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Picture Book Summit Podcast069 - Shadra Strickland - The Parallel Universe of Authors and IllustratorsAuthor/Illustrator and Agent Shadra Strickland reveals how to get at the heart of your story by sharing ideas and exercises to get your creativity flowing—in your brain and on the page. This is a fun one. Happy listening! 2024-11-1210 min
You May Contribute A VerseUnmasking Perfect Man with Troy WilsonI've never seen Perfect Man and Troy Wilson in the same room together. Have you? Could they be the same...?
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JUMP IN by Shadra Strickland
ISLAND GIRLS: FREE THE SEA OF PLASTIC, written by Blair Northen...2024-01-301h 08
What's Up, Alaska?!Prison Reform and Activism in Alaska feat. Megan EdgeThis weeks guest is Megan Edge, Director of the ACLU Alaska Prison Project.Megan is a lifelong Alaskan and proud dog mom. She’s a former journalist, and advocates for solutions that create systemic change to systems that create harm, so we can all be safe, healthy and free.**We want to provide a trigger warning that this episode does briefly discuss sxual assault and contains explicit language.**Megan is a passionate activist in Alaska and we were so grateful to hear her perspective. Updated stats fro...2023-07-2751 min
The Reading CultureInflection Point: Shadra Strickland Puts the Dash in Author-IllustratorCreators & Guests
Jordan Lloyd Bookey - Host
Shadra Strickland - Guest
On Today's Show“I remember everything was so shiny. Like the way that Pat illustrated that book, everything glistened, and main characters were Black and that was really cool for me. It was so colorful. I just wanted to live in that world.” - Shadra Strickland on “Clouds” by Pat CummingsOne of Shadra Strickland’s earliest memories is drawing underneath her grandma’s table. From a young age, she had a visual, creative mind. As the daughter of an English teacher, she was an avid...2023-04-1838 min
Gather, a Kidlit PodcastIncome Streams For Children's Book IllustratorsIllustrators Pat Cummings, Shadra Strickland, Xindi Yan and Rudy Gutierrez joined us to talk about this important topic! Pat moderated a lively conversation, asking the others to talk about the kinds of work they’ve done and to share some of their experience and wisdom. A few things talked about: Targeting your portfolio towards the kind of work you want to get What does your agent/rep/legal team look like outside of kidlit? Keeping the rights to your work Negotiating joint permission with the client -to use your work Publicizing your work outside of kidlit And more! 2022-09-211h 06Gather, a Kidlit PodcastIncome Streams For Children's Book IllustratorsIllustrators Pat Cummings, Shadra Strickland, Xindi Yan and Rudy Gutierrez joined us to talk about this important topic! Pat moderated a lively conversation, asking the others to talk about the kinds of work they’ve done and to share some of their experience and wisdom. A few things talked about: Targeting your portfolio towards the kind of work you want to get What does your agent/rep/legal team look like outside of kidlit? Keeping the rights to your work Negotiating joint permission with the client -to use your work Publicizing your work outside of kidlit And more! 2022-09-211h 06
The Illustration Department PodcastShadra StricklandGiuseppe Castellano talks to illustrator, author, and educator, Shadra Strickland about what led her to becoming a picture book maker—despite the naysayers; why realism in illustration is not an out-of-fashion style; what artists need to remember about being artists; and more.To learn more about Shadra, visit jumpin.shadrastrickland.com.Shadra has work on display from her book, Bird, in the “Imprinted: Illustrating Race” show at the Norman Rockwell Museum. To learn more, visit nrm.org.Artists mentioned in this episode include: Thomas Vroman, Roald Dahl, Jonathan Bean, Lauren Castillo, Taeeun Yoo, Paul H...2022-08-0946 min
Listen to Top Full Audiobooks in Kids, Non-fictionThe Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth by Wade HudsonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440995to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
Author: Wade Hudson
Narrator: Jesus E. Martinez, Gisela Chípe, Renata Friedman, Omar Leyva, Catherine Ho, Nicole Lewis, Guy Lockard, Fajer Al-Kaisi, James Fouhey, Michael Crouch, Janina Edwards, Feodor Chin, Lisa Renee Pitts
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
Release date: August 11, 2020
Genres: Non-fiction
Publisher's Summary:
This powerful collection of short stories, essays, and poems is a call-to-action that invites all families to be anti-racist and advocates for change. Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators--including Renee Watson (Piecing Me Together), Grace Lin (Wher...2020-08-111h 50
Gather, a Kidlit PodcastShadra Strickland: On Writing, Illustrating & SomeAuthor/Illustrator Shadra Strickland talks words, illustrations, teaching and secret agenting.2020-01-2411 minGather, a Kidlit PodcastShadra Strickland: On Writing, Illustrating & SomeAuthor/Illustrator Shadra Strickland talks words, illustrations, teaching and secret agenting.2020-01-2411 min
The Children's Book PodcastPatricia Hruby Powell and Shadra StricklandPatricia Hruby Powell (@PatriciaHPowell) and Shadra Strickland (@ShadrasArt), creators of Loving Vs. Virginia, stop by the podcast to talk about the landmark civil rights case, visual journalism, and the balance between the stiff and sacred, the relaxed and calm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/childrens-book-podcast/message2017-01-2741 min