Brian Selznick, BIG TREE

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Zibby interviews #1 New York Times bestselling author Brian Selznick about Big Tree, an enthralling and hopeful book of finely detailed pencil drawings about two little seeds on an epic adventure to find a safe place to grow. Brian explains how Steven Spielberg was involved in this project, which was originally a movie screenplay. He also reveals that both seeds’ personalities are based on his own and then discusses his book’s central themes: sibling relationships, climate change, and the bravery to forge your own path. Finally, Brian talks about his wildly successful book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, his experience growing up as a queer child, and the danger of book bans.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:06.7	This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.
0:14.9	I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir.
0:21.9	Our books are already out now.
0:23.5	You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com.
0:25.6	And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle
0:31.2	features.
0:31.8	That's at Zibbymag.com.
0:33.1	We have classes at Zippy Classes.com.
0:35.4	And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop
0:40.3	at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of
0:47.9	our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018.
0:56.5	And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy it. Brian Selsnick is the author of Big Tree. He began his career as a
1:07.6	bookseller at Eeyore's Books for Children in New York City. Oh my gosh, I
1:10.8	totally remember that store. I loved it. Oh, I should have talked to him about this. And he has
1:15.6	worked as a puppeteer and a set designer. His books have sold millions of copies garnered countless
1:20.3	awards worldwide and have been translated into more than 35 languages. He broke open the novel
1:25.2	form with his innovative and genre-defying thematic trilogy,
1:28.7	beginning with the Caldecott Medal-winning number one New York Times bestseller,
1:32.9	the invention of Hugo Cabray, adapted into Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning movie, Hugo.
1:38.9	He followed that with the number one New York Times bestseller Wonderstruck, which was adapted
1:42.9	into the eponymous movie by celebrated filmmaker Todd Haynes with a screenplay by Selznick.
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