Bianca with Julie Hedlund on Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie Andrews

Get ready to be inspired by Julie Hedlund and her outstanding
involvement in writing communities! In this episode of The
Growing Readers Podcast, she shares her research process behind
her masterpiece Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie
Andrews. Hedlund hopes to inspire readers to learn from Andrews'
hard work and celebrate their unique paths.





Julie Hedlund is the award-winning children's picture book author
of Over, Bear! Under, Where? She spends much of her time inside
her imagination, and when not writing or reading, she enjoys
playing in the mountains near her home in Boulder, Colorado. She
lives with her two teenage children and their high-maintenance
hound dog.





Transcription:


You can read the transcription on The Children's Book Review.





Order a Copy:


Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie Hedlund on
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bookshop.org⁠⁠.





Resources:


You can find out more about Julie at https://juliehedlund.com/.


Follow her on Twitter @juliefhedlund.


12x12 Challenge: https://www.12x12challenge.com/.


Picture Book Summit: https://picturebooksummit.com/.


Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews:
https://amzn.to/3PrNAkx.





Discussion Topics:


Julie Hedlund talks about:


Her writing process and the importance of being a reader
before becoming a writer.

Her involvement in writing communities like 12 x 12 and
Picture Book Summit, where Julie Andrews is a keynote speaker
this year.

How a comment from Julie Andrews' daughter led to writing a
picture book biography about Julie Andrews

Extensive research for the book, including reading Julie's
memoir, doing onsite research in London, and listening to
interviews.

The book's emotional climax and how readers can take away the
message that they can use their gifts to improve the world.

The benefits of reading from biographies of people who work
hard and achieve great things, just like Julie Andrews.

Embracing individual paths and not comparing oneself to
others.