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 kee…

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 yo…

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 mak…

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 …

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 20…

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 W…

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 boun…

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/ri…

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 warn…

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 str…

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 virtu…

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:/…

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 …