Marla Frazee Had a Love Story She Needed to Tell Herself

First Draft Episode #297: Marla Frazee

Marla Frazee is the two-time Caldecott Honor-winning author and
illustrator of The Boss Baby, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week
Ever, All the World, and many more. She joins us to talk about
the Farmer series: The Farmer and the Clown, The Farmer and the
Monkey, and The Farmer and the Circus, out now.


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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:




The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Crockett
Johnson




Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey




Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendack




You can order signed copies of Marla’s books from Vroman’s
Bookstore




You can order signed copies of Marla’s books from Once Upon a
Time bookstore in Montrose, CA




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with illustrator Christian Robinson, Milo Imagines the World.




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.




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.




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