Jim Averbeck is the talent behind the new picture book, Except If, and the fabulous ALA “red carpet” interviews. Have a listen!

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Episode #28
Guest: Jim Averbeck
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In this episode I answer a great question from Grace Lin and we (or I) talk about:

• My new young adult reviewer, Jennifer Hubert Swan from readingrants.org

• a new coalition of respected children’s trade book authors developing their books for electronic media  
•  the ALA “red carpet” interviews (some of which are below)
• Books that get kids responding (yeah, yeah, I know, I talk about my OWN book that does that) 
• Our dis of Billy Crystal’s children’s “book” (yes the quotes are necessary)
• His amazing portfolio gallery of his art

• Breakfast Serials and Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water and the interesting way Jim illustrated the two stories Linda Sue told.
• What happens when the title of the book you’re working on is announced as the title of another person’s book.
• The car seat toilet
• What happens when your deadline time is being chewed away as you wait for your editor’s input.  
• How Elizabeth O. Dulemba and Dianne de las Casas increased their episode’s downloads