Colby Sharp

COLBY: Back in 2019, at the NCTE Annual Conference in Baltimore, I sat down with Karyn Parsons to talk about her middle grade novel ‘How High the Moon’. I was very proud of myself for not asking Karyn anything about her time working on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She did manage to bring it […]

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Colby: When I saw that Kate Messner’s picture book on Dr. Fauci was coming out late June, I couldn’t stop thinking about how in the world Simon & Schuster, Kate, and illustrator Alexandra Bye managed to get this book done so quickly. Kate answers that question and a whole lot more in the latest episode […]

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Colby: During the summer of 2011, I joined Donalyn Miller’s #bookaday challenge. It was one of the best things that I have ever done professionally. I read a lot of amazing books and met a lot of brilliant people year, so I continue to join the challenge each and every summer. In the latest episode […]

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COLBY: Watercress by Andrea Wang and Jason Chin took my breath away. The only thing I could do after I finished reading it, was read it again. And again. And again. At the end of the year, I expect to see this book on just about every end of the year ‘best books’ list. It’s […]

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COLBY: I had a blast interviewing Tae Keller for The Yarn. We talked about her book ‘When You Trap a Tiger’, her new podcast, and what it was like learning that she won the Newbery Medal over Zoom. I hope you like the episode! Here’s my video review of the book! Subscribe below to catch […]

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Colby: The first book I ever fell in love with was Gary Paulsen’s ‘Hatchet’. I was a fourth grader in Mrs. Collins’s class. She read it aloud to us. I’ll never forget what it felt like to fall in love with a book for the first time. I owe so much to Mrs. Collins and […]

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Colby: We were planning on running this episode of The Yarn, featuring Christina Soontornvat in February, but we moved it up after she won two Newbery Honors yesterday. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Christina about her book ‘All Thirteen’. Subscribe below to catch every episode: iTunes Spotify Stitcher

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Colby: Chatting with Christopher Paul Curtis for The Yarn was a lot of fun. It isn’t every month that I get to use the word Michigander in an episode of the podcast. Please join me in celebrating the 25th anniversary of ‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963’. We hope you enjoy the episode! Subscribe below […]

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Colby: I had the opportunity to talk to author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley about her book ‘Fighting Words’ a year ago at the NCTE Annual Conference in Baltimore. It was fascinating to hear her talk about trying to write a book for fourth, fifth, and six grader that deals with sexual assault. I hope you enjoy […]

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