Videos

When writing her book, All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team, Christina Soontornvat recalled watching the American media coverage of the story and how the media misunderstood and was often disrespectful of Thai culture. 

Rafael describes bringing the joy of reading to life in Book Fiesta, for which he won the 2010 Pura Belpre Award.

Author Walter Dean Myers (Harlem) talks about a discovery he made in childhood: that books are a path to a world beyond our own neighborhoods.

Jacqueline Woodson talks about juggling manuscripts, avoiding boredom, and where her ideas come from.

After teaching English for four years, Marilyn Singer began writing stories based on crazy insect characters she created as a child.

There’s a little room in your head which has a door with no handle. It is fed by everything you remember about what you have thought, done, everybody you’ve met, everything you’ve read.

The secret to getting kids to write is to startle them into thinking outside the box.

Dav Pilkey remembers the some of the biggest milestones in his career and the teacher who started it all.

Jewel Parker Rhodes, author of best-selling book Ghost Boys, discusses the lack of diverse role models in literature and how it almost prevented her from becoming an author. 

Jules Feiffer fell in love with American comic strips as a young kid in the 1930s and 1940s.