Interview with Kyra Hicks
Children’s books are a phenomenal way to share the remarkable stories of real people. It makes you wonder how generations before us managed to enjoy stories exlusively through the oral tradition, without the combined talents of storytellers and artists.
On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with author Kyra Hicks about magazine articles inspiring books, emphasizing the positive to move a story forward and how Kyra herself has become passionate about the subject of her book.
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It can be easy to overlook how much enjoyment a young bear and an obsessive student can derive from life. That’s probably why we invented picture books and creative writers.
Writing a great story is about knowing the role you’re taking on as the author, the audience you’re trying to reach and the media you’re using.
Some people have the gift of being able to communicate ideas and inspire audiences in several industries, in both text and images. It’s particularly exciting when those people draw on their many talents to inspire children with books.
More than a few parents — mostly fathers — have long dreaded that fateful question: Where do babies come from? It’s a stress that’s been handed down like an heirloom from generation to generation. Why are we so uncomfortable?
Children’s books are well known to be portals to worlds unknown, entertainment and new ideas. They can also be — and are increasingly becoming — a great tool to help children understand the real world of which they are a part.
Imagine finding treasure in your attic, or the attic of a loved one. I’m not talking about a trunk filled with gold and precious stones. I’m talking about a box filled with the pieces of an amazing and true story.
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For many of the authors we interview, their first book is a distant memory. Not so with Pamela Edwards. In March 2008 she’ll celebrate the first anniversary of the publication of her first book, Oliver Has Something to Say!
A love of folk tales and puppetry, a drive to create and a childhood that included rewards for memorizing poems has made a natural children’s book author of Judy Sierra. Her long list of books and story collections include one of our favourites, Monster Goose, a book of mother goose poems with a beastly twist.
This episode comes to you from the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, where a large group of people braved a moderate snowstorm to attend the launch of Before Green Gables, the prequel of Anne of Green Gables.
