Travis Jonker and Colby Sharp

The Yarn

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The Yarn takes listeners behind the scenes of children's literature. Each episode features an author or illustrator talking about how they create books for young readers.

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Travis Jonker and Colby Sharp

Episodes

#14 Gary D. Schmidt - Orbiting Jupiter Unravelled (Pt. 2) 07.02.2016 10:19

Author Gary D. Schmidt talks about his book Orbiting Jupiter. This is part two of a two-part Unraveller episode.

#13 Gary D. Schmidt - Orbiting Jupiter Unravelled (Pt. 1) 31.01.2016 10:16

Author Gary D. Schmidt talks about his book Orbiting Jupiter. This is part one of a two-part Unraveller episode.

#12 Matt Tavares - Growing Up Pedro Unravelled 20.12.2015 9:47

In this episode Matt Tavares shares when he got the idea to write Growing Up Pedro, his hope for the book, and his typical work day.

#11 Tracey Baptiste: The Jumbies Unravelled 14.12.2015 10:33

Author Tracey Baptiste talks about her book The Jumbies.

#10 Anne Ursu: The Real Boy Unravelled 06.12.2015 9:42

Author Anne Ursu talks about her book The Real Boy.

#9 Fact or Fiction w/ Jennifer and Matthew Holm (S1 E9) 22.10.2015 22:41

In this episode Jenni and Matt Holm talk about which parts of Sunny Side Up came from their actual childhood.

#8 Jennifer And Matthew Holm (S1 E8) 24.08.2015 28:57

In the final episode of the first season of The Yarn, Sunny Side Up author Jennifer Holm and illustrator Matthew Holm talk about working on this book together.

#7 Matthew Holm (S1 E7) 23.08.2015 24:07

In this episode Sunny Side Up illustrator Matthew Holm talks about his love for our space and comics as a kid.

#6 Lark Pien (S1 E6) 22.08.2015 26:40

In this episode Lark Pien shares her long road to finding comics as a career.

#5 David Saylor (S1 E5) 21.08.2015 16:23

David Saylor founded the Graphix imprint for Scholastic 10 years ago. In this episode you'll learn about David's career, and his thoughts on graphic novels.

#4 Phil Falco (S1 E4) 20.08.2015 14:59

Phil Falco is a book designer for Scholastic. In this episode he talks about his process for designing books covers, cover trends, and how he became a cover designer.

#2 Raina Telgemeier (S1 E2) 18.08.2015 25:20

Episode 2 features Raina Telgemeier, the face of graphic novel memoirs.

#3 David Levithan (S1 E3) 15.08.2015 23:17

David Levithan is an editor and best selling author. In this episode of The Yarn David talks about how far children's literature has come and where it still needs to go.

#1 Travis And Colby (S1 E1) 14.08.2015 14:29

In this episode Colby and Travis kick off their new show: The Yarn - a narrative of adventures.