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A Leap of Faith with Kyle Lukoff
Season 9 Episode 12
Kyle Lukoff, author of A World Worth Saving (Dial Books), joins Matthew to talk about his classic quest story involving a golem that protects trans k…
1 year, 1 month ago
What Gives Lesléa Newman Hope
Season 9
Lesléa Newman (Joyful Song: A Naming Story) shares what is giving her hope today: being in community with like-minded people who want to make the wor…
1 year, 2 months ago
Constant Navigation with Veera Hiranandani
Season 9 Episode 11
Veera Hiranandani, author of Many Things at Once (Random House Studio), illustrated by Nadia Alam, joins Matthew to talk about feeling complex things…
1 year, 2 months ago
Announcing a Partnership with the Highlights Foundation
Season 9 Episode 10
George Brown and Alison Green Myers, of the Highlights Foundation, join Matthew to introduce a partnership between the Highlights Foundation and the …
1 year, 2 months ago
There are No Rules with Greg Foley
Season 9 Episode 9
Greg Foley, cartoonist of Dex Dingo: World's Best Greatest Ever Inventor (Disney Hyperion), talks about comics as a proper art form and how, at the h…
1 year, 2 months ago
20 Years of the Book of Life Podcast with Heidi Rabinowitz
Season 9 Episode 8
Heidi Rabinowitz, host of The Book of Life, looks back on two decades of creating a podcast about Jewish kidlit (mostly).
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1 year, 2 months ago
The 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners, Honors, and Notable Books
Season 9 Episode 7
Introducing the winners and honors of the Sydney Taylor Book Award (2025), presented annually by the Association of Jewish Libraries to outstanding b…
1 year, 3 months ago
How Do You Spell Unfair with Carole Boston Weatherford
Season 9 Episode 6
Carole Boston Weatherford, author of How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee (Candlewick), talks about writing poetry, s…
1 year, 3 months ago
No Telling What's Gonna Happen with Bob Shea
Season 9 Episode 5
Bob Shea, author illustrator Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend (Abrams Books for Young Readers) and author of Who Wet My Pants? (Little, Brown Books for…
1 year, 3 months ago
More Than the Parts That You Can See with Cori Doerrfeld
Season 9 Episode 4
Cori Doerrfeld, author illustrator The Rabbit Listened (Dial Books) and Beneath (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), talks about being more than …
1 year, 3 months ago