On today's show...
Dozens of children's and young adult book authors and illustrators are gathering in the Black Hills for the Young Readers Festival of Books.
We welcome four of them to In the Moment.
Henry Cole is a prolific author and illustrator with more than 170 books in his library of works. He joins Lori Walsh for a discussion on words, pictures and the stories they form.
"The Labors of Hercules Beal" features a middle school boy attempting to recreate the feats of Hercules. And, perhaps, he learns a thing or two about growing up. Author Gary D. Schmidt explains how.
Lauren Harris went looking for history and found it in living right next door. Kenny Higashi was a 94-year-old World War II veteran and her neighbor in Spearfish, South Dakota.
Harris tells Higashi's story in the children's book "A Place for Harvest." She and illustrator Felicia Hoshino dive into the true story and why it's important for kids to know this history.
