The Horn Book Podcast

Podcast the twentieth in which Siân and Roger chat about self-published books and reviewing (and conversation may or may not briefly derail into talk about Independence Day and the Bourne movies). Books we talk about Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin, The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (y’all heard me ask, right?) Hugh Howey, Wool (Hugh Laurie is the actor) Andy Weir, The Martian Scott Westerfeld, Uglies John Smelcer, Stealing Indians Roger’s new book series (wink wink) The Duck that Didn’t Want to Wake Up The Chimpanzee that Didn’t Want to Eat Breakfast The Dalmatian Who Wouldn’t Do His Homework People we talk about Eugene Yelchin Karen Boss Debbie Reese Zetta Elliott (The Writer’s Page: Decolonizing the Imagination) Paula Fox Claire Gross Lana Popović Publishing houses we talk about Charlesbridge Holiday House Candlewick Random House Simon & Schuster Namelos Scholastic Selfie Sweepstakes reviews: http://www.hbook.com/2015/03/blogs/read-roger/selfie-sweepstakes-reviews-mary-ellen-okeefes-word-speaking-diet/ http://www.hbook.com/2015/03/blogs/read-roger/selfie-sweepstakes-reviews-bandits-peak/ http://www.hbook.com/2015/03/blogs/read-roger/selfie-sweepstakes-reviews-the-legend-of-dust-bunnies/ http://www.hbook.com/2015/03/blogs/read-roger/selfie-sweepstakes-reviews-the-strength-of-wild-horses/ http://www.hbook.com/2015/03/blogs/read-roger/selfie-sweepstakes-reviews-drawbridges-open-and-close/ http://www.hbook.com/2015/03/blogs/read-roger/selfie-sweepstakes-reviews-a-cape/

Podcast the nineteenth in which Siân and Roger talk about The Crucible, Richard Peck, and young adult literature. Books we talk about Cynthia Voigt, Orfe: http://www.cynthiavoigt.com/ Arthur Miller, The Crucible By Richard Peck: Are You in the House Alone, Blossom Culp series, Father Figure, Remembering the Good Times, Dreamland Lake, Long Way from Chicago (Newbery Honor, A Year Down Yonder (Newbery Award winner) Lois Duncan, Who Killed My Daughter? (buzzfeed: https://www.buzzfeed.com/timstelloh/who-killed-lois-duncan-s-daughter?utm_term=.iypK0yYmnk#.meBgJ2W5Mz) Patricia Wrightson, A Little Fear Marcus Sedgwick, Midwinterblood People we talk about Richard Peck: http://richardepeck.com/ Philip Glass: http://www.philipglass.com/ Lois Duncan: http://www.hbook.com/2016/06/news/obituaries-news/rip-lois-duncan/ \http://www.hbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Duncan_6pp4.pdf Things we talk about Plays: Hadestown, Shuffle Along, The Crucible Movies: The Purge, Cloverfield, Signs Links Roger’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roger.sutton.98?ref=br_rs “Boy Book” podcast: http://www.hbook.com/2016/03/opinion/horn-book-podcast/hbook-podcast-1-5-boy-books/# Board Book Roundup: http://www.hbook.com/2016/02/choosing-books/recommended-books/board-book-roundup-winter-2016-edition/ Most recent Talks with Roger: http://www.hbook.com/2016/06/talks-with-roger/joshua-khan-talks-with-roger/ Notes From the Horn Book: http://www.hbook.com/notes-from-the-horn-book-newsletter/ Webcast: http://event.on24.com/wcc/r/1205739/845E04F5814C481FFC646922C33B1E1E?partnerref=twitterShareFromReg&ms=1467945241547

Podcast the eighteenth in which Roger and Siân talk ALA, Harry Potter, and committees. Book(s) we talk about J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter books (audio by Jim Dale) People we talk about Marcus Sedgwick: http://www.marcussedgwick.com/ Vicky Smith: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/author/vicky-smith/ Victoria Stapleton, Director of School and Library Marketing, Little Brown: https://twitter.com/VictoriaLBYR Martha Parravano: http://www.hbook.com/2016/05/opinion/editorials/editorial/ Frances Hardinge: http://www.franceshardinge.com/ David Greenough: http://www.infodocket.com/2015/12/07/david-greenough-named-general-managergroup-publisher-for-library-journal-school-library-journal-and-the-horn-book/ Dan Santat: http://www.dantat.com/DANTAT.COM/DAN_SANTAT_author___illustrator.html Dina Sherman, School and Library Marketing Director, Disney-Hyperion Books: https://twitter.com/Dina_at_Disney Don Tate: http://dontate.com/ Chris Barton: http://www.chrisbarton.info/ Yuyi Morales: http://www.yuyimorales.com/ Kekla Magoon: http://keklamagoon.com/ Ilyasah Shabazz: http://www.ilyasahshabazz.com/ Jason Low, Publisher Lee & Low Books: http://www.slj.com/2014/05/sponsored/jason-low-talks-diversity-with-betsy-bird-slj-conversations/ Kwame Alexander: http://kwamealexander.com/ Things we talk about Wizarding World of Harry Potter American Library Association: http://www.ala.org/ ALA awards: http://www.hbook.com/tag/ala-2016/ Pura Belpré winners: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal Roger’s Editorial: http://www.hbook.com/2014/06/opinion/editorials/editorial-dont-speak/#_ You’ve Got Mail movie Little Shop Around the Corner movie She Loves Me musical The Humans play The Crucible play Hadestown play

Siân talks to ALL THE PEOPLE Everything listed below in order of when it appears on the podcast Victoria Stapleton, Director of School and Library Marketing, Little Brown: https://twitter.com/VictoriaLBYR So You Want to Read YA?: http://stackedbooks.org/2012/05/so-you-want-to-read-ya-guest-post-from_14.html Podcast with Sherri Winston: http://littlebrownlibrary.com/lb-school-podcast-sherri-winston/ Sherri Winston: https://twitter.com/sherriwinston Danielle Yadao: https://twitter.com/Danielle_Yadao Awards!: http://www.hbook.com/2016/07/news/awards/lots-of-ala-2016-love/ Ilyasah Al Shabazz: https://twitter.com/ilyasahshabazz Kekla Magoon: https://twitter.com/keklamagoon Dina Sherman, School and Library Marketing Director, Disney-Hyperion Books: https://twitter.com/Dina_at_Disney Marcus Sedgwick: https://twitter.com/marcussedgwick Vicky Smith, Children’s and Teen Editor, Kirkus Reviews: http://www.hbook.com/2016/05/opinion/horn-book-podcast/hbook-podcast-1-13-special-guest-vicky-smith/ Yuyi Morales: https://twitter.com/yuyimorales Don Tate: https://twitter.com/Devas_T Chris Barton: https://twitter.com/Bartography Megan Lambert: http://www.hbook.com/2016/05/opinion/horn-book-podcast/hbook-podcast-1-14-special-guest-megan-dowd-lambert/ ILA Boston: http://www.literacyworldwide.org/conference Jason Low, Publisher Lee & Low Books: http://www.slj.com/2014/05/sponsored/jason-low-talks-diversity-with-betsy-bird-slj-conversations/ Keilin Huang, Marketing & Publicity Associate, Lee & Low Books: https://twitter.com/KeilinHuang Destiny Soria: https://twitter.com/TheDestinySoria Sawako Shirota, Library Marketing Coordinator, Candlewick: https://twitter.com/sshirota86 Child of Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUmUAXPrSZM Donna Spurlock, Director of Marketing Charlesbridge: https://twitter.com/charlesbridge Kwame Alexander: https://twitter.com/kwamealexander

Hbook podcast the seventeenth with guest librarian (and killer storyteller) Julie Roach. **There are a few spots where the sound drops out a bit (we're sorry) but the stories Roger and Julie tells are so awesome, they're worth a little bit of ear straining** Books we talk about Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Robert L. Scott, God is My Copilot Jeanne B. Hardendorff, The Bed Just So People we talk about Anne Caroll Moore: http://www.missmoorethoughtotherwise.com/#!anne_carroll_moore/c1se \ http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/07/21/the-lion-and-the-mouse Naomi Shihab Nye: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/naomi-shihab-nye Things we talk about Cambridge Public Library: http://www.cambridgema.gov/cpl On Your Mark, Get Set, Read: http://www.readingpl.org/summer-reading-2016-on-your-mark-get-set-read/ Jonesboro Storytelling Festival: http://www.storytellingcenter.net/events/national-storytelling-festival/ Special events at CPL: https://www.cambridgema.gov/cpl/eventsandprograms This week's call-in listener: Lisa Taylor - librarian - http://shelf-employed.blogspot.com/ David Barrow, Have You Seen Elephant?

In which Siân and Roger talk about booze, drugs, and young adult lit. Books we talk about John Montroll and Min Sung Ku, Wonder Woman Origami: Amazing Folding Projects Featuring the Warrior Princess (DC Origami) (http://www.johnmontroll.com/Main.html) Justine Larbalestier, My Sister Rosa (http://justinelarbalestier.com/ \ https://twitter.com/JustineLavaworm) Maggie Stiefvater, Raven Boys series (http://www.maggiestiefvater.com/ \ https://twitter.com/mstiefvater) Anonymous, Go Ask Alice April Genevieve Tucholke, Wink Poppy Midnight (http://www.apriltucholke.com/ \ https://twitter.com/apriltucholke) David Almond, Song for Ella Grey (http://www.davidalmond.com/ \ https://twitter.com/davidjalmond) Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Last Night I Sang to the Monster (http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Benjamin-Alire-Saenz/44544494 \ https://twitter.com/BenjaminAlireSa) Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, All American Boys (http://www.jasonwritesbooks.com/ \ https://twitter.com/JasonReynolds83 \ http://www.brendankiely.com/ \ https://twitter.com/kielybrendan) Judith Vigna, My Big Sister Takes Drugs and I Wish Daddy Didn’t Drink So Much (http://www.holytaco.com/the-amazing-world-of-judith-vigna/) Jeffrey Zuehlke, Fighter Planes Steve Sheinkin, Most Dangerous (http://stevesheinkin.com/ \ https://twitter.com/stevesheinkin) Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre People we talk about Maurice Sendak Elizabeth Law: http://www.elawreads.com/ \ https://twitter.com/elawreads Ken Donaldson Alleen Pace Nilson Kazia Berkley-Cramer: https://twitter.com/cateyekazia Ernest Hemingway Sheila Egoff: http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/about/details/sheila-a-egoff-childrens-literature-prize/ Things we talk about This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/307/in-the-shadow-of-the-city Horn Book Guide: www.hornbookguide.com School Library Journal: http://www.slj.com/ Siân’s origami: http://www.hbook.com/2016/02/blogs/out-of-the-box/dc-super-heroes-origami/#_ The House that Alice Built: http://documents.mx/documents/go-ask-alice-lit-crit-the-house-that-alice-built.html THAT song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0 SMART Recovery: http://www.smartrecovery.org/ YALSA: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/ That VOYA thing: http://fusion.net/story/310744/writing-while-white-voya-reactions/ New parenting blog: http://www.hbook.com/2016/05/blogs/out-of-the-box/psst-new-horn-book-parent-blog-help/ Storytime chair: http://www.haltaylor.com/storytime.html Amazon best sellers about substance abuse: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Books-Childrens-Substance-Abuse/zgbs/books/3246 Best YA featuring sex, drugs, and rock n roll (from 2012) http://stackedbooks.org/2012/11/contemporary-ya-fiction-featuring-sex.html YALSA (learn from their mistakes, March 2016) http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2016/03/04/learn-from-their-mistakes-drugs-and-alcohol-in-ya-literature/ Call in: Michelle from IL Hervé Tullet, Let’s Play and Press Here Christie Matheson, Tap the Magic Tree and Touch the Brightest Star Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Matthew Cody, Powerless Kate Beasley and Jillian Tamaki, Gertie’s Leap to Greatness

Hbook podcast 1.15 in which Siân and Roger talk about the winners of the 2016 Boston Globe Horn Book Awards! Globe-Horn Book Awards Announced: https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2016/06/02/globe-horn-book-awards-announced/x0vjyyK3dDVBUPvjeAXbBO/story.html The video announcement (hbook webpage): http://www.hbook.com/2016/05/news/boston-globe-horn-book-awards/2016-boston-globe-horn-book-awards-for-excellence-in-childrens-literature/ Books we talk about Peter Brown, Mr. Tiger Goes Wild Roxanne Orgill and Francis Vallejo, Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph Laura Amy Schlitz, The Hired Girl Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree Laurie R. King, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice Stephenie Meyer, Twilight Steve Sheinkin, Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War Sonia Manzano, Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx Sherman Alexie and Yuyi Morales, Thunderboy Jr. Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Fred Koehler, One Day, The End: Short, Very Short, Shorter-Than-Ever Stories M. T. Anderson, Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes, Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement Mike Austin, Fire Engine No. 9 Rebecca Stead, Goodbye Stranger and When You Reach Me Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl Stephen Savage, Where’s Walrus? Things we talk about Scott O’Dell Award: http://www.scottodell.com/pages/scotto'dellawardforhistoricalfiction.aspx 2015 Mind the Gap Awards: http://www.hbook.com/2015/07/choosing-books/horn-book-magazine/2015-mind-the-gap-awards-the-books-that-didnt-win-at-ala/ Talks with Roger with Frances Hardinge: http://www.hbook.com/2016/04/talks-with-roger/frances-hardinge-talks-with-roger/ The Hay Festival: https://www.hayfestival.com/portal/index.aspx?skinid=1&localesetting=en-GB Boston Book Festival: http://www.bostonbookfest.org/ Leningrad Symphony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HON-9Z1Greo Song Siân keeps thinking of (Janet Jackson): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWeEEnO2gPM Hubbub Fest: http://hubbubfest.org/ \ https://twitter.com/savageartist Parent blog: http://www.hbook.com/2016/05/blogs/out-of-the-box/psst-new-horn-book-parent-blog-help/ Trivia: What two books have won the Newbery Medal, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, and the National Book Award? AND What two authors have won the BGHB award three times? This week’s submission from Jennifer Sniadecki from Indiana Don Brown, Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (http://www.booksbybrown.com/ Matthew Burgess and Kris Di Giacomo, Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings (http://www.matthewjohnburgess.com/ \ http://krisdigiacomo.over-blog.com/) Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall, Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear (http://www.lindsaymattick.com/ \ http://www.sophieblackall.com/)

A brief note: Roger and Siân will be at the Horn Book Booth at the Hubbub Festival (http://hubbubfest.org/) on Saturday, June 4th from 9 am to 11 am. Come visit us! And now, your regularly scheduled programming... Podcast the fourteenth in which Siân and Roger talk with author, professor, mother, and generally awesome woman Megan Dowd Lambert. Megan info https://twitter.com/MDowdLambert | http://megandowdlambert.com/ Megan's books Reading Picture Books with Children: How to Shake Up Storytime and Get Kids Talking about What They See Real Sisters Pretend (Nicole Tadgell info: https://twitter.com/nicoletadgell | http://nicoletadgell.blogspot.com/) A Crow of His Own (David Hyde Costello: http://www.davidhydecostello.com/) Megan at the Horn Book http://www.hbook.com/author/mlambert/ Megan’s article for Embrace Race https://medium.com/embrace-race/the-tiresome-question-im-often-asked-about-my-brown-kids-where-are-they-from-37cef7e9923c#.u7q8olkbu Megan's second article for Embrace Race https://medium.com/embrace-race/my-responses-and-yours-to-the-tiresome-question-im-often-asked-about-my-brown-kids-where-are-bee4f4ec7395#.5o3igcdb0 Books we talk about Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds Eleanor Farjeon, Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep Eric Carle, Ten Little Rubber Ducks Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day Beverly Cleary, Ramona series Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Bully Simms Taback, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly People we talk about Simmons Awards: Stacy Collins (https://twitter.com/DarkLiterata), Daniela Escobar Monroy (https://www.facebook.com/daniela.escobar.5477) Julie Roach Things we talk about BGHB info: http://www.hbook.com/boston-globe-horn-book-awards/#_ Summer Reading List: http://www.hbook.com/2016/05/choosing-books/recommended-books/2016-summer-reading-recommendations/ Roger’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roger.sutton.98 Embrace Race: http://www.embracerace.org/ (https://twitter.com/RaceEmbrace) Article Siân talks about: http://thestir.cafemom.com/being_a_mom/196605/5_things_i_learned_from We Need Diverse Books: http://diversebooks.org/ / https://twitter.com/diversebooks #ownvoices: https://twitter.com/hashtag/ownvoices Roger’s trip to Bank Street: http://www.hbook.com/2016/05/blogs/read-roger/east-side-west-side-2/ Eric Carle Museum: http://www.carlemuseum.org/ Megan wants you to know about Simmons College Scholarship with Lee & Low: http://blog.leeandlow.com/2015/11/04/simmons-college-and-lee-low-books-establish-new-scholarship/ Anne of Green Gables House: https://www.tourismpei.com/green-gables-house Ezra Jack Keats Foundation: http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/ Eric Carle Museum Whole Book Approach Course: http://www.carlemuseum.org/content/whole-book-approach-course-carle This week’s listener submission: Lesley Burnap (@auntirez) Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake, BFG Phil Bildner, A Whole New Ballgame Kevin Henkes, The Year of Billy Miller Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan Kathi Appelt, The True Blue Scouts of Sugarman Swamp

Podcast the thirteenth in which Siân and Roger chat with Vicky Smith of Kirkus Reviews about Unmaking the White Default, ALA awards, and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Vicky Smith, Children’s and teen editor at Kirkus Reviews Unmaking the White Default: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/unmaking-white-default/ Books we talk about Kenneth Oppel and Jon Klassen, The Nest John Bellairs, The House with the Clock in Its Walls Steven Sheinkin, Most Dangerous Marc Aronson, Race: A History Beyond Black and White Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy Virginia Euwer Wolff, Make Lemonade Barbara McClintock, Emma and Julia JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith, Sidewalk Flowers Mo Willems’s Pigeon books People we talk about Victoria Stapleton: http://stackedbooks.org/2012/05/so-you-want-to-read-ya-guest-post-from_14.html Ethel Heins: http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/18/nyregion/ethel-heins-79-editor-of-journal-that-reviews-books-for-children.html Mildred Batchelder (award: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward) Kathleen T. Horning: http://www.slj.com/2009/07/sljarchives/kt-the-magnificent-an-interview-with-kathleen-t-horning/#_ Zora Neale Hurston Ellen Oh: http://www.ellenoh.com/index1.html Linda Sue Park: http://www.lindasuepark.com/ Travis Jonker: https://twitter.com/100scopenotes Hannah Gómez: https://twitter.com/shgmclicious Things we talk about Thornton’s Fenway Bar and Grille: http://thorntonsfenwaygrille.com/ Horn Book 2016 Summer Reading List: http://www.hbook.com/2016/05/choosing-books/recommended-books/2016-summer-reading-recommendations/ Beau Geste (film with Gary Cooper) Laura Ingalls Wilder Award: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/wildermedal ALA Archives: http://archives.library.illinois.edu/ala/ Disney World: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/ Wizarding World of Harry Potter: https://www.universalorlando.com/harrypotter/ HBook Podcast with Hannah Gómez: http://www.hbook.com/2016/04/opinion/horn-book-podcast/hbook-podcast-1-7-special-guest-hannah-gomez/ Cooperative Children’s Book Center: https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/ Horn Book Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/bookprofessor/horn-book-magazine/ The Yarn Podcast: http://100scopenotes.com/the-yarn/

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Podcast the eleventh in which Siân and Roger talk about exercise, the award issue of the Horn Book Magazine and changes to already published works. Books we talk about Little Red Riding Hood The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting Mary Poppins, P. L. Travers Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch Forever by Judy Blume Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Harry Potter series J. K. Rowling Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer A Birthday Cake for George Washington by Ramin Ganeshram and Vanessa Brantley-Newton Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder People we talk about Hannah Gomez: https://twitter.com/shgmclicious Lolly Robinson Anita Silvey: http://www.anitasilvey.com/ & https://twitter.com/anitasilvey Josh Funk: http://www.joshfunkbooks.com/ & https://twitter.com/joshfunkbooks Mackenzi Lee: https://mackenzilee.wordpress.com/ & https://twitter.com/themackenzilee Allie Jane Bruce: https://twitter.com/alliejanebruce Things we talk about Boston Arboretum: http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/ Preview July/August 2015 Award Issue: http://www.hbook.com/2015/06/choosing-books/horn-book-magazine/preview-julyaugust-2015-horn-book-magazine/#_ The Three Jovial Huntsmen by Randolph Caldecott: http://www.randolphcaldecott.org.uk/huntsmen.htm J. K. Rowling says Dumbledore is gay at Carnegie Hall: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7053982.stm / http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=3755544 Contemporary tweet about Dumbledore being gay: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jk-rowling-responds-to-fan-who-tweeted-she-cant-see-dumbledore-being-gay-10131369.html Saving Mr. Banks movie Bank Street: https://www.bankstreet.edu/school-children/ Huffington Post article about the German girl: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/27/ishema-kane_n_2554165.html? Censor or Suck it Up?: http://misrule.com.au/wordpress/censor-or-suck-it-up-racism-and-childrens-books/ Surprise! It’s Racist: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2014/09/25/surprise-its-racist-unwanted-childrens-book-surprises/#_ Read Roger convo with Ellen Oh’s wonderful story: http://www.hbook.com/2016/01/blogs/read-roger/bumpy-ride/ Read Roger convo about giving warnings about books: http://www.hbook.com/2016/02/blogs/read-roger/freeing-writers-and-readers/ HBook Podcast about To Kill a Mockingbird: http://www.hbook.com/2016/03/opinion/horn-book-podcast/hbook-podcast-1-3-to-kill-a-mockingjay/ 8 Changes that were made to a classic Richard Scarry book to keep up with the times: http://www.upworthy.com/8-changes-that-were-made-to-a-classic-richard-scarry-book-to-keep-up-with-the-times-progress

Podcast the tenth in which Roger and Siân discuss violence in children's literature, Roger shares a (disgusting) story from his bachelor life, and the two can’t figure out how anniversaries work. Books we talk about The 100 by Kass Morgan Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt The Dark Tower series by Stephen King Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks Hansel and Gretel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Lord of the Flies by William Golding A Separate Peace by John Knowles The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier After the First Death by Robert Cormier I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier Jane Eyre, audio by Juliet Stevenson Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E. K. Johnston Graceling by Kristin Cashore Fire by Kristin Cashore People we talk about Katrina Hedeen Al Burman David Greenough Things we talk about The 100 on CW Modern Love podcast: http://www.wbur.org/series/modernlove Modern Love written by a 17 year old: http://www.wbur.org/2016/02/10/the-plunge-modern-love Married with Children The history of swearing on TV: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/video-history-tv-swearing_us_55b8e105e4b0224d883490ba Carnegie Medal: http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie/ Talks with Roger: http://www.hbook.com/talks-with-roger/ How to Know If Your Book Is Middle Grade or Young Adult: http://goteenwriters.blogspot.com/2013/06/how-to-know-if-your-books-is-middle.html 25 Things You Should Know About Young Adult Fiction (Chuck Wendig): http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/06/04/25-things-you-should-know-about-young-adult-fiction/ “A dead parent is traditional” -Roger Sutton

Podcast the ninth in which Siân and Roger talk about Jane Eyre, music and making out, and North Carolina (Siân also says Amazon fought with Macmillan but really it was Hachette.).   Books we talk about Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (audio by Juliet Stevenson) Richard Peck, The Best Man   People we talk about Matt de la Peña Harlan Ellison Peter Ness John Green Derek Landy Suzanne Collins Philip Pullman Michelle Knudsen J. J. Johnson Andrea Beaty Jen Klein Nancy Krulik Cinda Williams Chima Ellen Wittlinger Links Amazon and Hachette dispute: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/technology/amazon-hachette-ebook-dispute.html Women’s National Book Association Pannell Award: http://www.wnba-books.org/wnba-awards/wnba-pannell-award-for-bookstores This year’s Pannell winners (woot woot Brookline!): http://www.wnba-books.org/news/2016-pannell-award-winners Special issue: http://www.hbook.com/2016/04/blogs/out-of-the-box/collaboration-in-action-horn-book-mag-mayjune-special-issue/ More special issue: http://www.hbook.com/2016/04/choosing-books/horn-book-magazine/preview-mayjune-2016-horn-book-magazine/ Talks with Roger: http://www.hbook.com/talks-with-roger/ Zena Sutherland Lecture: http://www.hbook.com/2016/04/blogs/read-roger/the-2016-zena-sutherland-lecture-with-marilyn-nelson/ Marilyn Nelson’s BGHB 2002 speech: http://www.hbook.com/2002/01/news/boston-globe-horn-book-awards/carver-a-life-in-poems-author-marilyn-nelsons-bghb-2002-fiction-and-poetry-award-speech/ Author note to North Carolina: http://www.slj.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OPEN_LETTER_040216_RJ.pdf SLJ article about author note to North Carolina: http://www.slj.com/2016/04/diversity/authors-pen-letter-of-support-to-nc-youth/ PayPal Withdraws Plan for North Carolina expansion: https://www.paypal.com/stories/us/paypal-withdraws-plan-for-charlotte-expansion About letter from businesses asking North Carolina to repeal the law: http://www.hrc.org/blog/breaking-more-than-80-major-ceos-business-leaders-demand-north-carolina-rep Roger’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roger.sutton.98 Sherman Alexie cancels North Carolina tour: http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2016/04/08/author-sherman-alexie-cancels-nc-tour-malaprops-event-due-hb2/82798490/ Press Release from Malaprop’s about Alexie: http://mountainx.com/blogwire/sherman-alexie-cancels-may-18-reading-at-malaprops-due-to-hb2/ Boycotting North Carolina furniture: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/04/04/world/furniture-buyers-may-boycott-famed-north-carolina-expo Patrick Ness charity (it was 10,000 POUNDS): http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/03/patrick-ness-leads-fundraising-drive-to-aid-refugees Amoeba Music: http://www.amoeba.com/

Podcast the eighth in which Siân and guest Mackenzi Lee talk about This Monstrous Thing, being a fan girl, whether the author is dead, and Siân gets yet another Harry Potter fact wrong (first book came out in 1998). Books we talk about Mackenzi Lee, This Monstrous Thing Maggie Stiefvater, Raven Boys series & The Scorpio Races J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter series Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Kevin Brooks, The Bunker Diary Tess Sharpe, Far From You Neil Gaiman, American Gods Fonda Lee, Zeroboxer Susan Cooper, Dark is Rising series Philip Pullman, Dark Materials L. A. Meyer, Jacky Faber series Definitions: Fan girl - obsessive female fan Fandom - a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of empathy and camaraderie with others who share a common interest To ship - romantically pair characters People and things we talk about: Sherlock Dr. Who Firefly Simmons College, Children’s Literature MA Lana Popovic, author and literary agent David Hyde Costello, author/illustrator Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (*not* Vaunda Lee, Siân) Star Wars Rainbow Rowell John Scalzi Links Mackenzi Lee’s website, http://www.mackenzilee.com/ 19 New Things J. K. Rowling Taught Us About Harry Potter in 2015: http://www.buzzfeed.com/eleanorbate/pleaseneveraskmethatoneagain#.wq7xje5EL2 Highs and Lows of Fandoms: https://stacksexceedlifeexpectancy.com/2015/06/11/highs-and-lows-of-fandoms-by-cassandra-clare-and-maggie-stiefvater/

Podcast the seventh in which Siân and Roger chat with Hannah Gómez about racial coding, reviews, and being (not) cool in high school. Books we talk about Virginia Euwer Wolff, Make Lemonade Toni Morrison, Recitatif (short story) Mary Hoffman, Amazing Grace Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy and Tib Shay Youngblood, Black Girl in Paris Roger Sutton, Hearing Us Out Marissa Moss, Amelia’s Notebook Lindsay Ribar, Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog Stan, Jan, and Mike Berenstain, Berenstain Bears series Brian Jacques, Redwall series Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson, Leo: A Ghost Story People we talk about Vicki Smith Justine Larbalestier (cover controversy: http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/07/23/aint-that-a-shame/) Things we talk about WNDB: http://diversebooks.org/ Simmons Summer Institute: http://www.simmons.edu/about-simmons/centers-organizations-and-institutes/center-for-the-study-of-childrens-literature/summer-childrens-literature-institute The Americans Dumbo Shrek American Girl books, toys, and shops Zootopia Links Reading While White: http://readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com/ Kirkus Reviews: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/childrens-books/