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020 - Heidi E.Y. Stemple Loves Backmatter
Award-winning children's author Heidi E.Y. Stemple joins co-hosts Julie and Kelli to celebrate her latest picture book releases and to talk about why backmatter is so important for picture books (and when it's not).
Listen in to discover:
How Heidi got to 50 published books (and counting)
The pressure and privilege of being Jane Yolen's daughter
Why Heidi got a tattoo of her mother's signature on her right wrist
The definition of picture book backmatter (and frontmatter, and marginalia)
Why backmatter should provide an entry back into the book or an exit out
The do's and don'ts of crafting…
The skinny
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