No Extra Words one person's search for story
*tap tap* Is this thing on? It's been an unexpectedly long hiatus but while I consider what this show will look like in the future I invite you to listen to Episode 1 of a new project my kid and I cooked up together. Stay in touch!
info_outline E121 The Missing EpisodeNo Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E127 Raising ReadersNo Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E126 Me and Indie BookstoresNo Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E125 I Learned About Poetry the Wrong Way (and so did you)No Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E124 My Journey With Graphic NovelsNo Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E123 Reading About Bad GuysNo Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E122: Reading, Writing, and the F Word - FaithNo Extra Words one person's search for story
info_outline E120: Reading Goals....to have or not to haveNo Extra Words one person's search for story
Today's Book Recommendation You Didn't Ask For is
info_outline E119: Bring on Season 3!No Extra Words one person's search for story
New style for a new phase of the show! Featuring a recap of nErDCamp Bellingham 2019 and today's Book Recommendation You Didn't Ask For: Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack.
info_outlineToday's books are:
Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude by Jonah Winter. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009. (not pictured)
A River of Words: the story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Pablo Neruda: poet of the people by Monica Brown. Henry Holt and Company, 2011.
Other links and notes from the show:
Some notes on the current Golden Age of Picture Books
Horn Book's history of the picture book biography.
The Sibert Medal, given by ALSC, awarding informational writing for children.
How to read Gertrude Stein from Boston University
Full text of "Sacred Emily" by Gertrude Stein.