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 |
Ancestor Approved |
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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 |
The Season of Styx Malone |
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Origami Yoda |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear |
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The One and Only Ivan |
Guess How Much I Love You |
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The World Made New |
Judy Moody Declares Independence |
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead |
Goin' Someplace Special |
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Sam and Dave Dig a Hole |
Martha Speaks |
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon |
Mango, Abuela, and Me |
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Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out |
The Good, Good Pig |
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Ada Twist, Scientist |
Freckleface Strawberry |
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El Deafo |
The Rainbow Tulip |
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Madeline and the Cats of Rome |
Stone Soup |
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing |
Harlem |
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How to Build a Museum |
Wings |
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Clifford the Big Red Dog |
Shiloh |
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D.W. The Picky Eater |
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands |
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Between Earth & Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places |
Wow! City! |
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Sing to the Sun |
Hank Zipzer series |
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Fly Away Home |
The Magic Tree House series |
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
We're Going on a Bear Hunt |
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Louder, Lili |
Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia |
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An Awesome Book! |
Bee-Bim Bop! |
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8 |
Ghost Boys |
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Science Experiments You Can Eat |
Timmy Failure series |
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The Magic School Bus |
Bridge to Terabithia |
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A Nest for Celeste |
Criss Cross |
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Animal Dads |
Chicken Butt |
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Uptown |
Captain Underpants |
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The Dark Is Rising |
The Lion and the Mouse |
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Wolf in the Snow |
Thunder Cake |
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Elijah of Buxton |
It's Raining Pigs & Noodles |
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The Dragons of Wayward Crescent |
Pirate vs. Pirate |
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Martina the Beautiful Cockroach |
A Ball for Daisy |
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Jamberry |
Cinder-Eyed Cat |
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Arroz con Leche |
Esperanza Rising |
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Strega Nona |
Winter in White: A Mini Pop-up Treat |
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Because of Winn-Dixie |
Grandfather's Journey |
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The Worrywarts |
What Darwin Saw: The Journey that Changed the World |
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Color Zoo |
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs |
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Hello, Universe |
Dog and Bear |
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Necks Out for Adventure |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
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Henry the Dog with No Tail |
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu |
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The Whipping Boy |
No, David! |
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Beetle Bop |
100 Best Books for Children |
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Boxes for Katje |
Animals Nobody Loves |
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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes |
Mirror, Mirror |
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A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever |
Madlenka |
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Rotten Ralph |
I Am America |
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How a House Is Built |
Happy Hocky Family |
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Rosa |
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga |
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Monkey and Me |
The Gardener |
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Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring |
Goosebumps |
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Danitra Brown, Class Clown |
Almost Astronauts |
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The Girl with 500 Middle Names |
Grapes of Math |
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The Hazardous Tales series |
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School |
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Chains |
Smile |
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The Great American Mousical |
The Polar Express |
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Charles and Emma |
The Circus Ship |
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A House Is a House for Me |
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins |
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Babymouse |
My Very First Mother Goose |
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Babymouse |
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! |
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Fannie in the Kitchen |
One Crazy Summer |
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Toys Go Out |
Here's Hank and Hank Zipzer series |
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Rolie Polie Olie |
Apple Pie 4th of July |
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The Phantom Tollbooth |
The Napping House |
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Pecos Bill: A Tall Tale |
Brown Girl Dreaming |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
American Born Chinese |
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Good Night, Monkey Boy |
Dragonwings |
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Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull |
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? |
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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