19. (S1E19) Interview with Poet Jane Yolen

Brave Writer

Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley

Books, Education, Arts, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.8 • 927 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Today we welcome one of the most prolific writers of children’s fantasy and poetry, Jane Yolen! [This post contains Amazon affiliate links. When you click on those links to make purchases, Brave Writer receives compensation at no extra cost to you. Thank you!] When I began my freelance writing career, I chose the picture book […]

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0:00.0	Welcome to Poetry Tea Time, the podcast sponsored by A Brave Writers Life in Brief.
0:06.4	I'm Julie Bogart, your host. This is the brave writer I get to interview today is the incomparable Jane Yolan.
0:25.0	Jane is the award-winning author of over 300 books for children.
0:31.0	Books in Fantasy, Science Fiction, Children's Picture Book for children's
0:34.4	's picture books and of course poetry.
0:37.9	Her most famous book, Owl Moon, won the Caldecott Medal in 1988 and listen if you haven't read it yet get thee to a library
0:46.9	It is easily one of my favorite children's picture books of all time.
0:52.6	I'm looking forward to talking to Jane
0:54.7	about her process as a poet.
0:57.1	I want to know how she became such a fan of birds
1:00.8	and why nature figures so prominently in her work.
1:04.8	Her daughter Heidi is also going to join us.
1:07.8	Heidi and Jane have collaborated on a series of books,
1:11.4	including one that I really love,
1:13.2	called You Nest Here With Me.
1:15.4	You want your heartstrings tugged.
1:17.3	Definitely check that book out.
1:19.8	So without further ado, let's join Jane and Heidi and see what they have to say about poetry,
1:27.0	nature, and the writing life.
1:30.0	Jane, thank you so much for being with us today to talk on our poetry tea time
1:38.4	podcast. I love the idea This is from a
1:45.0	that. This is from a new book that's just out that I wrote,
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