Amos McGee is Back! An Interview with Erin and Philip Stead
In the last episode of The Yarn podcast, Erin and Philip Stead took us behind the scenes of their Caldecott Medal-winning book A Sick Day for Amos McGee. Today’s episode is all about the joys and challenges of returning to the world of Amos:
And, just for fun, some speed round questions.
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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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