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Podcast #103

For my one hundred third Dream Gardens children’s books podcast, I interviewed author Amy Makechnie  about the middle grade book The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. Or as the full title reads, a story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread. And so much more.

Amy Makechnie is the author of the middle grade novel The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Claire. Her latest middle grade novel is Ten Thousand Tries. You can find her website at www.amymakechnie.com.

In addition, at the top of the podcast I spoke to Shane Garver, Associate Vice President of Rural Education Programs at Save the Children, about summer reading in rural communities and about their partnership with Scholastic. For more information about Save the Children visit savethechildren.org/usa. For more information about the Summer program you can visit www.scholastic.com/summer

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My next podcast will be with author and illustrator Ben Zhu about the picture book Du Iz Tak by Carson Ellis . It will be published on Monday, July 19, 2021.