This week, on episode 126, I speak with picture book author Nell Cross Beckerman. We discuss how authors find illustrators, some of our favorite picture books and Nell’s recently published book, From Park to Playa: The Trails That Connect Us.

From Park to Playa: The Trails That Connect Us by Nell Cross Beckerman, illustrated by Sophie Diao

This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by The Year We Danced: A Memoir by Stephen E. Smith

Books Recommended:

The House of East 88th Street by Bernard Waber

Bunny Days by Tao Nyeu

Big Sister and Little Sister by Charlotte Zolotow

In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

Dear Tree Frog by Joyce Sidman

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