First Draft With Sarah Enni

First Draft Episode #275: Carson Ellis Carson Ellis, author and illustrator of bestselling picture books Home and Caldecott Honor book Du Iz Tak?, talks about her newest picture book, In the Half Room. This episode is brought to you by Everything I Thought I Knew, by Shannon Takoaka, out from Candlewick Press October 13, 2020. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry and Wesley Dennis Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak The New Yorker Mac Barnett’s Children’s Book Proclamation (more context about that proclamation), signed by—among others—Carson Ellis, Jon Klassen (listen to his episode of First Draft here), Dan Santat (listen to his First Draft episode here) Ursula Nordstrom, legendary picture book editor at HarperCollins Shel Silverstein, author and illustrator of The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Light in the Attic Ruth Krauss wrote and Maurice Sendak illustrated