Justin Roberts, I'LL BE YOUR POLAR BEAR

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Zibby interviews 4-time Grammy nominee Justin Roberts about I’ll Be Your Polar Bear, a warm, heartfelt picture book about the lengths parents will go to comfort and protect their children. Justin reveals this book was inspired by a lullaby he wrote and then shares his fascinating career trajectory–from Montessori preschool teacher and divinity studies graduate student to 16 albums, Grammy nominations, and several books based on songs. He also describes the book editing process, his wonderful collaboration with his illustrator Chuck Groenink, and his next book Giant-Sized Butterflies On My First Day of School.

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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. Justin Roberts is the author of I'll be your polar bear.
1:07.6	Four-time Grammy nominee Justin Roberts is one of the founders of the modern family
1:12.1	music scene. For 25 years, he has been creating the soundtrack to people's lives, helping kids
1:17.2	navigate the joys and sorrows of growing up, while inspiring parents to remember their own
1:21.0	childhoods. His songs are kind of, get stuck in your head, pop nuggets that draw comparisons
1:25.9	to Elvis Costello, Fountains of Wayne,
1:28.0	and Paul Simon, rather than simple nursery rhymes.
1:31.8	Along with his band, The Not Ready for Nap Time Players, Justin has traveled the globe
1:36.1	from Hong Kong to New York and Miami to Seattle.
1:38.9	In addition to his recordings, he is also the author of three picture books, the smallest girl in the
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