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Candlewick Press Presents is an audio podcast about the storytellers behind your favorite children’s books!


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...



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.