Bianca with Gregory Maguire on Cress Watercress

In this episode, Bianca talks talk with bestselling author
Gregory Maguire about his latest novel for kids, Cress
Watercress.


Gregory is the author of the incredibly popular books in the
Wicked Years series, including Wicked: The Life and Times of the
Wicked Witch of the West, which inspired the musical. He is also
the author of several books for children, including
What-the-Dickens, a New York Times bestseller, and Egg &
Spoon, a New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of
the Year. He lives outside Boston.


Order a copy of Cress Watercress on Bookshop.org, Amazon, or
Audible.


Transcription:


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


Resources:


https://gregorymaguire.com/


Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West


What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy


Egg & Spoon


https://www.davidlitchfieldillustration.com/


The Once and Future King


The Sword in the Stone


The Diamond in the Window


The Wizard of Oz


Wind in the Willows


Harriet the Spy


Discussion Topics:


About Gregory Maguire

About Cress Watercress

The feelings and success of the Wicked Years series

Writing for children versus adults

The seed of the idea for Cress Watercress

Exploring emotions in children's books with forest and
woodland animals

The character development of Cress Watercress: Lady Agatha
Cabbage, Mama, and Cress Watercress

Working with illustrator David Litchfield

The books Gregory Maguire read as a child and the moment he
identified as a reader

Writing rituals and exercising the writing brain

The literary parents Gregory Maguire would pick for
himself—hint, it's not Virginia Woolf

Gregory Maguire's hopes for Cress Watercress

Chapter One: Cress Watercress (Audiobook sample used with
permission from Recorded Books)