Matthew C Winner

I can see the story in this illustration! Lovely!

Observant of Your Surroundings with Tiffany D. Jackson Tiffany D. Jackson, author of Blood in the Water (Scholastic Press), joins Matthew to talk about maturing a little faster when the environment calls for it.

I had the opportunity to interview mega-selling author Tiffany D. Jackson about her middle grade debut, the heart-pounding mystery BLOOD IN THE WATER. Were you, too, a kid reader drawn to the suspenseful? www.matthewcwinner.com/post/observa... #mglit #podcast

Listen Back: Gilly Segal shares I’m Not Dying with You Tonight live at the Baltimore Book Festival Gilly Segal shares I’M NOT DYING WITH YOU TONIGHT. This episode was recorded live at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland as part of the Baltimore Book Festival.

Listen Back: Gilly Segal shares I’m Not Dying with You Tonight live at the Baltimore Book Festival www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... #kidlit #yalit #podcast

Gus Gordon: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 214 Gus Gordon, author of Herman and Rosie, stops by the podcast to talk about ideas starting at the sketch stage, drawings that ask lots of questions, and two characters that need to find one another…

Listen Back: Gus Gordon, author of Herman and Rosie, stops by the podcast to talk about ideas starting at the sketch stage, drawings that ask lots of questions, and two characters that need to find one another. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/gus... #kidlit #podcast @gusgordon.bsky.social

Listen Back: Adam Rex shares Are You Scared, Darth Vader? and Pluto Gets the Call Adam Rex shares ARE YOU SCARED, DARTH VADER?, which is nominated for our state book award. Adam also shares PLUTO GETS THE CALL, which is illustrated by Laurie Keller.

Listen Back: Adam Rex shares ARE YOU SCARED, DARTH VADER?, which is nominated for our state book award. Adam also shares PLUTO GETS THE CALL, which is illustrated by Laurie Keller. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... #kidlit #podcast @adamrex.bsky.social

Ellen Fischer: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 213 Ellen Fischer, author of If an Elephant Went to School, stop by the podcast to talk about getting into a good writing group, editing to make a story stronger, and asking

Listen Back: Ellen Fischer, author of If an Elephant Went to School, stops by the podcast to talk about getting into a good writing group, editing to make a story stronger, and asking "what if?" www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/ell... #kidlit #podcast

Listen Back: Contributors of Thanku: Poems of Gratitude Today I invited contributors of THANKU: POEMS OF GRATITUDE to share their work with you today. This picture book, beautifully illustrated by Marlena Myles and edited by Miranda Paul, is something real...

Listen Back: Contributors of THANKU: POEMS OF GRATITUDE share their work. This picture book, beautifully illustrated by Marlena Myles and edited by Miranda Paul, is something really special. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... #kidlit #podcast #poetry @mirandapaul.bsky.social

Listen Back: Steve Malk, literary agent at Writers House Steve Malk, literary agent at Writers House, returns to the podcast to talk about connections on a deeper level, the surreal feeling of seeing books on a bookstore shelf that you helped get published,...

Listen Back: Steve Malk, literary agent at Writers House, talks 20 years of representing talented folks working in children's literature. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... #kidlit #podcast #agent

Kris Remenar and Matt Faulkner: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 212 Kris Remenar and Matt Faulkner, author and illustrator of Groundhog's Dilemma, stop by the podcast to talk about treating the process like a business partnership, a writer who can write to the child i...

Listen Back: Kris Remenar and Matt Faulkner (Groundhog's Dilemma) talk about treating the process like a business partnership, a writer who can write to the child in us all, and how the best revenge is living well. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/kri... @mattfaulkner.bsky.social #kidlit #podcast

Listen Back: Julie Fogliano shares Just in Case You Want to Fly Julie Fogliano shares JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO FLY, illustrated by Christian Robinson. Julie’s stories express themselves in poetic verse and they are some of my most beloved on our bookshelves. JUST ...

Listen Back: Julie Fogliano shares JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO FLY, illustrated by Christian Robinson. Julie’s stories express themselves in poetic verse and they are some of my most beloved on our bookshelves. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... #kidlit #podcast #poetry

Listen Back: Jin Xiaojing shares I Miss My Grandpa Jin Xiaojing shares I MISS MY GRANDPA. This stunning picture book examines remembering a lost loved one through the memories and characteristics of other family members.

Listen Back: Jin Xiaojing shares I MISS MY GRANDPA. This stunning picture book examines remembering a lost loved one through the memories and characteristics of other family members. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... #kidlit #podcast

I loved it so much on first read (and it made me SO hungry LOL) and I continue to recommend it to students in my library! Thanks for sharing, Barb!

Grace Lin: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 210 Grace Lin, author of Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, and Dim Sum for Everyone, stops by the podcast to talk about seeing herself in books, sharing stories…

Listen Back: Grace Lin, author of Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather, talks about seeing herself in books, sharing stories from her childhood, and the final book in her outstanding easy reader series. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/gra... #kidlit #podcast

Listen Back: Rajani LaRocca shares Midsummer's Mayhem Rajani LaRocca shares MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM. Mimi, the main character in Rajani’s middle grade debut, enters a baking competition at her town’s newest sweet spot, but things aren’t quite as they appear.

Listen Back: @rajanilarocca.bsky.social shares MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM. Mimi, the main character in Rajani’s middle grade debut, enters a baking competition at her town’s newest sweet spot, but things aren’t quite as they appear. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... #kidlit #mglit #podcast

David Fulk: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 209 David Fulk, author of Raising Rufus, stops by the podcast to talk about discovering your inner hero, exploring in the woods, and planners and pantsers…

Listen Back: David Fulk, author of Raising Rufus, stops by the podcast to talk about discovering your inner hero, exploring in the woods, and planners and pantsers. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/dav... #kidlit #mglit #podcast

It’s Personal with Jas Hammonds Jas Hammonds, author of Thirsty (Roaring Brook Press), joins Matthew to talk about coming to terms with dependence and their experience of everything being fine until it wasn’t.

NEW on the podcast! @jashammonds.bsky.social, author of Thirsty (Roaring Brook Press), joins Matthew to talk about coming to terms with dependence and their experience of everything being fine until it wasn’t. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/it-s-pe... #yalit #podcast @highlightsfound.bsky.social

Listen Back: Ann Braden shares The Benefits of Being an Octopus Ann Braden shares THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS. This is a story about the strength of a 12-year-old girl named Zoey, even from before the moment when she realized she possessed such strength.

Listen Back: Ann Braden shares THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS, a story about the things people tell us about ourselves and others, and how those things can become truths if we believe them, for good or for harm. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... #kidlit #podcast @annbraden.bsky.social

Adam Rubin: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 205 Adam Rubin, New York Times bestselling author of Dragons Love Tacos, Those Darn Squirrels, and most recently of Robo-Sauce, all illustrated by Daniel Salmieri, stops by the podcast to talk about writi...

Listen Back: Adam Rubin shares ROBO-SAUCE Robo-Sauce and talks about the feelings of being a person in a position of authority doomed to screw stuff up. allthewonders.com/podcasts/adam-rubin-lets-get-busy-episode-205 @adamrubin.bsky.social #kidlit #podcast

Adam Lehrhaupt and Matthew Forsythe: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 208 Adam Lehrhaupt and Matthew Forsythe, author and illustrator respectively behind Please, Open This Book!, stop by the podcast to talk about keeping everything in tact and in the service of the story, l...

Listen Back: Adam Lehrhaupt and Matthew Forsythe, author and illustrator of Please, Open This Book!, talk about keeping everything in tact and in the service of the story, leaving white space in the writing, and thinking of books sonically. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/ada... #kidlit #podcast

Nov. 14, 2015! It's been a minute! I hope things are going exceedingly well for you, Sophy! It was lovely to have our conversation back on my mind.

Momotaro the Peach Boy.

Meet Momotaro the Peach Boy in MONKEY KING AND THE WORLD OF MYTHS!

Book 2, THE BATTLE OF THE BEASTS, is coming out Aug 18, 2025.

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Coming up on the Children's Book Podcast 🎧 📚 💕

Tiffany D. Jackson (BLOOD IN THE WATER), Daria Peoples (BE THE LIGHT: How She Became Angela Davis), Cordelia Jensen" (LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK), and George Jreije (BASHIR BOUTROS AND THE JEWEL OF THE NILE)

Available wherever #podcasts are found.

Listen Back: Angela Joy shares Black is a Rainbow Color Angela Joy shares BLACK IS A RAINBOW COLOR. This beautiful book, illustrated by one-to-watch and the one-to-wow Ekua Holmes, is Angela’s debut to the children’s book world.

Listen Back: Angela Joy shares BLACK IS A RAINBOW COLOR. This beautiful book, illustrated by one-to-watch and the one-to-wow Ekua Holmes, is Angela’s debut to the children’s book world. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... #kidlit #podcast

Sigmund Brouwer: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 204 Sigmund Brouwer, author most recently of Unleashed, published by Orca Book publishers and one of three books in the Retribution trilogy, stops by the podcast to talk about great stories connecting lik...

Listen Back: Sigmund Brouwer, author of Unleashed, talks about great stories connecting like great songs, lettering the story dictate the characters, and how a book is just a delivery system for stories. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/sig... #kidlit #podcast

Alexis Frederick-Frost: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 207 Alexis Frederick-Frost, contributing cartoonist to Gryphons Aren't So Great, the newest story in the Adventures in Cartooning series, stops by the podcast to talk about bonding over ping pong, how it ...

Listen Back: Alexis Frederick-Frost (Gryphons Aren't So Great) talks about bonding over ping pong, how it takes a stronger writer to write a shorter story, and empowering kids to tell their stories through simple pictures. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/ale... #kidlit #podcast

Listen Back: Frané Lessac shares Under the Southern Cross and Under the Milky Way Frané Lessac shares UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS and UNDER THE MILKY WAY. Frané has made many beautiful books, but it was Traci Sorell’s debut picture book, WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA, in 2018 that rea...

Listen Back: Frané Lessac shares UNDER THE MILKY WAY. Frané's work on Traci Sorell’s debut picture book, WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA, in 2018 first made me sit up and pay attention. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... #kidlit #podcast @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social

Christian Robinson: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 182 Christian Robinson, illustrator most recently of Leo: a Ghost Story, written by Mac Barnett, stops by to talk about stories meant to be told visually, challenging himself and his art by limiting resou...

Listen Back: Christian Robinson (Leo: a Ghost Story) talks about stories meant to be told visually, challenging himself and his art by limiting resources, and his influence from illustrators from a different time in picture books. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/chr... #kidlit #podcast

Ginee Seo: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 203 Ginee Seo, children's publishing director at Chronicle Books, stops by the podcast to talk about constant magic around every corner, missing train stops on account of reading, and making books that ma...

Listen Back: Ginee Seo, past children's publishing director at Chronicle Books, talks about constant magic around every corner, missing train stops on account of reading, and making books that matter. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/gin... @chroniclebooks.bsky.social #kidlit #podcast

Listen Back: Elizabeth Zunon shares Bedtime for Sweet Creatures and Grandpa Cacao Elizabeth Zunon (@ElizabethZunon) shares BEDTIME FOR SWEET CREATURES, which is written by Nikki Grimes. It is a bedtime story of a parent telling the story of putting her child to bed.

Listen Back: Elizabeth Zunon shares BEDTIME FOR SWEET CREATURES, written by Nikki Grimes. Elizabeth’s illustrations play alongside the text in enticing the child to bed by likening the child to different animals throughout this bedtime process. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... #kidlit #podcast