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The Children's Book Podcast

The Children's Book Podcast

By: Matthew C. Winner
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 Celebrating the power of storytelling to reflect our world, expand our perspectives, and foster connections between readers of all ages. The Children's Book Podcast features interviews with authors, illustrators, and everyone involved in taking a book from drawing board to bookshelf. Hosted by Matthew C. Winner, a teacher, librarian, writer, and fan of kids. Brought to you in partnership with Boyds Mills, positively impacting kids by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inform, educate, and inspire children to become their best selves.Matthew C. Winner
Episodes
  • Bringing Joy with Steve Light

    Bringing Joy with Steve Light
    Mar 10 2026

    Steve Light, author illustrator of Gus & Sully All Week Long (Candlewick), joins Matthew to talk about distilling ideas to their most accessible and truest forms for our youngest readers.

    Visit Steve Light online at stevelightart.com

    Other helpful links:

    • Steve Light at Boyds Mills

    • Summer Camp for Writers and Illustrators: Session Two! - Get away for five days at our Summer Camp for fiction and nonfiction storytellers who are looking for inspiration, guidance, mentorship, community, fun, creativity, and…a place to dream!

    • Steve Light Scholarship - Steve Light and Christine Cincotta have established a scholarship to support attendance at our Summer Camp in Illustration.

    • Steve light & Christine Cincotta Cabin (Whiskers Hollow) at Boyds Mills - Honoring Illustrators. Steve Light and Christine Cincotta are frequent visitors to our Retreat Center and Steve has been part of our faculty for illustration workshops.

    Learn more about Boyds Mills and their upcoming programs by visiting www.boydsmills.org.

    Our podcast logo was created by Duke Stebbins (https://stebs.design/).

    Our music is by Podington Bear.

    Podcast hosting by Libsyn.

    You can support the show and buy me a coffee at matthewcwinner.com or by clicking the link in the show notes.

    Be well. And read on.
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    31 mins
  • (R) What Gives Lil Miss Hot Mess Hope

    (R) What Gives Lil Miss Hot Mess Hope
    Mar 7 2026

    *This episode is a rebroadcast. The original episode aired April 26, 2025 .

    Lil Miss Hot Mess (Make Your Own Rainbow: A Drag Queen's Guide to Color) shares what is giving her hope today: drag. Drag is all about changing how we look and how we show up in the world as a way of making the world more fabulous and more just and joyful for everyone in it.

    This is a new miniseries of indefinite length in which I invite my friends from the kidlit community to share what is giving them hope today.

    Learn more about Boyds Mills and their upcoming programs by visiting www.boydsmills.org.

    Visit Lil Miss Hot Mess online at lilmisshotmess.com
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    4 mins
  • Expanding the Heart's Capacity with Matthew Burgess and Cátia Chien

    Expanding the Heart's Capacity with Matthew Burgess and Cátia Chien
    Mar 3 2026

    Matthew Burgess and Cátia Chien, author and illustrator of Fireworks (Clarion Books), join Matthew to talk about becoming a mirror for feelings and experiences in their ode to a summer day.

    Visit Matthew Burgess online at matthewjohnburgess.com

    Visit Cátia Chien online at catiachien.com

    Learn more about Boyds Mills and their upcoming programs by visiting www.boydsmills.org.

    Our podcast logo was created by Duke Stebbins (https://stebs.design/).

    Our music is by Podington Bear.

    Podcast hosting by Libsyn.

    You can support the show and buy me a coffee at matthewcwinner.com or by clicking the link in the show notes.

    Be well. And read on.
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    37 mins
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