A Social Justice Picture Book: Jolene Gutiérrez on Writing Unbreakable with the Late Min Tonai (Special Guest John Tonai)
In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze welcomes author and teacher librarian Jolene Gutiérrez and John Tonai, son of Minoru "Min" Tonai, to discuss the powerful picture book Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp.
Jolene shares how a c…
Andy Griffiths and Bill Hope: Putting the Reader Inside the Story
In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze welcomes back New York Times bestselling author Andy Griffiths and, for the very first time on the podcast, illustrator Bill Hope, to talk about their wildly fun, reader-inside-the-story series, You and Me.
Andy shares how fan mail…
Lin Oliver and Goldie Hawn Launch the After-School Kindness Crew
In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze sits down with legendary children's book author and SCBWI co-founder Lin Oliver to talk about Pooch on the Loose, the first book in the brand-new series The After-School Kindness Crew, co-written with Academy Award–winning actress …
Philip C. Stead: From Caldecott-Winning Picture Books to Middle Grade Novelist
In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze sits down with award-winning author and illustrator Philip C. Stead to talk about A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm, his uproarious debut middle grade novel from Neal Porter Books.
B…
Z.B. Asterplume on Pride, Community, Cookies, and Picture Books That Start Conversations
In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze sits down with illustrator Z.B. Asterplume to talk about baking joy, courage, and community into Rainbow Cookies, written by Lesléa Newman. When a beloved neighborhood bakery faces backlash over a heart-shaped, rainbow-striped Prid…
Caldecott Medalist Cátia Chien on Fireworks, Belonging, and the Beauty of Ordinary Moments
In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze sits down with 2026 Randolph Caldecott Gold Medalist Cátia Chien to celebrate her luminous picture book Fireworks, created with author Matthew Burgess.
Cátia takes us from the bowling alley parking lot where she received the Caldec…
Stay Curious: Matthew Cordell on 102 and the Case for Wonder
In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze sits down with Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator Matthew Cordell to talk about his new picture book, 102—a cozy, topsy-turvy nighttime adventure about a sick child who follows a cricket into a hidden, miniature world o…
Shaun Tan Talks Hometown, The Arrival's 20th Anniversary, and Why He Keeps Returning to Home
In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze sits down with Shaun Tan—the Oscar-winning author and illustrator of The Arrival—to talk about his new visual novel, Hometown, a wildly imaginative, dreamlike story about a girl who must decide whether to trust a stranger who tells…
Megan E. Freeman on The Secret to Belonging: Addiction, Norway, and Verse
In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze welcomes award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Megan E. Freeman to discuss her YA novel in verse, The Secret to Belonging. Megan shares how she turned the experience of being the "invisible child" in a family shaped b…
Well Done, Shipmates: Mark C. Fava on Kindness, Teamwork, and Andy the Admiral
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 an…
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