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The Yarn

Travis Jonker and Colby Sharp

The Yarn takes listeners behind the scenes of children's literature. Each episode features an author or illustrator talking about how they create books for young readers.

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272 episodes

  1. #272 Luke Pearson - WHATEVER YOU DO... Unraveled 12:30
  2. #271 Rhode Montijo - SKULLY'S BEST DÍA EVER! Unravelled 18:00
  3. #270 Matthew Cordell - 102 Unraveled 30:20
  4. #269 Lois Lowry - BUILDING 903 Unraveled 18:25
  5. #268 Rex Ogle - ABSENT Unraveled 22:48
  6. #267 Micha Archer - WHILE WE'RE HERE Unraveled 20:50
  7. #266 SPEED ROUND! Candace Fleming, Zeke Peña, Jasmine Warga, Rebecca Stead 24:50
  8. #265 Chanel Miller - THE MOON WITHOUT STARS Unraveled 20:05
  9. #264 HEARTDRUM Origin Story w/ Cynthia Leitich Smith and Rosemary Brosnan 23:19
  10. #263 Aaron Reynolds - CREEPY CARROTS and Beyond 37:12
  11. #262 Nancy Hudgins - BOOKS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU Unraveled 18:12
  12. #261 N. West Moss - BIRDY Unraveled 23:15
  13. #260 Philip Stead - A POTION, A POWDER, A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC Unraveled 38:35
  14. #259 Dan Santat - SASHIMI Unraveled 35:43
  15. #258 Sara Pennypacker - THE LIONS' RUN Unraveled 19:31
  16. #257 Jasmine Warga - THE UNLIKELY TALE OF CHASE AND FINNEGAN Unraveled 19:31
  17. #256 THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET - A Fuse 8 n' Kate Crossover Episode! 41:46
  18. #255 Elisha Cooper - THE RARE BIRD Unraveled 27:37
  19. #254 Kelly Yang - StoryKind 17:38
  20. #253 Colby & Travis - 2026 Preview 29:10
  21. #252 Colby & Travis - 2025 Children's Literature Year in Review 1:01:47
  22. #251 Rebecca Stead - THE EXPERIMENT Unraveled 24:19
  23. #250 Betsy Bird - A FUSE #8 PRODUCTION Unraveled 42:10
  24. #249 Betsy Bird - POP! GOES THE NURSERY RHYME Unraveled 11:56
  25. #248 Derrick Barnes - THE INCREDIBLY HUMAN HENSON BLAZE Unraveled 18:18
  26. #247 Katie Kennedy - DID YOU HEAR WHAT HAPPENED IN SALEM? Unraveled 16:14
  27. #246 Zeke Peña - SUNDUST Unraveled 21:18
  28. #245 Nicholas Day - A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER Unraveled 24:07
  29. #244 Barbara O'Connor 16:47
  30. #243 Sophie Blackall - FINDING WINNIE Unraveled 11:31
  31. #242 Newbery Winners 2025 (Part II) SPEED ROUND! 8:10
  32. #241 Newbery Winners 2025 (Part I) 35:56
  33. #240 Candace Fleming - THE ENIGMA GIRLS Unraveled 18:53
  34. #239 Colby Sharp: How I Celebrate Reading with Students 10:04
  35. #238 Aida Salazar & Molly Mendoza - JOVITA WORE PANTS Unraveled 22:39
  36. #237 Pablo Cartaya - A HERO'S GUIDE TO SUMMER VACATION Unraveled 25:27
  37. #236 Mk Smith Despres - THERE'S THAT SUN AGAIN Unraveled 19:48
  38. #235 Colby Sharp Goes to Alaska 16:37
  39. #234 Travis Jonker - JUST ONE WAVE Unraveled 23:31
  40. #233 Jing Jing Tsong - FAKE CHINESE SOUNDS Unraveled 11:40
  41. #232 Arree Chung - DON'T CAUSE TROUBLE Unraveled 20:30
  42. #231 Rebecca Lee Kunz - CHOOCH HELPED Unraveled 26:19
  43. #230 Ruth Chan & Travis Jonker - CABOOSE Unraveled 7:52
  44. #229 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer - TRUE GRETCH (YA Edition) Unraveled 22:10
  45. #228 Colby & Travis - 2025 Preview 25:57
  46. #227 Colby & Travis - 2024 Children's Literature Year in Review 1:08:43
  47. #226 Jerzy Drozd - THE INSCRUTABLE DOCTOR BAER Unraveled 22:44
  48. #225 Mac Barnett & Sydney Smith - SANTA'S FIRST CHRISTMAS Unraveled 32:19
  49. #224 Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris - THE FIRST CAT IN SPACE Unraveled 28:18
  50. #223 Gayle Forman - NOT NOTHING Unraveled 21:32