In this episode, meet illustrator Johanna Basford, author of Ivy and the Inky Butterfly, Stephanie Kate Strohm, author of Love à La Mode, and Caldecott Award-winner Emily Arnold McCully, author of Mirette on the High Wire.
These three women reveal the personal inspirations that led to the recording of their audiobooks…whether it was a collection of bedtime stories shared with a child or a love of romance and dreams of Paris. You’ll be transported and delighted…and you may want a warm croissant to munch on as you listen. Enjoy!
Learn more about these authors’ audiobooks:
Ivy and the Inky Butterfly (receive the free audio download of this story on our Crafting page), is a lavishly illustrated fable about a little girl named Ivy who stumbles upon a secret door leading to the magical world of Enchantia.
Rosie and Henry, both enrolled in an elite cooking program in Paris, balance rivalry and romance in this delicious YA romantic comedy.
When a sad-faced stranger appears at their her family’s boardinghouse, Mirette discovers he can walk through air on a wire. Unaware that he was the Great Bellini, she begs him to teach her how to wire-walk.
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