Amongst the Books

Emily Skrezec
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A podcast hosted by middle school librarian Emily Skrezec, featuring student lead recommendations, and interviews with author and illustrators as well as other teachers and students.

  1. 02/23/2024

    Inspiration Everywhere - Wendy Mass Interview

    Inspiration can strike at any time, so always have a notebook handy to write down your ideas. Wendy Mass is the best-selling author of A Mango-Shaped Space, The Candymakers, Every Soul and Star, and Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life. She believes that you can find a story in any moment so you should always be aware and ready. We were lucky to get to talk with her today. You can learn more about Wendy and her books on her website at Wendymass.com and you can follow her on social media Instagram Facebook X (formerly Twitter) d Our theme music is written, produced, and recorded by Jake Thistle.

  2. 01/24/2024

    Encore Episode - Interview with A.S. King

    Congratulations to A.S. King for winning her second Michael L. Printz award for her book THE COLLECTORS which she edited. We wanted to take this time to revisit our interview with her where we talked about her book ATTACK OF THE BLACK RECTANGLES. Let's take a listen award winner article A.S. King website

  3. 12/17/2023

    Peter Brown author of The Wild Robot

    It's ok to take a step back from writing if you hit a roadblock, in fact, you might actually get more inspiration when you aren't thinking about. Go read a book or watch a movie, or maybe make a carrot cake. Peter Brown is the New York Times best-selling author of The Wild Robot and The Creepy Carrots, as well as Mr. Tiger Goes Wild and he sat down with our student interviewers to talk about writing, pets, and desserts. You can find more information about Peter on his website at https://www.peterbrownstudio.com/ and you can follow him on Instagram, Facebook, and X You can find us wherever you get your podcasts Our theme music is written produced and recorded by Jak Thistle.

  4. 07/18/2023

    Summer Reading Recommendations

    Summer is officially upon us and while you are relaxing and taking the sun and lovely weather don't forget to find some time to dive into great summer reading books, and we have some recommendations for you.

  5. 05/10/2023

    Trying Out and Fitting in with Christina Soontornvat

    Multi-award winning author Christina Soontornvat has worn many hats in her life but her ability to create breathtaking worlds that you can fall into is a true talent. Her latest book, the graphic novel The Tryout is semi autobiographical and touches on fitting in in middle school and how you just need to be true to yourself. You can follow her on Twitter Instagram and Youtube You can find us on Twitter @amongstthebooks_podcast Our theme music is produced, written and recorded by Jake Thistle and you can learn about Jake on his website and follow him on Spotify

  6. 03/07/2023

    Kayla Miller takes us to Camp

    Three words to describe Kayla Miller is talented, funny, inspiring and a force to be reckoned with in the graphic novel world. With their popular Camp series Kayla gives voices to some memorable characters and stories.   You can follow Kayla on Twitter and Instagram @Kayke and check out their website  You can find us on Twitter @amongstthebooks_podcast Our theme music is produced, written and recorded by Jake Thistle and you can learn about Jake on his website and follow him on Spotify

  7. 02/03/2023

    Gale Galligan talks Freestyle and Babysitters Club

    Who is your favorite babysitter character? For author and illustrator Gale Galligan they identify with a few, but they are definitely a Claudia is my book. In this episode we talk to Gale about their start into illustrating, how they became obsessed with yo-yo competitions and how is sparked their idea for their stand-alone graphic novel Freestyle.  You can learn more about Gale on their website  and be sure to follow them on Twitter  Instagram and on Facebook You can find us where ever you get your podcasts and follow us on Twitter Our theme music was written produced and recorded by Jake Thistle. You can find Jake on his website and on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook  Thank you for joining and you will be hearing from us soon.

  8. 01/17/2023

    Encore Episode - Interview with Newbery Winner Jerry Craft

    As we get ready for the Newbery winner award to be announced we wanted to revisit an episode we did with 2020 Newbery Winner for the book The New Kid author and illustrator Jerry Craft.

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A podcast hosted by middle school librarian Emily Skrezec, featuring student lead recommendations, and interviews with author and illustrators as well as other teachers and students.

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  • Creator
    Emily Skrezec
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    65
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Emily Skrezec
  • Show Website
    Amongst the Books