The Short Stacks 2 – Jesse Byrd//Real Jungle Tales
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2018
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
We're talking all things children's books this week on our mini episode with award winning author Jesse Byrd. In addition to writing children's books, Jesse runs his own publishing house (Jesse B Creative), and does children's book project management. Jesse's most recent picture book is Real Jungle Tales and follows a little Native American girl, Zee, who comes up with an ingenious way to avoid punishment, and get candy from her friends on Halloween. We talk with Jesse about his writing process, working with an illustrator, and why it is important to tell stories that center children of color.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another episode of the Short Stacks. |
| 0:11.0 | Shorter conversations with authors about their books and their writing styles. |
| 0:15.5 | These episodes are all completely spoiler free. |
| 0:18.4 | I am your host Tracy Thomas and today our guest is Children's book author Jesse Bird. |
| 0:23.9 | Before we dive into the episode, I'm reminding you all about Patreon. |
| 0:28.1 | That's a website where you contribute to the work we're doing on the show. |
| 0:31.4 | Patreon allows for us to launch new content like the Short Stacks and I'm |
| 0:35.1 | forever grateful to all of you who have contributed to allow this show to exist. The fun thing |
| 0:40.1 | about Patreon is that you also get perks for yourself. You can participate in our |
| 0:44.0 | virtual book club, submit questions for our guests, get shoutouts on the show, and more. |
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| 1:06.0 | If you would take just a few minutes, wherever you're listening, especially on iTunes, and write a short review, |
| 1:11.0 | it's a major selling point to pitch as I look for new guests for 2019. |
| 1:15.6 | Okay, now it's time for the short stacks. Our guest today is Jesse Bird. |
| 1:19.6 | Jesse is a children's and middle grade author. His work focuses on telling fun and creative stories |
| 1:24.8 | while centering the voices of children of color. |
| 1:27.5 | Jesse also runs his own publishing group |
| 1:29.4 | called Jesse B Creative. |
| 1:31.4 | Today we're talking about his newest release Real Jungle Tales. This is a spoiler-free |
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