Brand-New Caldecott Medal Winner Rebecca Lee Kunz on The Yarn Podcast!
Rebecca Lee Kunz just won a Caldecott Medal for her book Chooch Helped (written by Andrea L. Rogers). Fresh off the award news, Colby Sharp talked with Kunz about her art background, how she got into illustrating, and what it was like to win the biggest award in picture books.
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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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