092 - Meg Medina on Writing for Young Readers

About this episode

Meg Medina discusses the essentials of writing for young readers, focusing on the three Rs: Readers, Relationship, and Revision.

When National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Meg Medina joined the Picture Book Summit, she discussed the three Rs of picture book writing: Readers, Relationship, and Revision. Today, Meg shares about what it means to write for young readers and what matters to them by exploring the genesis of her own books. She even provides a fun writing exercise to get us started on our own stories. Book mentioned in this episode: Tia Isa Wants a Car by Meg Medina and Claudia Munoz Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina and Angela Dominguez Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away by Meg Medina and Sonia Sánchez At no additional cost to you, Picture Book Summit may earn a small commission on books purchased through the links above.

People in this episode

Host: Picture Book Summit

Guest: Meg Medina

Topics covered

• writing for young readers
• picture book writing
• relationship building
• revision
• creative exercises

Keywords

• Meg Medina
• picture books
• young readers
• writing exercise
• children's literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tia Isa Wants a Car, Mango, Abuela, and Me, Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away

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