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Meghan:

A small goat muses about farmyard days gone by, whilst eating the sunflowers growing nearby. 

Daniel:

Jeremy:

The scent of sunflowers would transport Billy back to his younger days when life was simple and the farm was a happy place. 

Joe:

Jen:

A man in a nursing home sits on the side of his bed and smells a sunflower that is on his bedside tray. But only because he can’t reach his walker. 

Wagner (unfortunately I got this pic after the game had passed on):

Jena (from Jen's phrase):

Matt:

Staring deep into a sunflower, a man in a hospital bed sees the universe. 

Katy:

On May 4, 2014, Jen participated in a nonfiction panel at politicsprose bookstore in Washington DC. Other panelists were Richard Jackson, R. Gregory Christie, Brian Floca, Susan L. Roth, Duncan Tonatiuh. The panel was moderated by Leonard Marcus.

Below: Jen Bryant answers Leonard Marcus's question: “How do you go about shaping your research into a story?

Hear a reading of "Belinda Hated Getting Clean," one of the poems in Annie M. G. Schmidt's collection A Pond Full of Ink. Translated from Dutch by David Colmer.

This week's special guest is author-illustrator Mary Newell DePalma. We chatted about her new picture book, book trailers, school libraries, and reading.