Video Interviews with Top Children’s Authors and Illustrators
Watch Reading Rockets' exclusive video interviews with top children's book authors and illustrators. You'll discover if Chris Van Allsburg is really as spooky as his books, where Jon Scieszka gets his wacky ideas, and why Patricia Polacco's warm family tales seem so real. Browse our video library below — you'll discover more than 130 engaging interviews!
Our video interviews are a great resource for your classroom author studies. For ideas on how to plan and implement author study units, see our Author Study Toolkit.
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Under the Royal Palms |
Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull |
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You Can, Toucan, Math |
Click, Clack, Moo |
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Angels Ride Bikes |
Monumental Verses |
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Look to the Stars |
The Other Side |
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The Crossover |
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon |
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Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life: The Riot Brothers Tell All |
Book Fiesta |
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Bario: José's Neighborhood |
Number the Stars |
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Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear |
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Origami Yoda |
Guess How Much I Love You |
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The One and Only Ivan |
Judy Moody Declares Independence |
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The World Made New |
Goin' Someplace Special |
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead |
Martha Speaks |
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Sam and Dave Dig a Hole |
Mango, Abuela, and Me |
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon |
The Good, Good Pig |
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Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out |
Freckleface Strawberry |
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Ada Twist, Scientist |
The Rainbow Tulip |
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El Deafo |
Stone Soup |
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Madeline and the Cats of Rome |
Harlem |
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing |
Wings |
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How to Build a Museum |
Shiloh |
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Clifford the Big Red Dog |
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands |
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D.W. The Picky Eater |
Wow! City! |
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Between Earth & Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places |
Hank Zipzer series |
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Sing to the Sun |
The Magic Tree House series |
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Fly Away Home |
We're Going on a Bear Hunt |
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia |
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Louder, Lili |
Bee-Bim Bop! |
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An Awesome Book! |
Ghost Boys |
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8 |
Timmy Failure series |
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Science Experiments You Can Eat |
Bridge to Terabithia |
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The Magic School Bus |
Criss Cross |
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A Nest for Celeste |
Chicken Butt |
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Animal Dads |
Captain Underpants |
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Uptown |
The Lion and the Mouse |
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The Dark Is Rising |
Thunder Cake |
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Wolf in the Snow |
It's Raining Pigs & Noodles |
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Elijah of Buxton |
Pirate vs. Pirate |
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The Dragons of Wayward Crescent |
A Ball for Daisy |
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Martina the Beautiful Cockroach |
Cinder-Eyed Cat |
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Jamberry |
Esperanza Rising |
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Arroz con Leche |
Winter in White: A Mini Pop-up Treat |
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Strega Nona |
Grandfather's Journey |
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Because of Winn-Dixie |
What Darwin Saw: The Journey that Changed the World |
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The Worrywarts |
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs |
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Color Zoo |
Dog and Bear |
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Hello, Universe |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
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Necks Out for Adventure |
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu |
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Henry the Dog with No Tail |
No, David! |
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The Whipping Boy |
100 Best Books for Children |
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Beetle Bop |
Animals Nobody Loves |
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Boxes for Katje |
Mirror, Mirror |
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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes |
Madlenka |
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A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever |
I Am America |
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Rotten Ralph |
Happy Hocky Family |
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How a House Is Built |
The Gardener |
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Rosa |
Goosebumps |
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Monkey and Me |
Almost Astronauts |
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Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring |
Grapes of Math |
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Danitra Brown, Class Clown |
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School |
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The Girl with 500 Middle Names |
Smile |
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The Hazardous Tales series |
The Polar Express |
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Chains |
The Circus Ship |
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The Great American Mousical |
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins |
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Charles and Emma |
My Very First Mother Goose |
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A House Is a House for Me |
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! |
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Babymouse |
One Crazy Summer |
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Babymouse |
Here's Hank and Hank Zipzer series |
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Fannie in the Kitchen |
Apple Pie 4th of July |
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Toys Go Out |
The Napping House |
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Rolie Polie Olie |
Brown Girl Dreaming |
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The Phantom Tollbooth |
American Born Chinese |
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Pecos Bill: A Tall Tale |
Dragonwings |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? |
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Good Night, Monkey Boy |
Children's literature experts
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Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors |
The Book Whisperer |
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Minders of Make-Believe |
The Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations |
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