The Primary Source Podcast

Jan 14 2024 33 ep. 25 mins 11
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Exploring the uses of primary sources in K-12 libraries and classrooms. We'll dig into resources and teaching strategies as well as talk to educators who are utilizing primary sources and others who curate these incredible items and use them in their work.

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S4E6: Interview with Kate Hannigan, author of Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine

Jan 14 2024 21 mins  
Find out more about Kate Hannigan's book here: https://astrapublishinghouse.com/product/josephine-and-her-dishwashing-machine-9781635926217/ And on Kate's website: https://www.katehannigan.com/

S4E5: Interview with Carolyn Yoder, Editorial Director at Calkins Creek

Jan 13 2024 43 mins  
Carolyn shares the importance of primary sources from an editorial point of view. View the titles she talked about and more here: https://astrapublishinghouse.com/imprints/calkins-creek/

S4E4: Interview with Chris Barton, Author of Glitter Everywhere! Where It Came From, Where It’s Found, & Where It’s Going

Jan 12 2024 28 mins  
Find Chris Barton's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705263/glitter-everywhere-by-chris-barton-author-chaaya-prabhat-illustrator/

S4E3: Interview with Grace Lin, Author of Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods

Oct 09 2023 24 mins  

Interview with Meghan McCarthy, Author of Action!: How Movies Began

Sep 19 2023 31 mins  
https://www.meghan-mccarthy.com/

S4E1: Interview with author Anna Crowley Redding

Aug 29 2023 34 mins  
Author Anna Crowley Redding shares how primary sources impacted her newest picture book, Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper.

S3E3: Interview with Barry Wittenstein, author of The Day the River Caught Fire

Apr 23 2023 29 mins  
Barry and I talk about his new book, The Day the River Caught Fire, primary and secondary sources that came to the surface from his research, and touch on the possibility that the number of digitized primary sources available today may have contributed to the golden age of nonfiction children's picture books.

S3E2: Interview with Author Julia Lyon

Oct 18 2022 20 mins  
Interview with Julia Lyon, author of A Dinosaur Named Ruth. Julia talks about the many primary sources she came across in her research about Ruth Mason who found countless dinosaur bones on her land in South Dakota. https://www.julialyon.com/

S3E1: Interview with Librarian Amanda Jones

Oct 04 2022 23 mins  
My interview with Amanda Jones, middle school librarian and SLJ Librarian of the Year, has us talking about our collaboration over a lesson containing primary sources that just wasn't going well at first. Find out more about Amanda Jones here: https://sites.google.com/view/abmack33/home

S2E9: Interview with Chris Barton, author of Moving Forward: From Space-Age Rides to Civil Rights Sit-Ins with Airman Alton Yates

Mar 06 2022 32 mins  
Chris and I talk about his newest book and the deep and broad research dives that happen when researching a historically-based nonfiction picture book.https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Moving-Forward/Chris-Barton/9781534473652