Livia Blackburne is the author of the emotionally and culturally rich picture book I Dream of Popo. The story is about when a young girl and her family emigrate from Taiwan China to America, she leaves behind her beloved popo, her grandmother. She misses her popo every day, but even if their visits are fleeting, their love is ever true and strong. In this conversation, Livia shared her story behind writing I Dream of Popo and how she launched into writing YA novels and picture books after years of researching the neuroscience of reading at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 【嘉宾 Guest】 Livia Blackburne http://liviablackburne.com/ 节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned: I Dream of Popo 你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us 官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/ 微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

【Guest】Canadian Author and illustrator-- Barbara Reid One thing unique about her works is that her illustrations are made by plasticine so the images are very vivid and full of details, and the language is so poetic! Barbara has received many awards, including the Ezra Jack Keats Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, The Governor General’s Award for Illustration for The Party, and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award for The Subway Mouse. She's also the Honorary Chair of family literacy in Canada, and played a very important role in promoting reading and family literacy. In this episode, we talked about her Book Picture the Sky, which has been translated into Chinese and published in China in 2020, what is promoting family literacy in Canada like and many more! 你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us 官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/ 微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

Bob Shea is an award-winning American author and illustrator of children’s books. His books include the popular Ballet Cat series, The Dinosaur VS. … series , Two Unicorn books:Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great and Unicorn Is Maybe Not So Great After All. He wrote Who Wet My Pants illustrated by his friend Zach Ohora and his latest book is called Chez Bob. Bob is know for his humor and creativity. In this episode, we talked about what influences him as an author and illustrator, why all of his books deal with emotions, and how he practice meditation to stay positive etc. Listen on to find out more! 节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned: Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great Unicorn Is Maybe Not So Great After All Who Wet My Pants Big Plans Cheetah Can't Lose Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret 你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us 官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/ 微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

【嘉宾Guest】 American Author and illustrator Lane Smith. website:https://www.lanesmithbooks.com/ Lane has received the Lifetime Achievement award from the Society of Illustrators and has been honored by the Eric Carle Museum for “lifelong innovation in the field of children's books.” He is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestseller It’s a Book which has been translated into over twenty-five languages and he has written and illustrated lots of otherstuff like Grandpa Green, which was a 2012 Caldecott Honor book and There Is a Tribe of Kids, which won the Kate Greenaway medal in 2017. His titles with Jon Scieszka include the Caldecott Honor winner The Stinky Cheese Man and The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, both ranked among the 100 best all-time picture books by TIME magazine. Lane’s books have been New York Times Best Illustrated Books on five occasions. In this episode, we talked about his back stories of making picture books, his views on the changes of picture industry over the years, where do ideas and creativity come etc. Listen and find out more! 节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned: It's a book Grandpa Green Cat Problems Giraffe Problems Penguin Problems 你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us 官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/ 微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

Zeno Sworder is an author and illustrator from Melbourn, Australia. His debut picture book This Small Blue Dot follows a little girl welcoming her newly born sibling to earth. It is book celebrating diversity, imagination and interconnectedness. In the episode, Zeno talked about his inspiration behind creating this picture book, which began when his grandmother and father past away, and when his second daughter was born. 【嘉宾 Guest】 Zeno Sworder https://www.zenosworder.com/ 节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned: This Small Blue Dot 你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us 官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/ 微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

Amy Alznauer is a polymath: she is a writer, a managing editor, and an instructor of calculus and number theory at Northwestern University. Amy's most recent work is in children's picture-book biographies, work which has been awarded with the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Illinois Chapter Laura Crawford Memorial Mentorship. In this episode, we discussed the three children's picture book biographies she wrote and Amy tells us about why she started writing picture-book biographies and what the genius of childhood can teach grown-up readers etc. 【嘉宾 Guest】 Amy Alznauer https://www.amyalz.com/ 节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned: The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity The Strange Birds of Flannery O’Connor Flying Paintings: The Zhou Brothers, A story of Revolution and art 你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us 官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/ 微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

Aaron Becker is the author and illustrator for the 2014 Caldecott Honor Book called "Journey". The book almost reads like an animated movie and you won't be surprised to learn that Aaron has a filmmaking background. In this episode, Aaron shared the creative process behind the Journey trilogy, how he sees each of the books he creates as a little film. He also talked about the underlying themes of family and escapism behind the Journey Trilogy. 【嘉宾 Guest】 Aaron Becker https://www.storybreathing.com/ 节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned: Journey Quest Return A Stone for Sascha You Are Light 你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us 官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/ 微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

本次全球童书作者采访计划对谈的嘉宾是英籍华裔--郁蓉。她硕士毕业于英国皇家艺术学院（Royal College of Art），曾师从英国著名的儿童插画大师昆汀·布莱克（Quentin Blake）爵士。其创作的图画书均以剪纸和铅笔素描相结合，风格独树一帜，除了中国之外，她的作品已在英国、美国、意大利、荷兰、日本、韩国等地出版。代表作包括：《云朵一样的八哥》《烟》《夏天》《我是花木兰》《口袋里的雪花》等，其中，她在国内出版的第一本图画书《云朵一样的八哥》曾荣获第24届布拉迪斯拉发国际插画双年展金苹果奖。目前，她与先生毛驴和三个孩子毛虫、辣椒、扁豆以及他们的德国猎犬嗅嗅探长定居于英国剑桥的乡村。本期节目从她的家庭美育课开始谈起，聊了什么是美，如何创造美，以及探讨了她不同作品中细节的处理和创作背后的故事。 【嘉宾 Guest】 郁蓉 节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned: 《云朵一样的八哥》 《寻找声音的女孩》 《迷路》 《舒琳的外公》 你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us 官网 Website：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/ 微信公众号 Wechat：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客 Podcast：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

Jackie Morris is a British writer and illustrator. She was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2016 and won it in 2019 for her illustration of The Lost Words. She collaborated with writer Robert Macfarlane to create The Lost Words in response to the removal of everyday nature words from the Oxford Junior Dictionary, such as bluebell, otter, dandelion. The beautiful spell book as it is called, then brought about a movement on its own, which we will be talking about in our conversation together. 【嘉宾 Guest】 Jackie Morris https://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/ 节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned: The Lost Words The Lost Spells 你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us 官网 Website：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/ 微信公众号 Wechat：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客 Podcast：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

Eric Litwin is a song singing, guitar strumming, # 1 New York Times best selling, award winning author who brings early literacy and music together. He is the original author of the Pete the Cat series as well as the author of The Nuts, Groovy Joe, and The Poop Song. Eric is also the co-author of The Power of Joyful Reading: Help Your Young Readers Soar to Success, a popular professional development book for teachers. In this episode, we talked about the relationship between music and language learning and also his latest books: The Poop Song and The Power of Joyful Reading. 【嘉宾 Guest】 Eric Litwin http://www.drawdrawdraw.com/ 节目中提到的书 Books mentioned: The Poop Song The Power of Joyful Reading Pete the Cat The Nut Family 你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us 官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/ 微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

Alison Farrell is a children's picture book author and illustrator based in Portland, Oregon. Before she became a picture book maker, Alison worked on farms and taught art in K-12 schools. Her works include The Hike, Cycle City and Bicycle Bash. Based on the titles of the books, you probably won't be surprised to learn that Alison loves hiking and biking. In this episode, Alison talked about her inspirations behind creating The Hike, including how her own hiking experiences informed the story. 【嘉宾 Guest】 Alison Farrell http://www.drawdrawdraw.com/ 节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned: The Hike Cycle City Bycicle Bash 你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us 官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/ 微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”

Simona Ciraolo who is a Sardinian-born picture book author and illustrator. Her works focus on the relationships between people and the emotional experience of being human but always with a heartwarming portrayal. In this episode, I talked to her about her two books, one of which is Shy Ones, which is about a shy flapjack octopus who spots another shy fish in the room. The other one is The Lines on Nana's face, which is about a grandmother explaining to her granddaughter how she keeps all her memories within the wrinkles on her face. 【嘉宾 Guest】 Simona Ciraolo https://simonaciraolo.com/ 节目中提到的绘本 Books mentioned: Shy Ones The Lines on Nana's Face (nominated for The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal in 2017) Whatever Happened to My Sister? Hug Me 你可以在这里找到Storyland播客 Where to find us 官网：http://storylandpodcast.wordpress.com/ 微信公众号：三明治童书研究所 (ID: STORYLIVING) 播客：各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“Storyland Podcast”