From PhD to Picture Book
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Dr. Julie Dillemuth’s path through higher ed
What led her to try to write for a popular audience, and what helped her learn how to do it
Why she writes for children about spatial cognition skills
How receiving 82 rejection letters didn’t stop her path to publication
A discussion of the books Lucy in the City, and Camilla and the Big Change
Today’s books are: Lucy in the City, a picture book about a young raccoon who gets separated from her family one night and has to find her way home. Faced with the challenge of being on her…
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