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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Meg Medina
Meg Medina is an award-winning Cuban American author who writes picture books, middle grade stories, and young adult fiction. Watch the interview to learn more about her and read a short biography about her life. Includes an interview...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Cece Bell
Meet Cece Bell, the award-winning author/illustrator of children's books including the Rabbit and Robot stories, the Sock Monkey series, and the graphic novel memoir, El Deafo, which won a Newbery Honor and the Geisel Award in 2015....
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Lynne Rae Perkins
Lynne Rae Perkins writes and illustrates picture books for young children and novels for middle and high school kids. Her stories explore family, friendships, and the many small but meaningful moments that shape childhood and...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Katherine Applegate
Katherine Applegate is the author of many books for young readers. In this interview, Applegate talks about life-changing books for reluctant readers (including kids with dyslexia), writing "first-person gorilla", tackling tough topics,...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Kate Di Camillo
Kate DiCamillo's books have won numerous awards. Well-known titles include Because of Winn-Dixie (which became a Hollywood film), The Tale of Despereaux, and Flora and Ulysses. But her success did not happen overnight. Before the public...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Jack Gantos
Jack Gantos' interesting life has provided the raw material for many of his books. Rotten Ralph, for example, was inspired by an aggressive red cat that he once owned. The Jack Henry middle-grade fiction series was based on Gantos' own...