An Episode 30 Years in the Making: Gary Paulsen on The Yarn Podcast

Hatchet was the book that got Colby Sharp to fall in love with reading. On the latest episode of The Yarn, Colby calls his author hero Gary Paulsen (currently “holed up in the mountains in New Mexico hiding from COVID”) to talk about Paulsen’s life and career.
This is a special one, folks, and I hope you get a chance to listen.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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