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Calef Brown
to Daniel Pinkwater and Scott Simon discuss this quirky collection of silly stanzas.
"Brown's imaginative wordplay is matched by his acrylic paintings depicting people and places in unusual hues...Silly it
may be, but all the best kind, prompting the reader to see the world (slightly) askew and to delight in it."
— Horn Book
 Hear author and illustrator Calef Brown read from his poetry collections and also some original poems not yet published!
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Everyone’s favorite Grace is back. And this time she has a dog. Unfortunately, he’s only made of cardboard
and rides a skate board. Grace is determined though to prove to her parents that she is responsible and
dependable enough to get a real dog. Things you learn in this book:
- Sometimes it is okay to be sneaky if you don’t get caught.
- How to do flashlight Morse code.
- What happened at school that was exciting: nothing.
- How it feels to walk into your class after going to the principal’s office!
- Many other things, but most important, how to convince your parents to MAYBE let you get a dog.
A real one, not one made of cardboard.
On the podcast: Join author Charise Mericle Harper as she chats
with her character Just Grace, about everything from dogs to best friends.
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Hear Tina Matthews talk about Out of the Egg
You think you know the tale of the Little Red Hen. You think you know how it ends. But in this story everything changes when the hard-working Red Hen lays a perfect white egg. And out of this egg comes a chick with a mind of her own . . . |
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Listen to Daniel Pinkwater
discuss collaborating with illustrator D.B. Johnson on
Bear's Picture
Daniel Pinkwater turns art (and art critics) upside-down in this classic tale, now beautifully
re-illustrated by D. B. Johnson. |
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Hear David Wiesner talk about his ideas and creative process in
Flotsam
Flotsam is a wordless story of a young boy's discovery of a magical underwater camera.
The book's gorgeous, imaginative illustrations of hidden worlds won Wiesner his third Caldecott Medal. |
