Hello, hello, welcome to the Read Aloud Revival. I'm Sarah McKenzie. This is the show that helps you make meaningful and lasting connections with your

kids through books. And on today's episode, I've got a treat for you. This last spring,

Waxwing Books, our publishing house here at Read Aloud Revival, we published a book called

Painting Wonder. And it's a book, it's a picture book biography all about the incredibly

fascinating woman, Pauline Baines, who illustrated the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien, yes, that Tolkien,

and C.S. Lewis. Yes, that Lewis. She is the one who illustrated all of those completely fabulous illustrations in the Narnia

series that you probably can envision just by me saying those words. Now, the incredibly talented

and wonderful Katie Ray Shone wrote and illustrated this picture book. And to celebrate the launching

of this book, we did a very fun book event at the fabled bookshop in Waco, Texas. Today, we want to share that recording with you because, yes, we recorded the interview at this excellent live event, and it was so much fun, we didn't want to keep it to ourselves. So on today's show, that's what you get to watch or listen to. Which reminds me, if you are listening to this podcast and you want to see the video,

go to read aloudoravival.com slash video. And that's where you can subscribe to the

Read Aloud Revival YouTube channel and you won't ever miss an episode. Now, without further ado,

I bring you this wonderful bookshop event at

Fabled Bookshop in Waco, Texas with me, Sarah McKenzie and Katie Rayshone.

Hi, everybody. It's so good to see. I see some familiar faces out here. This is my third time at Fabled, and it's my favorite bookstore to visit. I love it so much. I'm so glad to be here. And tonight I get to chat with Katie Ray Shone, which is such a delight for me because we made this book together. Read a Lot of Revival started its own publishing house, making children's books.

And the day I saw the sketches for this book, I called our managing editor who is here,

and I said, you need to get to your desk right now because we need to make this book.

And that is the first time

we didn't know each other before then, I don't believe. No, we did not. Yeah. So why don't you

tell everybody a little bit about your family and your day-to-day life and then we'll talk about

the art. Okay, I will. Well, my family is right here in the front row. Raise your hands, kids.

You want to stand up and wave, actually? This is Claire and Molly and William. And these are my

parents, and this is my wonderful husband. And we are here from about an hour north of Houston in a place called the Woodlands.

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