today’s episode, we’ll hear an excerpt of Emma Walton Hamilton’s interview with the legendary Jane Yolen at Picture Book Summit. Jane is the award-winning author of over 365 books for children and young adults, including the Caldecott Medal-winning book OWL MOON, THE DEVIL’S ARITHMETIC, and the bestselling series HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOODNIGHT? She is also a poet, a teacher of writing and literature, and a reviewer of children’s literature. She has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century. Her books and stories have won the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, two Christopher Medals, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards, the Golden Kite Award, the Jewish Book Award, the World Fantasy Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Association of Jewish Libraries Award among many others.

In this interview with Jane, she discusses how she manages to be so prolific (she prefers the word “versatile”) and how she finds and develops the unique voice of each of her books.

 

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David Shannon
August 26, 2020 In Podcast

Podcast – David Shannon

David Shannon

The delightful David Shannon joins us in this episode. David Shannon graduated from Art Center College of Design. He has written and/or illustrated over thirty-five books for children, including the best-selling Duck On A Bike, Alice the Fairy, A Bad Case of Stripes, and the semi-autobiographical No, David!, which received a Caldecott Honor. His newest book is Grow Up, David! 

In this segment from David’s Picture Book Summit presentation “It’s Done!”, he talks about:

  • What happens when you’re done with a manuscript.
  • How to know your manuscript is really done.
  • What are reasons for being done.
  • What are some of the challenges you can expect on the way to getting done.

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Picture-Book-Summit-Podcast Carole Boston Weatherford
August 4, 2020 In Podcast

Podcast – Carole Boston Weatherford

Picture-Book-Summit-Podcast Carole Boston Weatherford

In today’s episode, we’ll hear from Carole Boston Weatherford. Carole has won numerous awards for her picture books including the NAACP Image Award, Coretta Scott King Award, Sibert Honor, John Steptoe New Talent award, and SCBWI Golden Kite award. A New York Times best-selling author, Carole is one of the leading poets writing for young people today. She believes that poetry makes music with words. She mines the past for family stories, fading traditions and forgotten struggles. Her 40-plus books include JUNETEENTH JAMBOREE, FREEDOM IN CONGO SQUARE,VOICE OF FREEDOM: FANNIE LOU HAMER, SPIRIT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, MOSES: WHEN HARRIET TUBMAN LED HER PEOPLE TO FREEDOM, and YOU CAN FLY! THE TUSKEGEE AIRMAN.

In this segment from her Picture Book Summit presentation, Carole Boston Weatherford talks about discovering premise. Then she touches on determining a book’s point of view. Premise and point of view are important pieces in your picture book puzzle. Join us for a heartfelt discussion with Carole about crafting her books.

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July 20, 2020 In Podcast

Podcast – Renée LaTulippe

Picture-Book-Summit-Podcast_feature_image_Renee-LaTulippeIn this episode, we feature children’s author, poet, and founder of the Lyrical Language Lab, Renée LaTulippe. In this segment of Renée’s Picture Book Summit presentation From Drab to Fab: Ridding Your Writing of Ho-Hummery, she demonstrates the critical role word choice, or diction, plays in crafting outstanding picture books. Renée’s advice is life-changing for writers as she explains how just a few word changes can change the whole tone and meaning of your story. You’re going to want to listen to this one more than once!

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June 9, 2020 In Podcast

Podcast – Andrea Davis Pinkney

Andrea Davis Pinkney - Picture Book Summit podcastToday’s episode is from New York Times Bestseller and Coretta Scott King award-winner Andrea Davis Pinkney. Andrea’s Picture Book Summit presentation was “Nonfiction with a Twist.” Andrea is known for picture books such as POEM FOR PETER and MARTIN AND MAHALIA. She’s also written biographies of Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald among others. In this excerpt of Andrea’s presentation, she shares how she gets her ideas and the unusual role a flip flop played in capturing the voice of her biography of Ella Fitzgerald. Remember, nonfiction doesn’t mean nonfun!

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Tomie DePaola - Picture Book Summit Podcast
May 26, 2020 In Caldecott, Podcast

Podcast – Tomie DePaola

Picture Book Summit Podcast - Tomie DePaola

Earlier this year we lost the legendary author-illustrator Tomie DePaola.

Beloved author/illustrator Tomie dePaola wrote and illustrated books for children for over 50 years. In that time, Tomie always drew from life experience. His books were inspired by everything from his Irish-Italian roots to his adventures in musical theater. Other influences included his time as a Benedictine monk and his work as a fine artist and teacher. Tomie’s 260+ books have sold 25 million copies worldwide, including Strega Nona, 26 Fairmount Avenue, The Art Lesson, and Christmas Remembered. The American Library Association has honored him with a Caldecott Honor Book, a Newbery Honor Book, and the 2011 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now known as the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) for his “substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.”

Today, we celebrate his life by remembering the light and joy he brought us in this Picture Book Summit interview.

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Laura Backes - Picture Book Summit Podcast
May 26, 2020 In Podcast

Podcast – Laura Backes – 500 Word Picture Book

Laura Backes - Picture Book Summit Podcast

Picture book texts are getting shorter. In fact, many agents and editors have put a 500-word limit on new picture book manuscripts. But how do you write a story—complete with fully-developed characters, a plot with a beginning, middle and end, and page-turning action— in 500 words?

In this episode, Picture Book Summit Co-Founder Laura Backes gives us advice on how to start writing your picture book so you can stay on track throughout the process and not add too many words to your story.

Laura Backes is publisher of Children’s Book Insider, The Children’s Writing Monthly, and co-owner of WritingBlueprints.com (along with husband Jon Bard). Laura has edited and critiqued thousands of picture book manuscripts. Her credits include Best Books for Kids Who (Think They) Hate to Read (Random House); articles for Writer’s Digest, The Writer and Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market; and technical editor of Writing Children’s Books for Dummies.

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May 26, 2020 In Caldecott, Podcast

Podcast – Peter Brown

Welcome to the Picture Book Summit Podcast where we share insight on the craft of writing, illustrating, and publishing picture books from the industry’s best and brightest. In each episode, we feature an excerpt from a keynote or presentation given at Picture Book Summit, the annual world-class online conference for picture book writers and illustrators around the globe that takes place every October.

Peter Brown - Picture Book Summit PodcastIn our inaugural episode, we share a portion of our Picture Book Summit interview with Caldecott Medal-winning author-illustrator Peter Brown.

Peter Brown has written and illustrated many books for children and earned numerous honors. His awards include a Caldecott Honor, a Horn Book Award, two E.B. White Awards, two E.B. White Honors, a Children’s Choice Award for Illustrator of the Year, two Irma Black Honors, a Golden Kite Award, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award. Peter has six New York Times bestselling books for children. His bestselling titles include The Curious Garden, Children Make Terrible Pets, and Mr. Tiger Goes Wild. Peter’s illustrations for Creepy Carrots!, written by Aaron Reynolds, earned him a Caldecott Honor.

Listen in as Peter discusses how he creates character development by digging into his own personal experiences.

 

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