Interviews – Authors & Illustrators

Meet Phaea crede, debut #picturebook author

April 13, 2021 Carol Gordon Ekster

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Your debut picture book, JET THE CAT (IS NOT A CAT) Barefoot Books, comes out May 1, 2021. I was lucky enough

INTERVIEW WITH DEBUT AUTHOR, NONIEQA RAMOS

April 9, 2021 Kim Chaffee

Interview with debut picture book author, NoNieqa Ramos.

Interview with debut author, mindy yuksel

March 23, 2021 Kim Chaffee

In My Mosque is equal parts stunning art and beautiful, important text. It shares with the reader the joys and traditions found in mosques around the world and showcases the friendship and community found inside.

Interview with Debut Author/Illustrator Julie Rowan-Zoch; Plus a giveaway!

March 12, 2021 Kim Chaffee

Julie Rowan-Zoch has perfected the combination of humor and facts with her author/illustrator debut, I’m a Hare, So There!

There Goes Patti McGee! Interview with Tootie Nienow, Debut Author, and Erika Medina, Illustrator

February 26, 2021 Lexi Donahue

As a fourth grade teacher, I am always on the hunt for new picture book biographies that my students will love. When I heard about

Interview of Rosie Pova, Author of Sunday Rain

February 16, 2021 Kirsti Call

Rosie Pova and I have been friends in the kidlit world for many years. We’ve crossed paths in many capacities, but most recently, we’ve both

Interview with Susan Kusel, Debut PB Author of The Passover Guest

February 12, 2021 Kim Chaffee

I’m so excited to interview Susan Kusel about her debut picture book, The Passover Guest.

#Kidlit AUTHOR, ARTEMIS ROEHRIG, SHARES HER JOURNEY

February 9, 2021 Carol Gordon Ekster

Artemis and I met at Jane Yolen’s picture book boot camp at Highlights Foundation the November before Covid hit. Artemis reached out to Writers’ Rumpus

Interview with Cathy Carr, Debut MG Author of 365 Days to Alaska

January 8, 2021 Kim Chaffee

Interview with Cathy Carr, Debut MG Author of 365 Days to Alaska, PLUS a Giveaway!

#kidlit Interview with Brooke Hartman, Author of Lotte’s Magical Paper Puppets

December 8, 2020 Carol Gordon Ekster

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Your recently released picture book, Lotte’s Magical Paper Puppets, with Page Street Kids is a lyrical, lovely and unusual picture book biography

Interview with Summer Rachel Short, debut author of The Mutant Mushroom Takeover

November 24, 2020 Laura Fineberg Cooper

The book is a lightly spooky STEM novel that features eleven-year-old aspiring naturalist, Maggie, and her conspiracy theorist/YouTuber best friend, Nate, who have to solve the mystery surrounding a strange glow-in-the-dark fungus that’s spreading through their small town. Kirkus Reviews called the book, “packed to the gills with fun.”