Award-winning author Matt de la Peña reflects on how the people who lived in his community saw themselves, and how those outside of the community saw it from afar.
Award-winning author Matt de la Peña reflects on the all of the times in his life he has felt like he didn’t fit in and how those experiences have helped in as a writer.
Award-winning author Matt de la Peña talks about the grandmothers who inspired “Last Stop on Market Street,” including his own grandmother, illustrator Christian Robinson’s grandmother, his own mother, and his mother-in-law (both now grandmothers to his children).
In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, children’s book author Patricia Polacco recalls the day that her teacher discovered her dyslexia.
Cooper’s first published book, Over Sea, Under Stone, started out as an adventure story but took a left turn when Cooper realized that what she really wanted to write was fantasy.
Christina Soontornvat spent 10 days in the small town where the rescue happened talking and listening to everyone before writing All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team.
