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A talk with David Adler
Join the author of the popular Cam Jansen series for a talk about his writing and his family. He also gives a tour of his local library and teaches viewers an easy-to-do magic trick.
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A talk with Aliki
Meet noted author and illustrator Aliki at her home in England as she talks about her books and drawing techniques plus does an illustration for the camera. |
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A Talk with Avi
The author of the 2003 Newberry Award Winning Book, Crispin, The Cross of Lead discusses what it takes to be a writer. At his home in Denver, Colorado, Avi also discusses the inspiration behind |
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A Talk with Natalie Babbitt
The belover author discusses her modern classic Tuck Everlasting and gives a guided tour of the miniature house she's built with her husband. |
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A Talk with Lynne Reid Banks
Visit the author of The Indian in the Cupboard at her home in England, as she treats viewers to a traditional English tea party and talks about her life and work. |
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A Talk with Eve Bunting
Join Author Eve Bunting in this program filmed in and around her home in Pasedena, California as she talks about Smoky Night ans what it was like growing up as a young girl in Ireland. |
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A Talk with Betsy Byars
The author of the Newberry Award-winning Summer of the Swans tells how the book came to be written and discusses her many hobbies and interests, including aviation. |
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A Talk with Matt Christopher
in a rare interview the late author of over 100 popular sports books talks about his writing, family, and days as a semi professional ball player. |
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A Talk with Andrew Clements
Travel up to Westborough, MA for a visit with the noted author of Frindle, Andrew Clements. Andrew talks about Frindle, the power of words and about his various inspirations. He'll share some of the music he wrote when he was starting out and he'll talk about what he thinks it takes to become a writer. |
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A talk with Robert Cormier
Robert discusses his modern classics The Chocolate War and I am the Cheese at his home in Massachusetts. |
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A Talk with Bruce Coville
The author of the million-selling book My Teacher is an Alien talks about his experiences as a writer and introduces viewers to his hilarious twin brother "Igor". |
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A Talk with Christopher Paul Curtis
Meet the 2000 Newbery Award winning author at his home in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Find out how writing changed his life and listen to the author read from his Newbery Award winning book Bud, Not Buddy - the powerful story of a young African American's quest to find his father and himself. |
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A Talk with Karen Cushman
Meet the 1996 Newbery Award winning author at her home in Vashon Island, Washington. Find out how writing changed her life and listen to the author read from her Newbery Award winning book The Midwife'a Apprentice - the powerful story of a young girls search for herself during the middle ages. |
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A Talk with Arthur Dorros
Join noted author and illustrator Arthur Dorros at his home in Seattle, Washington as he talks about writing Abuela in both English and Spanish. He even does an illustration for the camera. |
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A Talk with Sid Fleischman
Join noted Newbery-Award winning author Sid Fleischman for a talk about his writing. The author of the Newbery Award winning The Whipping Boy reminisces about his long and illustrious career. He also shares some of his magical expertise in this fascinating look at a truly original writing voice. |
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A Talk with Paula Fox
Join Newbery Award-winning author of The Slave Dancer for a talk about reading writing and the importance of imagination. |
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A Talk with Russell Freedman
Join noted Newbery-Award winning author Russell Freedman as he invites the viewer into his New York City home for a fascianting discussion of history and non-fiction writing for kids. Russell also reads from his Newbery Award winning book, Lincoln: A Photobiography ans shares anecdotes and stories about Abraham Lincoln. |
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A Talk with Jean Fritz
The author of the Newbery honor book Homesick: My Own Story describes her world travels and her experiences growing up in China. |
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A Talk with Jean Craighead George
The author of the Newbery Award-winning book Julie of the Wolves, shares her writing techniques and in a delightful moment talks with her dog Kimiq. |
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A Talk with Patricia Reilly Giff
Join the author of the Polk Street series for a visit to her home, office and bookstore. |
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A Talk with Karen Hesse
Join the 1998 Newbery Award-winning author of Out of the Dust, for a lively conversation about her writing. She also reads from her own work and gives the viewer a guided tour of her hometown. |
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A Talk with Will Hobbs
Travel to Durango, Colorado for a visit with award winning author Will Hobbs. Will talks about Jason's Gold and Downriver and about the many influences in his writing life. |
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A Talk with Lee Bennett Hopkins
The noted poet and author explains how reading helped him surmount his impoverished childhood. |
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A Talk with James Howe
Join the author of Bunnicula as he talks about the inspiration behind his famous Dracula bunny! James also talks about the Misfits and what it is like to be a writer. |
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A talk with Johanna Hurwitz
The author of Aldo Applesauce talks about her life and work, introduces viewers to her pet cat, and reads from the very first book she wrote as a little girl.
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A Talk with Cynthia Kadohata
The author of the 2005 Newbery Award winning book Kira-Kira answers questions about this popular book at her home in California. She talks about where she gets her ideas from, discusses her writing techniques and introduces the viewer to her pet doberman, Shika Kojika. |
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A Talk with M. E. Kerr
One of the country's most popular young adult authors discusses her book Gentlehands and explains why she writes under various pseusonyms. |
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A Talk with E. L. Konigsburg
Meet the author of the Newbery Award-winning books From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and The View From Saturday in this candid discussion of reading and writing. |
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A Talk with Gordon Korman
You'll meet Gordon as he talks about his writing career that began when Scholastic published his first book, Macdonald Hall when he was just 14 years old. Gordon talks about what it was like being a teen aged publishing phenomenon and how he has been able to keep writing after he was initially discovered by Scholastic Publishing at such a young age. |
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A Talk with Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine answers questions about her Newbery Award-winning book A Wrinkle in Time and gives tips for young writers. |
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A Talk with Gail Carson Levine
Join the author of Ella Enchanted for a discussion of her writing, her inspirations and her life. She talks about her writing style, what it is about fairy tales that intrigues her and she answers questions about Ella Enchanted. |
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A Talk with Lois Lowry
Travel to Cambridge, Massachusetts for a discussion with two-time Newbery award winning author Lois Lowry. Lois talks about her inspirations for The Giver and Number the Stars, and offers advice to the young writer. |
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A Talk with Ann M. Martin
Journey to the Hudson Valley of New York for a conversation with noted children's author, Ann M. Martin. The author talks about her immensely popular Baby Sitter's Club books as well as her many other books including A Corner of the Universe. Viewers will see where she does her writing and get tips and techniques from a master. |
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A Talk with Lurlene McDaniel
The author of Don't Die My Love and Angels Watching Over Me expalins why she writes books about kids who face overwhelming circumstances. |
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A Talk with Ann McGovern
Your students will not only hear the author of Shark Lady describe her underwater adventures, but see actual footage of her exploring the deep blue sea. |
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A Talk with Robin McKinley
At her home in the English countryside, Robin talks about her writing and discusses the magical power of the Damarian people - the people who populate her Newbery Award-winning books The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown. |
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A Talk with the McKissacks
Join this husband-and-wife writing team as they discuss The Dark Thirtyand talk about the boundaries they've met and overcome as African-American authors. |
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A Talk with Robert Munsch
This video takes you on an exciting trip to Guelph, Ontario, Canada where you'll meet Robert Munsch, author of the number one best-selling childrens book Love You Forever. Robert invites the viewer into his home where he shares where his ideas come from and talks about his inspirations. Robert treats the viewer with the story of Lacey's Kiss and shares anecdotes from his life. |
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A Talk with Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A new and updated look at this Newbery award winning author of Shiloh Phyllis reads from one of the first books she ever wrote and tells what she thinks makes a great book. She also talks |
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A Talk with Joan Lowry Nixon
Visit the author of numerous Edgar Allan Poe Award mysteries and The Orpahn Train series for a talk about her writing and life. |
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A Talk with Kenneth Oppel
Travel to toronto, Ontario for this "Good Conversation!" with one of Canada's most popular authors. Ken talks about his life as a writer and explains how he turned his interest in reading about bats into the characters of his popular Silverwing series. He also describes how he begins the writing process each day and discusses his new book, Airborn. |
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A Talk with Linda Sue Park
Join the Newbery award-winning author of A Single Shard for a lively conversation about her writing. She also reads from her own work and talks about the special challenges she faces as an Asian-American author. |
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A Talk with Katherine Paterson
The author of the Newbery award winning books Jacob, Have I Loved, and Bridge to Terabithia talks about what it's like to be an author at the close of the millennium. She gives the viewer a tour of her hometown of Barre, Vermont and shares anecdotes about her life and her family. SHe also reads a passage from her book, Preacher's Boy. |
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A Talk with Richard Peck
Visit the 2001 Newbery Award winning author of A Year Down Yonder in this tape for discussion of his life and writing. Richard talks about what he thinks goes into a great book and shares anecdotes about his childhood and growing up years. |
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A Talk with Robert Newton Peck
Rob talks about the creation of his modern classic,A Day No Pigs Would Die. He also plays the harmonica, the piano and shows off his horses. |
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A Talk with Tamora Pierce
The number one American fantasy writer shares her thoughts on women's characters inmodern fantasy and about what she thinks about "Sheroes". She talks about her rise to prominence and the role of her characters in books such as Alanna: The First Adventure and Trickster's Choice. |
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A Talk with Chaim Potok
The author of The Chosen,The Promise, My Name is Asher Lev and other modern classics discusses his writing and the responsibility he feels towards his readers. |
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A Talk with Pam Munoz Ryan
Spend some time with 2002 Pura Belpre award winning author Pam Munoz Ryan. She talks about her award winning book Esperanza Rising and how it parallels her grandmother's voyage from Mexico to the United States.
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A Talk with Louis Sachar
Join 1999's Newbery award winning author for a lively conversation about his life, writing and family. Louis invites the viewer into his home in Austin, Texas where he talks about where he gets his ideas and about his many influences. He describes how his award winning book Holes came to be written and what he has in store for his readers in the future. |
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A Talk with Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Join the author of The Egypt Game and Gib Rides Home for a discussion of her life, work and family. She also talks about the nuts and bolts of writing and shows her notebooks and sketches. She takes the viewer into her hometown of Mill Valley, California and describes the magnificent redwood trees near her home. |
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A Talk with Jerry Spinelli
The author discusses his Newbery Award-winning book Maniac Magee and introduces viewers to his pet rat daisy. |
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A Talk with Todd Strasser
This program takes you on an exciting trip to Westchester County, New York where you'll meet Todd Strasser, author of the popular Help, I'm Trapped series of books. He talks about his love of writing and gives tips to the aspiring novelist in all of us. |
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A Talk with Theodore Taylor
Ted explains how he came to write the bestseller, The Cay. He talks about the start of his writing career, his modern classic, The Trouble with Tuck, and takes the viewer on a tour of his hometown, Laguna Beach, California.
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A Talk with Cynthia Voigt
Take an excursion to Deer Isle, Maine for a rare conversation with award winning author Cynthia Voigt. She talks about her Newbery Award winning book Dicey's Song and gives advice to the aspiring writer. She talks about her life as a teacher and discusses how it compares to her life as a writer.
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A Talk with Nancy Willard
Nancy reads aloud from her Newbery Award winning book A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers. |
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A Talk with Laurence Yep
Join the author of Dragonwings for a discussion of his writing and learn what it was like growing up as an Asian American. Laurence reads from his work along the shore of the Pacific Ocean and treats the viewer to a tour of his hometown on the Monterey Peninsula in California. |
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A Talk with Jane Yolen
Journey to Scotland to meet the author of The Devils Arithmetic, and enjoy a discussion of her life and writing. |
