The Graphic Campus Podcast

Meet Hannah J. Kuo. She is an aspiring young writer and has impressed us with her creativity and determination! While having published in the 8th grade, she is now a freshman at UC Berkeley and about to host her first book signing in San Jose, CA. Listen to where her latest published book, The Cloud Princess, originated, and you will be sure to keep all your scraps of writing around! Bloghttps://candlelightwritings.home.blog/First novel - Wildfire’s Twin (2018)https://www.amazon.com/Wildfires-Twin-Hannah-J-Kuo-ebook/dp/B07CGN5S6S/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?qid=1636675335&refinements=p_27%3AHannah+J.+Kuo&s=books&sr=1-5First picture book - Bibi the Bumblebee (2019)https://www.amazon.com/Bibi-Bumblebee-Hannah-J-Kuo/dp/1099827663/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1636675335&refinements=p_27%3AHannah+J.+Kuo&s=books&sr=1-2Latest book - The Cloud Princess (2021)https://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Princess-Hannah-J-Kuo/dp/B092X53967/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1636675335&refinements=p_27%3AHannah+J.+Kuo&s=books&sr=1-1

Dina Yoo, an elementary school teacher with over 23 years of experience, shares how she sets up Writing Workshop in her classroom. After surviving a year of teaching during a pandemic, she highlights some changes and challenges to teaching writing in a virtual classroom with young students. Check out her wisdom and advice for how you can improve your writing workshop in your classroom! The Young Author's Book Festival (YABF) 2022 is now open for registration! Dina highlights some of her favorite moments from last year's YABF! Sign your school up today at:https://www.youngauthorsbookfestival.org/

Why should writing be taught as a workshop? Listen in on our conversation with River Brown, a retired teacher turned illustrator, writer and teacher consultant. She recalls the evolution of her writing instruction and the subsequent changes she witnessed in her student writers. To teach writing as a workshop, River explains the shift she had to make as a teacher. She gives advice on how to get started, what to look for, and where to get help. Podcast Notes:San Jose Area Writing Project - https://www.sjawp.org/professional-learning-community-2021About Lynda Barry - https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/features/creative-license/The Lost War by Anaïs Vaugelade Ish by Peter Reynolds

It has been 15 exciting years since American Born Chinese hit the bookstores! And have you heard the news this week? Disney Plus greenlit American Born Chinese, a new action-comedy series based on Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel, American Born Chinese. If you haven't read American Born Chinese yet, or if you need a refresher, check out this podcast episode!Graphic Novel Link: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250811899/americanbornchineseAmazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/American-Born-Chinese-Gene-Luen/dp/1250811899/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=american+born+chinese&qid=1633671053&s=books&sr=1-1

Graphic Campus's Theresa and Gene Yang with Rosa Lee, get deep with Matt de la Peña. We get to listen in on his origin story, his basketball background and how the new book he wrote and illustrated by Christian Robinson, Milo Imagines the World, came to be.  We discuss how reading a picture book contains multiple, complex layers. Milo Imagines the World offers themes of forced separation and stereotypes. Matt de la Peña also gives valuable advice to his younger self and to young writers!

Meet Author and Educator, Sherri L. Smith! We chose her book, Flygirl, for our upper grades/middle school  community read because it epitomizes hope for a better future.  We dig in deep with Sherri about  her various jobs leading up to writing this book about a black woman becoming a WWII Women's Airforce Service Pilot. We explore crossing racial boundaries and building a world to write. Be sure to tune in to her inspirational advice for all writers.  

Theresa and Rosa, from Graphic Campus, chat with Edie Lau, the author of Clementine's Great Big Uh Ohs! Her two sons, Gabriel and Nathan co-wrote this book about a sweet little mouse that faces daily "UH OHs" creating anxiety filled disasters while learning to manage her anxiety with confidence.     "They hope many children who struggle with anxiety/rigidity can find more joy like Nathan and Gabriel have," wrote Edie.        Check out how how Edie and her two teenaged sons create a wonderfully heartwarming book together!

Get to know educator and graphic novelist, Thien Pham, up close and personal! Drawing and writing can be a long, lonely process.  He shares how he creates a writing/drawing community through Art Night, where fellow artists support each other. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to collaborate with a friend? Check out Thien's advice and warnings about working with friends and co-workers. And finally, Thien shares about his experience writing his long awaited memoir. He takes us back to his journey coming to America on a boat. Check it out on Instagram @thiendog. Join Thien Pham's comic workshop at the Young Author's Book Festival! https://www.youngauthorsbookfestival.org/

Enjoy our next few series featuring authors and educators presenting at the Young Author's Book Festival 2021! Meet Naomi Kinsman, an author and found of Society of Young Inklings and Jaime Koo, an education consultant and founder of Encouraging Literacy. Do you or your students find it a challenge to develop your characters? Listen for Naomi's strategies where she explores character development using her theater background. If you're looking for your students to inspire others, check out Jaime's use of journaling as a way to reflect and process our day to day events and emotions. Join us at the Young Author's Book Festival on May 14, 2021 for more of Naomi and Jaime!www.youngauthorsbookfestival.org

Over a year since the start of a devastating pandemic that had side swiped our lives and left us unhinged, we grieve the lives lost and take time to reflect on the past year. While we were afraid to breathe, we found ourselves with many hours indoors and with our screens. And through it all, we joined the many others looking to pivot into the virtual arena. Join us, Theresa Yang, Rosa Lee and Gene Yang, as we discuss the creation of our virtual book festival for students and how grateful we are that storytellers and artists could join us.  We relish together this silver lining with some memories and laughter. Listen for singer/songwriter, Michael Ryther's Sing What's In Your Heart, a song he wrote during our book festival. And Gene ends with some advice to his younger self!

Graphic Campus founders, Rosa Lee, Theresa Yang and Gene Yang delve into the creation of the Young Authors Book Festival. They discuss the need, challenges and successes of bringing young and seasoned authors together for a day of literary celebration. Plan a writers' celebration at your school! Register for this year's virtual festival at: https://www.youngauthorsbookfestival.org/.  Gene Yang, the 5th National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, outlines his platform, called Reading Without Walls, that encourages young people to read diversely. Read more about Reading Without Walls and have your students take the challenge! Here's how:https://geneyang.com/the-reading-without-walls-challenge

What is Graphic Campus? How did Graphic Campus get started? Join teachers, Theresa Yang and Rosa Lee, as they discuss their journey starting Graphic Campus- a way to bridge authors with educators and students. They team up with graphic novelist and cartoonist, Gene Luen Yang, and chat about how he got started and what he's currently working on. Do you have a fear of writing? Are you stuck for ideas? Check out the advice Gene gives to writers about how to get pens moving!

Welcome to Season 2 of the Graphic Campus Podcast! Join Theresa Yang and Rosa Lee in the  Season 2 opening episode, as Gene Luen Yang discusses his latest work on Shang-Chi and his writing process to be inspired and stay on schedule. Catch why the three of them love Jacqueline Woodson and what to look forward to in the Young Authors Book Festival 2022!