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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Alma Flor Ada Under the Royal Palms	Kathleen Krull Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull
David Adler You Can, Toucan, Math	Betsy Lewin Click, Clack, Moo
Francisco Alarcón Angels Ride Bikes	J. Patrick Lewis Monumental Verses
Buzz Aldrin Look to the Stars	E.B. Lewis The Other Side
Kwame Alexander The Crossover	Grace Lin Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Mary Amato Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life: The Riot Brothers Tell All	Rafael López Book Fiesta
George Ancona Bario: José's Neighborhood	Lois Lowry Number the Stars
Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies	Bill Martin Jr Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Tom Angleberger Origami Yoda	Sam McBratney Guess How Much I Love You
Katherine Applegate The One and Only Ivan	Megan McDonald Judy Moody Declares Independence
Marc Aronson The World Made New	Patricia and Fredrick McKissack Goin' Someplace Special
Avi Crispin: The Cross of Lead	Susan Meddaugh Martha Speaks
Mac Barnett Sam and Dave Dig a Hole	Meg Medina Mango, Abuela, and Me
Kelly Barnhill The Girl Who Drank the Moon	Sy Montgomery The Good, Good Pig
Mary Brigid Barrett Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out	Julianne Moore Freckleface Strawberry
Andrea Beaty Ada Twist, Scientist	Pat Mora The Rainbow Tulip
Cece Bell El Deafo	Jon J Muth Stone Soup
John Bemelmans Marciano Madeline and the Cats of Rome	Walter Dean Myers Harlem
Judy Blume Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing	Christopher Myers Wings
Tonya Bolden How to Build a Museum	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Shiloh
Norman Bridwell Clifford the Big Red Dog	Kadir Nelson He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Marc Brown D.W. The Picky Eater	Robert Neubecker Wow! City!
Joseph Bruchac Between Earth & Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places	Lin Oliver Hank Zipzer series
Ashley Bryan Sing to the Sun	Mary Pope Osborne The Magic Tree House series
Eve Bunting Fly Away Home	Helen Oxenbury We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Herman Parish Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia
Gennifer Choldenko Louder, Lili	Linda Sue Park Bee-Bim Bop!
Dallas Clayton An Awesome Book!	Jewell Parker Rhodes Ghost Boys
Beverly Cleary Ramona Quimby, Age 8	Stephan Pastis Timmy Failure series
Vicki Cobb Science Experiments You Can Eat	Katherine Paterson Bridge to Terabithia
Joanna Cole The Magic School Bus	Lynne Rae Perkins Criss Cross
Henry Cole A Nest for Celeste	Erica S. Perl Chicken Butt
Sneed Collard Animal Dads	Dav Pilkey Captain Underpants
Bryan Collier Uptown	Jerry Pinkney The Lion and the Mouse
Susan Cooper The Dark Is Rising	Patricia Polacco Thunder Cake
Matthew Cordell Wolf in the Snow	Jack Prelutsky It's Raining Pigs & Noodles
Christopher Paul Curtis Elijah of Buxton	Mary Quattlebaum Pirate vs. Pirate
Chris d'Lacey The Dragons of Wayward Crescent	Chris Raschka A Ball for Daisy
Bruce Degen Jamberry	Eric Rohmann Cinder-Eyed Cat
Lulu Delacre Arroz con Leche	Pam Muñoz Ryan Esperanza Rising
Tomie dePaola Strega Nona	Robert Sabuda Winter in White: A Mini Pop-up Treat
Kate DiCamillo Because of Winn-Dixie	Allen Say Grandfather's Journey
Pamela Duncan Edwards The Worrywarts	Rosalyn Schanzer What Darwin Saw: The Journey that Changed the World
Lois Ehlert Color Zoo	Jon Scieszka The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Erin Entrada Kelly Hello, Universe	Laura Vaccaro Seeger Dog and Bear
Timothy Basil Ering Necks Out for Adventure	Brian Selznick The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Jules Feiffer, Kate Feiffer Henry the Dog with No Tail	Wendy Wan-Long Shang The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
Sid Fleischman The Whipping Boy	David Shannon No, David!
Denise Fleming Beetle Bop	Anita Silvey 100 Best Books for Children
Candace Fleming Boxes for Katje	Seymour Simon Animals Nobody Loves
Mem Fox Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes	Marilyn Singer Mirror, Mirror
Marla Frazee A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever	Peter Sís Madlenka
Jack Gantos Rotten Ralph	Charles Smith I Am America
Audrey Geisel	Lane Smith Happy Hocky Family
Gail Gibbons How a House Is Built	Sarah Stewart, David Small The Gardener
Nikki Giovanni Rosa	R.L. Stine Goosebumps
Emily Gravett Monkey and Me	Tanya Lee Stone Almost Astronauts
Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring	Greg Tang Grapes of Math
Nikki Grimes Danitra Brown, Class Clown	Mark Teague Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School
Margaret Peterson Haddix The Girl with 500 Middle Names	Raina Telgemeier Smile
Nathan Hale The Hazardous Tales series	Chris Van Allsburg The Polar Express
Laurie Halse Anderson Chains	Chris Van Dusen The Circus Ship
Emma Walton Hamilton The Great American Mousical	Carole Boston Weatherford Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
Deborah Heiligman Charles and Emma	Rosemary Wells My Very First Mother Goose
Mary Ann Hoberman A House Is a House for Me	Mo Willems Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
Jennifer Holm Babymouse	Rita Williams-Garcia One Crazy Summer
Matthew Holm Babymouse	Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver Here's Hank and Hank Zipzer series
Deborah Hopkinson Fannie in the Kitchen	Janet Wong Apple Pie 4th of July
Emily Jenkins Toys Go Out	Audrey Wood, Don Wood The Napping House
William Joyce Rolie Polie Olie	Jacqueline Woodson Locomotion
Norton Juster The Phantom Tollbooth	Gene Yang American Born Chinese
Steven Kellogg Pecos Bill: A Tall Tale	Laurence Yep Dragonwings
Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid	Jane Yolen How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
Jarrett Krosoczka Good Night, Monkey Boy

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Rudine Sims Bishop Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors	Donalyn Miller The Book Whisperer
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