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007 - Leah Schanke: Making History Kid-Friendly
Can young readers handle difficult topics?
Author Leah Schanke thinks so. It's just one of the reasons she wrote her debut picture book, Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls's Voyage Out of Slavery.
In this interview, Leah Schanke and Kelli Panique celebrate Black History Month by shining a light on how she discovered the story of this book and the steps she took to bring it to life—including tips for bringing your own historical stories to life.
You'll discover:
How she came to writing picture books
Why she writes history for young readers
What inspired her to write Robert Smalls's story
How her…
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