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 Dan Santat, Andy Griffiths, Katherine Applegate and Namrata Tripathi.

Wanting to Write a Child’s Next Obsession with Dan Santat

Dan Santat, author of A Fishboy Named . . . Sashimi (Roaring Brook Press), joins Matthew to talk about creating worlds that readers will want to believe.

The Voice That We Hear Inside with Katherine Applegate

Katherine Applegate, author of Wombat Waiting (Storytide), joins Matthew to talk about books providing the opportunity to practice being a better human.

Always Regarding the Reader with Andy Griffiths

Andy Griffiths, author of You and Me and the Peanut Butter Beast (Feiwel & Friends), joins Matthew to talk about puncturing the vanity and making us believe.

The Kids are Alright with Namrata Tripathi

Namrata Tripathi, publisher and president of Kokila (kokilabooks.com), an imprint of Penguin Random House, joins Matthew to talk about finding pathways to the reader.