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    Everything Depends on Relationships with Mk Smith Despres

    en-usJanuary 05, 2024
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    About this Episode

    Mk Smith Despres talks about all the different kinds of walks they take from the everything-is-the-worst walk, to the there’s-a-problem-in-the text walk, to the walking-with-the-kids walk.

    But most of all, this episode focuses on the importance of relationships–relationships with our editors, our students, and our writing process.

    You can preorder Mk Smith Despres' debut picture book from
     Imaginary Bookshop or The Eric Carle Museum.

    To prep for our next episode with
    Gita Varadarajan, be sure to read her new picture book My Bindi and reread the fabulous novel she co-authored with Sarah Weeks, Save Me a Seat.

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    But most of all, this episode focuses on the importance of relationships–relationships with our editors, our students, and our writing process.

    You can preorder Mk Smith Despres' debut picture book from
     Imaginary Bookshop or The Eric Carle Museum.

    To prep for our next episode with
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