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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Mary Amato
Mary Amato writes stories, poems, plays, and songs for children and young adults. Amato both writes and teaches writing to both students and teachers. Watch the interview to learn more about her and read a short biography about her life....
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Marilyn Singer
Marilyn Singer has written all kinds of great books for children and young adults - picture books, fairy tales, mysteries, non-fiction, and novels - but poetry is her favorite genre. Singer is on a mission to "knock poetry off its...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Timothy Basil Ering
Timothy Basil Ering may be best known as the illustrator of Kate DiCamillo's book The Tale of Despereaux, but he has also authored several popular children's books including The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone and Necks Out for Adventure -...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Rosalyn Schanzer
Children's author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer views history as series of grand adventures full of fascinating people - stories just waiting to be told. And she loves to tell them, bringing real-life characters like George Washington...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Francisco Alarcon
Francisco X. Alarcon wrote poetry for both children and adults. Born in Los Angeles, California, he cspent time as a child in both Mexico and the United States. Alarcon's poetry was inspired by songs he heard from his grandmother, which...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Lynne Rae Perkins
Lynne Rae Perkins writes and illustrates picture books for young children and novels for middle and high school kids. Her stories explore family, friendships, and the many small but meaningful moments that shape childhood and...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Buzz Aldrin
Mechanical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, decorated war veteran, graduate of MIT with a PhD in Astronautics, Gemini 12 and Apollo 11 astronaut, inventor, Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee, author of books for children, teens and...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: R. L. Stine
R.L. Stine wrote humor and joke books until an editor asked him to write a young adult horror novel. After Blind Date became an instant best seller, Stine started a young adult horror series called Fear Street. In 1992, R.L. Stine wrote...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Seymour Simon
Seymour Simon has written many science books for children. His work has been praised for explaining science in a way that is accurate, interesting, and accessible and has earned him a reputation as a trusted source of information for...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Sid Fleischman
Sid Fleischman has written dozens of books for children. It took him more than 10 years to complete his award-winning book, The Whipping Boy. His ideas can spring from anywhere. The 13th Floor, a time travel story, was inspired by the...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry has written more than 30 books for children and young adults in genres ranging from contemporary fiction to historical fiction to fantasy to autobiographical. Some of Lowry's books are light-hearted, but others deal with...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Greg Tang
Greg Tang wants to improve the quality of math education in the United States. Each year he travels the country, giving workshops and presentations for teachers and students. He has a background in economics, business, and math...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Christopher Myers
Christopher Myers comes from a long line of creative storytellers. In this video interview, he talks about his Brooklyn neighborhood, his work, and how reading touches every part of his life. Watch the interview to learn more about him...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Matthew Holm
Matt Holm has always loved to draw, especially comics. With his sister Jennifer Holm, he co-created two enormously popular graphic novels series - one featuring a pink-obsessed mouse (Babymouse) and another starring a brave amoeba...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Margaret Peterson Haddix
As a kid, Margaret Peterson Haddix was a real bookworm: she remembers her mother asking her to please put down her books to enjoy some of the scenery on family vacations. Haddix was so attached to reading, that she considered the...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Mary Pope Osborne
Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House series follows siblings Jack and Annie as they travel to distant times and places with the help of their magic tree house. To accompany these fiction books, Mary Pope Osborne also co-authors...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Chris D'lacey
Chris d'Lacey has written more than 25 books for kids. Though he's best known for his dragon novels, he's also written about polar bears, pigeons, squirrels, snails, pirates, ducks, and soccer (called football outside the U.S.) Some...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson is a compelling writer who plays with form and style to present individuals from the inside. Her playful side emerges when she looks at real history and women who played a role in it. Anderson also has a particular...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver are the co-authors of the popular Hank Zipzer series about a young boy with learning differences who is funny, resourceful, and smart. They have also created a series for younger kids called Here's Hank, and...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Jennifer Holm
Jennifer Holm has always loved reading. She recalls this: "One of our neighbors said that his clearest memory of me as a child was watching me rake the lawn one-handed while I read a book with the other!" Holm has co-authored a series of...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Judy Blume
Judy Blume writes stories about things like sibling rivalry, freckles, friends, and school. In this interview, Blume shares how books can be a gateway to talking about difficult subjects, what led her to write about the topic of puberty,...
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Nbc Learn: Writers Speak to Kids
This is a collection of 17 video interviews with children's authors discussing the craft of writing. Each video is around three minutes long. They include authors like Gordon Korman, Amy Ignatow, Daniel Kirk, and many more.
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Tanya Lee Stone
Tanya Lee Stone writes a little bit of everything - science, history, biography, poetry, and fiction - for kids and teens. She's written middle grades biographies of pioneering women in the NASA space program, Amelia Earhart, and Ella...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
Since the 1990s, Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan have been researching and writing books about art and artists for young readers - filling the "hole in the bookshelf." They have published books about painters, potters, installation...
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