Category Archives: Author Podcast
AWC Podcast Series: Little Rex, Big Brother
Today we are talking with author Ruth Symes about her picture book, Little Rex, Big Brother as well as teaching children’s book writing. Click below to listen to the podcast. Ruth Symes write books for all ages and has … Continue reading
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Tagged children's books, Little Rex Big Brother, Ruth Symes
AWC Podcast Series: Ghostwriting and a Pumpkin Head
We would like to expand upon last week’s podcast topic, ghostwriting, and here with us is Boxcar Children ghostwriter Theresa Golding to give us more insights into how she spins new stories for the eighty-plus-year-old-series. Click below to listen to our … Continue reading
AWC Podcast Series: Ghostwriting The Boxcar Children
Today we are talking with Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon, the ghostwriters behind many of The Boxcar Children books, including the recent Cupcake Caper. We talk about the rewards of writing characters for long-running series, screenplays of upcoming blockbusters, and … Continue reading
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Tagged children's books, cupcake caper, Publishing, rhody cohon, stacia deutsch, The Boxcar Children
AWC Podcast Series: Cornelia Maude Spelman
Today we are fortunate enough to speak with writer, artist, and clinical social worker Cornelia Maude Spelman. We discuss her body of work ranging from children’s books to her own memoir and how they represent a life’s journey through the … Continue reading
AWC Podcast Series: Baby Goes Beep
Today we are talking with author Rebecca O’Connell about her books Danny is Done with Diapers and Baby Goes Beep. Click below to listen. (RT: 3:00) Rebecca O’Connell is a writer, teacher, and librarian. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with … Continue reading
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Tagged author podcast, baby goes beep, danny's done with diapers, Rebecca O'Connell
AWC Podcast Series: In the Garden with Dr. Carver
George Washington Carver is known largely for his work with the peanut. He developed hundreds of different uses for it including peanut butter; but he did so much more to grow agricultural education as Susan Grigsby writes about in her … Continue reading
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Tagged children's books, In the Garden with Dr. Carver, Publishing, Susan Grigsby
AWC Podcast Series: Climbing Lincoln’s Steps
Today I am talking with author Suzanne Slade, author of the picture book Climbing Lincoln’s Steps: The African American Journey. Listen as we discuss civil rights and the steps of change. (RT: 7:43) To see Marion Anderson’s speech, one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged author podcast, children's book, climbing lincoln's steps, Publishing, suzanne slade
AWC Podcast Series: “Alfie the Apostrophe” and “Penny and the Punctuation Bee”
As if perfectly planned to coincide with our blog’s ode to all things punctuation, Moira Rose Donohue wrote two books entitled Alfie the Apostrophe and Penny and the Punctuation Bee. Okay, they were published well before this week, but that … Continue reading
AWC Podcast Series: Zapato Power Freddie Ramos Springs into Action
Today we are talking with author and librarian Jacqueline Jules about the sequel to her chapter book series Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Springs into Action. Listen as we talk about Freddie, Superman, and the many challenges ordinary heroes have to overcome … Continue reading
AWC Podcast Series: Lively Elizabeth!
The first few days of September have (finally) broken the hot spell that has been summer 2010, and nothing says “fall” more than curling up with a cup of tea and a good book. That is exactly what you will … Continue reading
