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The Children's Book Review: Growing Readers Podcast

The Children's Book Review: Growing Readers Podcast

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"Not every book is for every child, but for every child there is a book." The Children’s Book Review, is a resource devoted to children’s literature and literacy. In the Growing Readers Podcast, we produce author and illustrator interviews focused on the best books for kids of all ages. We help parents, grandparents, caregivers, teachers, and librarians to grow readers.The Children's Book Review アート 文学史・文学批評
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  • Caldecott Winner Sophie Blackall on Bedtime Reading, Family Jokes, and Books That Last

    Caldecott Winner Sophie Blackall on Bedtime Reading, Family Jokes, and Books That Last
    2026/10/20
    In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze sits down with two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall to talk about Stella & Marigold: Past and Presents, the third book in her early chapter book series with Annie Barrows, and Story Rug, her new picture book illustrated by Phoebe Wahl. From a mysterious drawing hidden behind the sofa to a classroom braiding scraps of fabric into something extraordinary, both books celebrate the stories we carry and the people we make them with.Sophie shares how Stella and Marigold were born on one of her annual writing retreats with Annie, and why the two set out to write a sibling relationship built on kindness rather than rivalry. She also opens up about what it felt like to hand her own manuscript to another illustrator for the first time, and why the pictures she’d seen so clearly in her head simply “evaporated” once Phoebe’s drawings arrived.📖 Read the transcript on The Children’s Book Review: (coming soon)HighlightsRapid-fire warm-up: Pavlova, Blackwing pencils, a traveling Chinese inkstone, and a studio mess that rates a ten.Twenty-plus years with Annie Barrows: From Ivy + Bean to Stella & Marigold, and the morning walks that come before coffee.Cool colors and hot colors: Why Stella is drawn in blues and Marigold bursts off the page in reds, yellows, and oranges.The hurdle between head and page: Sophie’s encouragement for kids, and grown-ups, to keep drawing even when the result doesn’t match the picture in their mind.Specificity over sameness: Why real, quirky details matter more than ever in a world of AI-generated art.Ziamara and the elastic nature of time: How Past and Presents explores the children who came before us and those who will come after.Procreate and Paperlike: How Sophie keeps her digital work feeling like pencil and paint.Letting go with Story Rug: Why handing the pictures to Phoebe Wahl felt like “water through my fingers.”Braiding parties and a very catchy song: How Story Rug has inspired real rag rugs in classrooms and bookstores.Notable Quotes“Let’s lean into the weird gristly knobbly bits.” —Sophie Blackall“Books are by nature collaborative, and I think that’s why we love them so much.” —Sophie Blackall“You can be each other’s greatest ally.” —Sophie BlackallBooks MentionedStella & Marigold: Past and Presents by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sophie Blackall: Amazon | Bookshop.orgStory Rug by Sophie Blackall, illustrated by Phoebe Wahl: Amazon | Bookshop.orgStella & Marigold (Book 1) by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sophie Blackall: Amazon | Bookshop.orgIvy + Bean by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sophie Blackall: Amazon | Bookshop.orgFarmhouse by Sophie Blackall: Amazon | Bookshop.orgHello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall: Amazon | Bookshop.orgCharlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Emily Hughes: Amazon | Bookshop.orgUnder Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas: Amazon | Bookshop.orgAbout Sophie BlackallSophie Blackall is a two-time Caldecott Medalist and the illustrator of more than 60 books for children, including Finding Winnie, Hello Lighthouse, Farmhouse, and the bestselling Ivy + Bean series. Originally from Australia, she is also the founder of Milkwood, a creative retreat for the children’s book community in New York’s Catskill Mountains. Story Rug is her first picture book illustrated by another artist.Visit: https://www.sophieblackall.com/Credits: Host: Bianca Schulze | Guest: Sophie Blackall | Editor: Kelly Rink | Producer: Bianca Schulze
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    59 分
  • The Return of Bunns Rabbit: Oscar Winner and Pixar Animator Alan Barillaro on Hope, Feedback, and Growing Up

    The Return of Bunns Rabbit: Oscar Winner and Pixar Animator Alan Barillaro on Hope, Feedback, and Growing Up
    2026/10/06
    In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze welcomes back Academy Award–winning director, writer, and Pixar animator Alan Barillaro to talk about the second book in his illustrated middle-grade series, Bunns Rabbit: The Return of the Spirit Rabbit. In this sweeping sequel, Bunns leaves her sheltered meadow for the sea and has to decide what kind of hero she will be in a world that isn't sure it wants one.Alan shares the story behind the story: the bedtime readings with his mother that inspired the book's dedication, why an Emily Dickinson poem about hope opens the book, and how a hopeful fox and a doubting albatross carry the idea that the future is never set. He also gets candid about craft, including how he handles feedback, how he gets through a bad creative day, and why he paints ten versions of an illustration. He closes with a first look at his upcoming picture book, Today Will Be Eaten.Read the transcript on ⁠The Children's Book Review.Highlights:Stopping at Gollum's Riddle: How Alan's mother read to four kids at once, and paused The Lord of the Rings mid-riddle so they could solve it overnight. That memory shaped both the dedication and the bedtime-read-aloud structure of Bunns Rabbit.From Belonging to Responsibility: Book one was about Bunns accepting who she is. In book two, she has to ask what she owes the wider world, a story that grows up alongside its readers.Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: Why Alan opens with Emily Dickinson, and how the fox and the albatross argue about whether the future is already written.Symptoms, Not Remedies: Alan's approach to feedback. He listens for where a reader got "bumped" instead of taking their suggested fix, which keeps a creator's unique voice intact.Bad Days and Ten Paintings: Saving research for the evening so a rough writing day sets up a good morning, and painting many versions of a piece so no single one becomes precious.Notable Quotes:"I see too many artists give up on that unique voice too quickly and take the quick fix. And the quick fix makes your story like everybody else, and it's not unique to you." —Alan Barillaro"My biggest hope would be a kid puts that down and says, you know what, I can read The Golden Compass... because I feel confident." —Alan BarillaroBooks Mentioned:Bunns Rabbit: The Return of the Spirit Rabbit by Alan Barillaro: ⁠Amazon⁠ | ⁠Bookshop.org⁠Bunns Rabbit by Alan Barillaro: ⁠Amazon⁠ | ⁠Bookshop.org⁠Where the Water Takes Us by Alan Barillaro: ⁠Amazon⁠ | ⁠Bookshop.org⁠Today We'll Be Eaten by Alan Barillaro: ⁠Amazon⁠ | ⁠Bookshop.org⁠About Alan Barillaro: Alan Barillaro is an Academy Award–winning director, writer, and animator who spent more than 25 years at Pixar Animation Studios. His directorial debut, the animated short Piper, won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. He is the author and illustrator of the novels Where the Water Takes Us and Bunns Rabbit, and his picture book Today Will Be Eaten is forthcoming.Visit: ⁠alanbarillaro.com⁠Credits: Host: Bianca Schulze / Guest: Alan Barillaro / Editor: Kelly Rink / Producer: Bianca Schulze
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    44 分
  • Well Done, Shipmates: Mark C. Fava on Kindness, Teamwork, and Andy the Admiral

    Well Done, Shipmates: Mark C. Fava on Kindness, Teamwork, and Andy the Admiral
    2026/09/29

    In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze welcomes aboard retired Navy Captain, aviation lawyer, and author Mark C. Fava to talk about Andy the Admiral and the USS Shipshape, the first book in his Shipshape Shipmates series.

    Inspired by the best leaders Mark served with and by his own Navy father, Andy the Admiral takes young readers onto a bustling aircraft carrier where kindness, good manners, honesty, and teamwork keep everything shipshape. Mark shares how three decades in uniform, a career built on words, and a lifetime of fatherhood came together in a picture book full of heart, humor, and hidden surprises.

    Read the transcript on The Children's Book Review (coming soon).

    Highlights:

    • It's All in the Inflection: Why "shipmate" can be a scolding or a compliment, and how "Well done, shipmates" became the heart of the book
    • A Floating City of 5,000: The doctors, dentists, cooks, mechanics, and pilots who keep an aircraft carrier running
    • Finally Getting Sea Time: How a two-week carrier cruise, after 30 years in land-based P-3 aircraft, shaped the book
    • Every Word Matters: What a career in law taught Mark about wordsmithing, and why he writes with outlines, lists, and yellow highlighters
    • Why the Navy Teaches Friendship: Everyone has a job and everyone depends on each other, at sea and at home
    • "Son, Make Me Proud": The father who pinned on Mark's Navy bars, handed down his sword, and told him to take care of his sailors
    • You Don't Have to Be Perfect: Mark's advice for kids who dream of joining the Navy, from building paper rockets to not giving up on hard subjects
    • Perseverance, Passion, and Persistence: The publishing lessons Mark learned the hard way, including why he waited to launch after the holidays
    • Easter Eggs Ahead: Captain the Black Cat, Skipper the Sea Dog, and sneak peeks at Patrick the Pilot and Riley the Rescue Swimmer


    Notable Quotes:

    "Everybody has a job and everybody is looking to the other person to complete their job." —Mark C. Fava

    "Do the best you can, but you don't have to be perfect." —Mark C. Fava

    "I hope they remember that there is a reward for being kind to each other." —Mark C. Fava

    Books Mentioned:

    • Andy the Admiral and the USS Shipshape by Mark C. Fava, illustrated by Agus Prajogo and Yohanes Bastia: Amazon or Bookshop.org
    • Lessons from the Admiral: Naval Wisdom and Sea Stories for Leaders by Mark C. Fava: Amazon or Bookshop.org
    • Coming soon: Patrick the Pilot and Riley the Rescue Swimmer


    About Mark C. Fava:

    Mark C. Fava is a career aviation lawyer and retired U.S. Navy Captain who served 30 years, six on active duty and 24 in the reserves, commanding three units, including a P-3 squadron. As a naval flight officer, he flew missions tracking Soviet submarines in the P-3 Orion. He is a vice president at the world's largest aerospace company and the author of Lessons from the Admiral: Naval Wisdom and Sea Stories for Leaders. Andy the Admiral and the USS Shipshape is his first picture book and the launch of the Shipshape Shipmates series. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife and three daughters.

    Visit: https://theshipshapeshipmates.com/Author website: https://markcfava.com


    Credits:

    Host: Bianca Schulze

    Guest: Mark C. Fava

    Editor: Kelly Rink

    Producer: Bianca Schulze
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    33 分
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