Listen along as host Betsy Bird and Newbery Award-winning Katherine Applegate have a fun and heartwarming conversation about what it was like working with 9 year old Jocelyn in a special presentation of The Story Seeds Podcast which raises awareness of childhood cancer.
In the interview, Betsy and Katherine:
- Talk about what it was like working with Jocelyn and learning about her cancer journey [04:19]
- Discuss how Jane Goodall and Greta Thunberg inspired Katherine’s new eco-fable Willodeen [12:37]
- Get witty and silly in a fun rapid fire q&a! [17:01]
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Additional Information
Books mentioned in this episode: the Animorphs series by Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant. Willodeen, the Endling series, and The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White.
Calls to Action
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Show credits
The Story Seeds Podcast is Literary Safari production, created and executive produced by Sandhya Nankani. This episode was produced by her and Anjali Sakhrani. Scoring, mixing, and sound design by Ultraviolet Audio. Hosted by Betsy Bird. Music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter/musician and co-founder of MGMT. This episode is sponsored by Macmillan Children's Publishing.
Special thanks to Joseph Tisdall for post-production support.
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