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First Draft Episode #342: Adam Rubin

Adam Rubin, New York Times bestselling picture book author known
for Dragons Love Tacos, Those Darn Squirrels!, Robo-Sauce and
more with illustrator Daniel Salmieri, about his new collection
of middle grade short stories, The Ice Cream Machine.


Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:




“Weird Al” Yankovic




Monty Python




Mr. Bean




The Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson (find the first
collection, The Far Side, here)




Calvin and Hobbes, cartoon by Bill Watterson (check out the
first collection, Calvin and Hobbes)




Klutz Books, like Juggling For the Complete Klutz, created by
John Cassidy




Exploratorium books like The Art of Curiosity




Upright Citizens Brigade




Improv Olympic




Leo Burnett advertising agency




Jon Scieszka, former National Ambassador for Children’s
Literature and New York Times bestselling author best known
for picture books with illustrator Lane Smith, including The
True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Stinky Cheese Man
and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Math Curse, and more. Hear his
First Draft interview here.




Good Night, Good Night Construction Site




Adam and Dan’s Robo-Sauce video




High Five by Adam Rubin and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri




Gladys the Magic Chicken by Adam Rex illustrator Adam Rex




El Chupacabras by Adam Rubin with illustrator Crash McCreery




Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park




Kurt Vonnegut (author of Slaughterhouse Five and more)
lecture about The Shapes of Stories




Illustrator Charles Santoso




Cartoonist Liniers




Illustrator Emily Hughes




Illustrator Nicole Miles




Seaerra Miller, illustrator




Improvise: Scene From the Inside Out by Nick Napier




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Jon Klassen, Caldecott
Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author and
illustrator of the I Want My Hat Back series, who is back
with a book he wrote and illustrated: The Rock From the Sky.




Ben Zhu, author,
illustrator, and founder of Gallery Nucleus, talks about his
debut picture book, Dessert Island.




Oliver Jeffers, visual
artist, climate activist, and author and/or illustrator of
several New York Times bestselling picture books, including
The Day the Crayons Quit, How to Catch a Star, The Fate of
Fausto, and Here We Are, joins us to talk about his newest
picture book, There’s a Ghost In This House.




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