Additional show notes for our episode with illustrator Ekua Holmes
Jun 29, 2017
- Ekua shows the desk from her childhood where she began creating collage art.
- “I would cut and shape and create a world for myself, and it was very comforting. . . .”
- “Research and patience were crucial to the book illustration process. . . .”
- From the City to the Sea
- Ekua describes herself as a “huge...
Jun 29, 2017
Ekua Holmes, illustrator of Voice of Freedom and Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets, talks to Candlewick Press about the power of positivity, creating art as a child, and the hoarding, hunting, and gathering process of collage-making. She also shares her fangirl moment with renowned children’s book illustrator...
Additional show notes for our episode with author / illustrator Aaron Becker
Jun 22, 2017
1. Seven Questions Over Breakfast with Aaron Becker
2. Aaron’s blog post about heading to Candlewick Press
3. Aaron’s blog post about the success of Journey
4. Aaron in Candlewick’s 20th Anniversary Video
Jun 22, 2017
Aaron Becker, award-winning author and illustrator of the wordless picture books Journey, Quest, and Return, talks to Candlewick Press about destiny, Star Wars, the Caldecott Medal, and finding inspiration in the works of Chris Van Allsburg. Journey into Aaron Becker’s world of childlike wonder to find out why he...
Additional notes for our episode with author Lesléa Newman
Jun 15, 2017
1. Lesléa talks more about the concept of Tikkun Olam in this blog post.
2. “Ketzel Cotel: Piece for Paws”
3. Lesléa talks about hitchhiking and studying under Allen Ginsberg in this podcast.
