This year, Boyds Mills is partnering with The Children’s Book Podcast. As partner, we’ll be helping to bring some of our friends, faculty, scholarship recipients, and alumni onto the show.
This roundup features Boyds Mills faculty members Chris Tebbetts and Kaz Windness. And Matthew Winner introduces the 2026 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners and Honor Books!
Finding Collaboration Along the Way
with Chris Tebbetts
Chris Tebbetts, co-author of Dr. Zeus (Jimmy Patterson), with James Patterson, joins Matthew to talk about free-form school visits and moving stuff off the desk.
More About Chris Tebbetts
Overcoming Prejudices with Kaz Windness
Kaz Windness, author illustrator of Worm and Butterfly are Friends Always (Simon Spotlight), joins Matthew to talk about constantly dealing with loss and change.
More About Kaz Windness
The 2026 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners and Honor Books
Introducing the winners and honors of the Sydney Taylor Book Award (2026), presented annually by the Association of Jewish Libraries to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience.
