Intangible Humanity With Chris Appelhans

First Draft Episode #310: Chris Appelhans

Chris Appelhans, writer and director of Netflix animated movie
Wish Dragon, and illustrator of picture books Sparky! (written by
Jenny Offill) and A Greyhound, a Groundhog (written by Emily
Jenkins).


Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:




Jon Klassen, Caldecott Award-winning and New York Times
bestselling author and illustrator of the I Want My Hat Back
series, and The Rock From the Sky. Listen to his First Draft
interviews here and here.




A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a
Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life, by George
Saunders




The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak




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Carson Elllis, 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. Listen to her First Draft interview here.




Oliver Jeffers, visual
artist, illustrator of The Day the Crayons Quit, and author
and illustrator of How to Catch a Star, The Fate of Fausto,
and Here We Are talks about his newest picture book, What
We’ll Build. Listen to his First Draft interview here.




Matthew Burgess and
Cátia Chien, artist and illustrator
respectively, of picture book The Bear and the Moon. Matthew
is a poet, picture book author, and Assistant Professor at
Brooklyn College. Catia is a visual artist, illustrator, and
founder of A Thousand Worlds, a picture book directory that
connects readers to beautiful picture books written and
illustrated by BIPOC authors and illustrators. Listen to
their First Draft interview here.




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