Featured Authors

Mac Barnett Author Takeover

53:54

Mac Barnett talks about the role of picture books in a young reader’s world – how they help open up a world of travel and why we shouldn’t rush the graduation from this crucial format of storytelling.

Stacey Lee Author Takeover

24:40

Stacey Lee shares with us what held her back from writing as a career despite the joy it brought her, the people she tries to focus on in her historical fiction stories, and what led her down the road of this genre.

Adib Khorram Author Takeover

28:39

Adib Khorram talks about his book “Darius the Great Is Not Ok” and how your students might relate to Darius and hopefully find some solace in his character traits (a goal he had when writing this book), and his favorite tea recommendations!

Vanessa Brantley - Newton Author Takeover

55:53

Vanessa Brantley-Newton gives a moving presentation sharing her inspiration for storytelling and illustrating. She provides activity ideas which will help children celebrate diversity, and just wait until you see the nesting dolls she creates!

Terri Libenson Author Takeover

41:18

Terri Libenson shares some themed lessons and activities that could be used when reading the “Emmie and Friends” series, which book in the series she found to be most fun to write, and how she went from syndicated cartoonist to author.

Behind The Book-Congressman John Lewis

4:22

Presents in graphic novel format events from the life of Georgia congressman John Lewis, focusing on his youth in rural Alabama, his meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.