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Joanna Rudnick shares STORY AND PICTURES BY, a feature-length documentary exploring the power and reach of children's picture books through the lens of three of today's most original authors/illustrators: Mac Barnett, Christian Robinson, and Yuyi Morales.

Brightly co-founder Christine McNamara stops by the podcast to talk about making books part of what people are doing rather than taking away from anything else.

Steve Malk, literary agent at Writers House, returns to the podcast to talk about connections on a deeper level, the surreal feeling of seeing books on a bookstore shelf that you helped get published, and 20 years of representing talented folks working in children's literature.

Ginee Seo, children's publishing director at Chronicle Books, stops by the podcast to talk about constant magic around every corner, missing train stops on account of reading, and making books that matter.

Today I am joined by a team of 3rd graders at my school. Specifically, these are 3rd graders who signed up to take a podcasting class with me.

Arthur A. Levine, head of Levine Querido and a publisher and advocate responsible for bringing many widely loved books in our world and in front of our readers, joins to share insights from his journey so far. Arthur previews his Fall 2020 titles as well as what else is to come from Levine Querido.

Nicole Young and I discuss the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of racism and social media, how the virus is impacting