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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Bruce Degen
Watch while the illustrator of the popular Magic School Bus books talks about his love of art since childhood, how he and the series' author Joanna Cole work together and what's coming next for Ms. Frizzle's class.
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Pamela Duncan Edwards
Watch while this author of alliterative children's books like "Some Smug Slug" talks about writing with rich vocabulary and working with illustrator Henry Cole to create animal characters.
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Marla Frazee
Ever since elementary school, Marla Frazee knew that she wanted to illustrate children's books. Now she lives her childhood dream, stepping into her backyard studio each morning to do what she loves. Frazee has illustrated Sarah...
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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: Candace Fleming
Candace Fleming has always been a storyteller. As a preschooler, she told neighbors all about her three-legged cat named Spot, and in kindergarten, she told classmates about the ghost living in her attic. Her parents encouraged these...
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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: Denise Fleming
As a young girl, Denise Fleming spent many hours in her father's workshop cutting, gluing, carving, and building things. Today she spends those hours in her own workshop making the paper that she uses to illustrate her picture books. Her...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Lulu Delacre
Lulu Delacre has been writing and illustrating children's books for almost thirty years. Her Latino heritage and her wide-ranging life experiences inform her books. In this interview, Lulu talks about her experiences growing up in Puerto...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Kate Di Camillo
Kate DiCamillo's books have won numerous awards. Well-known titles include Because of Winn-Dixie (which became a Hollywood film), The Tale of Despereaux, and Flora and Ulysses. But her success did not happen overnight. Before the public...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Jules Feiffer and Kate Feiffer
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist dad, Jules, is well-known for his social commentary, but also writes and illustrates books for young readers. So does his daughter, Kate. Whether working alone or in collaboration, Jules and Kate...