An Artist's Process with Barbara McClintock
05/09/25 • 53 min
In this weeks episode we are joined by Barbara McClintock!
Barbara McClintock is an American illustrator and author of over 40 books for children. Her books have received numerous awards and citations, including five New York Times Best Illustrated Picture Book Awards, four ALA Notable Book Citations, a Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Award, a China Times Best Illustrated Books Award, and a British Fantasy Award. One of her books is a best-selling title in Japan.
Her artwork has been exhibited and is in the collections of libraries, museums and galleries around the world.
She has lectured about her work nationally and internationally, and is currently teaching classes on creating children’s books at Wesleyan University. She has served on the board of directors of the Eric Carle Museum, and chaired the Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators.
Barbara is self-educated as an illustrator, learning by studying and copying artwork from books checked out of public libraries.
Originally from New Jersey and North Dakota, she now resides in northeastern CT with her partner, the illustrator David Johnson, and their three overly-helpful cats.
Buy her latest book here: https://bookshop.org/a/19191/9781534418509
Follow her here: https://www.instagram.com/barbaramcclintockart/
In this weeks episode we are joined by Barbara McClintock!
Barbara McClintock is an American illustrator and author of over 40 books for children. Her books have received numerous awards and citations, including five New York Times Best Illustrated Picture Book Awards, four ALA Notable Book Citations, a Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Award, a China Times Best Illustrated Books Award, and a British Fantasy Award. One of her books is a best-selling title in Japan.
Her artwork has been exhibited and is in the collections of libraries, museums and galleries around the world.
She has lectured about her work nationally and internationally, and is currently teaching classes on creating children’s books at Wesleyan University. She has served on the board of directors of the Eric Carle Museum, and chaired the Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators.
Barbara is self-educated as an illustrator, learning by studying and copying artwork from books checked out of public libraries.
Originally from New Jersey and North Dakota, she now resides in northeastern CT with her partner, the illustrator David Johnson, and their three overly-helpful cats.
Buy her latest book here: https://bookshop.org/a/19191/9781534418509
Follow her here: https://www.instagram.com/barbaramcclintockart/
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A Conversation with Kyle Lukoff and Levi Hastings, the duo behind the picture book: Are You A Friend of Dorothy?
This week we are joined by author Kyle Lukoff and illustrator Levi Hastings!
From Newbery Honor and Stonewall Book Award–winning author Kyle Lukoff and celebrated picture book illustrator Levi Hastings comes an “approachable, engaging” (Publishers Weekly , starred review) picture book about how people found community in a time when they had to keep their true selves secret.
“Are you a friend of Dorothy?”
In a time when the LGBTQ+ community was forced to hide in the shadows, a woman named Dorothy helped her people find each other in the dark and celebrate themselves in the light.
But who was Dorothy? Was she from the neighborhood, someone’s wife, mother, or sister? Was she that clever writer, who threw parties where there were no rules about who you could and couldn’t dance with? Or was she a girl from Kansas, who dreamed of leaving her black-and-white, small-town life and finding a vibrant, colorful world that loved her?
Dorothy might have been all these things—because Dorothy, as known by the post-WWII queer community, wasn’t real. Still, she helped a community find connection and care amidst adversity.
Buy the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/19191/9781665931663
Follow Kyle Here: www.instagram.com/kylelukoffwrites
Follow Levi Here: https://www.instagram.com/levihastingsart/
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Writing Poetry while Hiking with Kate Messner
In this week's episode of the SCBWI Podcast we are joined by Kate Messner.
New York Times bestselling author Kate Messner is passionately curious and writes books that encourage kids to wonder, too. Kate's titles include both fiction and nonfiction; she writes award-winning picture books, easy readers, chapter book series, and novels for young readers. Her books are frequently nominated for state book award lists and have been honored with the E.B. White Read Aloud Award, Golden Kite and Crystal Kite Awards, Riverby Award for Natural History Writing, and Nerdy Book Club Awards. Kate's science themed books have also been selected as finalists for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize and named to the NSTA/CBC list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12. Kate is a frequent speaker at conferences for writers and educators and visits schools all over the world to talk with students about books, writing, and the power of curiosity.
Purchase her latest book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-trouble-with-heroes-kate-messner/21573976?ean=9781547616398&next=t
Follow her on IG here: www.instagram.com/katemessner
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