Deborah Underwood是2020年凱迪克大獎(jiǎng)得獎(jiǎng)繪本《Outside in》的作者?,同時(shí)她也創(chuàng)作了54本書,包括27本繪本,6本章節(jié)書和21本非虛構(gòu)作品?,F(xiàn)年59歲的她雖然出生在一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上,倒是書香世家,父親是數(shù)學(xué)教授,母親是英文老師,從小家浸泡在書海里。大學(xué)畢業(yè)后她做過一件叛逆的事,在路邊做了一年多街頭藝人,靠彈吉他、唱歌獲得一些微薄的收入。她開玩笑,嚇壞父母最好的辦法就是跑去當(dāng)街頭藝人。這期節(jié)目我們從她的得獎(jiǎng)作品《Outside in》聊起,談?wù)摿怂某砷L(zhǎng)經(jīng)歷、她的創(chuàng)作和她對(duì)年輕寫作者的建議等內(nèi)容。一起來聽聽看吧!
Deborah Underwood is the author of more than twenty picture books, including Every Little Letter, The Panda Problem, Interstellar Cinderella, and New York Times bestsellers The Quiet Book, The Loud Book, and Here Comes the Easter Cat. In this episode, we started by talking about her 2020 Caldecott Honor Book Outside In, and dived into her path of growing up, writing, creating and how she stayed connected with nature in this special period of time.