From Home School to Public School with Veera Hiranandani

This week's episode features 10 year old Willa and her story seed about a girl who has to make the switch from homeschool to public school. Her author match: Veera Hiranandani, author of the 2019 Newbery Honor winning novel The Night Diary. Join host Betsy Bird on Veera and Willa’s realtime field trip at The Blue School in NYC, then hear Veera narrate the brand new original story that she grew from Willa's story seed, "Under The Maple Tree."

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Our Webby Award-nominated show matches kids ages 6-12 and their story ideas with diverse, beloved children's authors. Each episode chronicles the magic that grows through author-child collaboration and features an immersive story time read aloud by the author. Bonus episodes feature author interviews with our host Betsy Bird! As a Common Sense Media Seal Selection, our show is recognized as a great choice for kids and families for its engaging stories, valuable content, and diverse voices, characters, and messages and has received an A+ for educational value. Our show has also been featured in Wired, Time for Kids, Parents, The New York Times, and CBC and wasThe Week Junior magazine's 2020 Podcast of the Year. Our theme song and music is composed and performed by Andrew VanWyngarden, the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter/musician and co-founder of MGMT. Our companion activity book "Imagination Lab: Experiments in Creativity" is a New York Times/Wirecutter "Best Gift for 10 Year Olds" pick. This podcast is a Literary Safari Production.