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Video Interviews
Click below to watch Reading Rockets' exclusive video interviews with top children's book authors and illustrators. You'll discover if Chris Van Allsburg is really as spooky as his books, where Jon Scieszka gets his wacky ideas, and why Patricia Polacco's warm family tales seem so real.
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- David Adler
You Can, Toucan, Math
- George Ancona
Bario: José's Neighborhood
- Avi
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
- Norman Bridwell
Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Mary Brigid Barrett
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out
- Marc Brown
D.W. The Picky Eater
- Ashley Bryan
Sing to the Sun
- Eve Bunting
Fly Away Home
- Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Beverly Cleary
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
- Henry Cole
Victor Vito
- Joanna Cole
The Magic School Bus
- Bryan Collier
Uptown
- Christopher Paul Curtis
Elijah of Buxton
- Bruce Degen
Jamberry
- Tomie dePaola
Strega Nona
- Kate DiCamillo
Because of Winn-Dixie
- Pamela Duncan Edwards
The Worrywarts
- Lois Ehlert
Color Zoo
- Denise Fleming
Beetle Bop
- Mem Fox
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
- Jack Gantos
Rotten Ralph
- Gail Gibbons
How a House is Built
- Nikki Giovanni
Rosa
- Nikki Grimes
Danitra Brown, Class Clown
- William Joyce
Rolie Polie Olie
- Kathleen Krull
Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull
- Betsy Lewin
Click, Clack, Moo
- Lois Lowry
Number the Stars
- Patricia MacLachlan
Sarah: Plain and Tall
- Bill Martin Jr
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
- Megan McDonald
Judy Moody Declares Independence
- Patricia and Frederick McKissack
Goin' Someplace Special
- Pat Mora
The Rainbow Tulip
- Christopher Myers
Wings
- Walter Dean Myers
Harlem
- Kadir Nelson
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
- Mary Pope Osborne
The Magic Tree House series
- Helen Oxenbury
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
- Linda Sue Park
Bee-Bim Bop!
- Katherine Paterson
Bridge to Terabithia
- Patricia Polacco
Thunder Cake
- Jack Prelutsky
It's Raining Pigs & Noodles
- Eric Rohmann
Cinder-Eyed Cat
- Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza Rising
- Robert Sabuda
Winter in White: A Mini Pop-up Treat
- Jon Scieszka
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
- Brian Selznick
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- David Shannon
No, David!
- Seymour Simon
Animals Nobody Loves
- Peter Sís
Madlenka
- Lane Smith
Happy Hocky Family
- R.L. Stine
Goosebumps
- Mark Teague
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School
- Chris Van Allsburg
The Polar Express
- Rosemary Wells
My Very First Mother Goose
- Mo Willems
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
- Janet Wong
Apple Pie Fourth of July
- Laurence Yep
Dragonwings
- Jane Yolen
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
Other special interviews and videos
- Audrey Geisel (Mrs. Dr. Seuss)
Gene Yang: The Making of a Graphic Novel
The magic of comics takes place between the panels, says Yang, a high school teacher and award-winning graphic novelist. His book American Born Chinese received the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award for young adult literature, and was a finalist for the National Book Award — both firsts for a graphic novel. Watch as Yang demonstrates the steps in his writing and drawing process.
Credit: The Kennedy Center Education Department Performing Arts Series
