Award-winning author and artist Yuyi Morales joins us from her home in Mexico to talk about discovering the public library as an adult, about encouragement and discouragement, and about the exchange of storytelling that happens between author and reader – particularly the importance of seeing and being seen as children, writers, and artists.
Yuyi Morales online:
Website
Instagram
Mentioned in this Episode:
Niño Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales
Bright Star by Yuyi Morales
Artist and illustrator David Shannon
Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin by Lloyd Moss and Marjorie Priceman
Our Books for Children and Young Adults:
Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh- Kelly’s short story in this middle grade anthology is “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.”
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
The Swag is in the Socks by Kelly J. Baptist
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker
Find us online:
Kelly J. Baptist: kellyiswrite.com
Jack Cheng: jackcheng.com
Patrick Flores-Scott: patrickfloresscott.com
Heather Shumaker: heathershumaker.com
Email us hello@booksmitten.us
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Produced by Josie Schneider and Corey Schneider
Music by Duck Duck Chicken