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Exploring the uses of primary sources in K-12 libraries and classrooms. We'll dig into resources and teaching strategies as well as talk to educators who are utilizing primary sources and others who curate these incredible items and use them in their work.
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Jun 24, 2026
Jun 24, 2026
21 min
Librarian, Tom Bober, interviews Beth Anderson about her book, Revolutionary Prudence Wright and the primary sources that helped it come to life.

Jan 14, 2024
Jan 14, 2024
21 min
Find out more about Kate Hannigan's book here: https://astrapublishinghouse.com/product/josephine-and-her-dishwashing-machine-9781635926217/
And on Kate's website: https://www.katehannigan.com/

Jan 13, 2024
Jan 13, 2024
43 min
Carolyn shares the importance of primary sources from an editorial point of view. View the titles she talked about and more here: https://astrapublishinghouse.com/imprints/calkins-creek/

Jan 12, 2024
Jan 12, 2024
28 min
Find Chris Barton's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705263/glitter-everywhere-by-chris-barton-author-chaaya-prabhat-illustrator/

Oct 9, 2023

Sep 19, 2023

Aug 29, 2023
Aug 29, 2023
34 min
Author Anna Crowley Redding shares how primary sources impacted her newest picture book, Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper.

Apr 23, 2023
Apr 23, 2023
29 min
Barry and I talk about his new book, The Day the River Caught Fire, primary and secondary sources that came to the surface from his research, and touch on the possibility that the number of digitized primary sources available today may have contributed to the golden age of nonfiction children's picture books.

Oct 18, 2022
Oct 18, 2022
20 min
Interview with Julia Lyon, author of A Dinosaur Named Ruth. Julia talks about the many primary sources she came across in her research about Ruth Mason who found countless dinosaur bones on her land in South Dakota.
https://www.julialyon.com/

Oct 4, 2022
Oct 4, 2022
23 min
My interview with Amanda Jones, middle school librarian and SLJ Librarian of the Year, has us talking about our collaboration over a lesson containing primary sources that just wasn't going well at first.
Find out more about Amanda Jones here: https://sites.google.com/view/abmack33/home
