The Primary Source Podcast

S4E6: Interview with Kate Hannigan, author of Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine

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/ 

S4E5: Interview with Carolyn Yoder, Editorial Director at Calkins Creek

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/

S4E4: Interview with Chris Barton, Author of Glitter Everywhere! Where It Came From, Where It’s Found, & Where It’s Going

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

S4E3: Interview with Grace Lin, Author of Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods

Interview with Meghan McCarthy, Author of Action!: How Movies Began

https://www.meghan-mccarthy.com/

S4E1: Interview with author Anna Crowley Redding

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

S3E3: Interview with Barry Wittenstein, author of The Day the River Caught Fire

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.

S3E2: Interview with Author Julia Lyon

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/

S3E1: Interview with Librarian Amanda Jones

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

S2E9: Interview with Chris Barton, author of Moving Forward: From Space-Age Rides to Civil Rights Sit-Ins with Airman Alton Yates

Chris and I talk about his newest book and the deep and broad research dives that happen when researching a historically-based nonfiction picture book.
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Moving-Forward/Chris-Barton/9781534473652