Podcast #043 For my forty-third Dream Gardens kid lit podcast, I interviewed author Kat Shepherd about her favorite children’s book, the middle grade novel Criss Cross, written and illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins. Originally published in 2005, and awarded the Newbery in 2006, the novel tells the story a single summer in the life of a group of young teens. There is Debbie, … Continue reading Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins: an interview with author Kat Shepherd →