Featured-LL, Interview Must-listen Q&A with Ellen Oh, co-founder of We Need Diverse Books and editor of FLYING LESSONS & OTHER STORIES Submitted by Kristen Luby on July 10, 2017

Author Ellen Oh shares her thoughts on the importance of diversity in children’s literature and how audiobooks enhance diverse stories in this interview with her editor, Crown Books for Young Readers co-publisher, Phoebe Yeh. Plus, hear clips from every short story in FLYING LESSONS & OTHER STORIES. Edited by Ellen, this incredible anthology includes stories by bestselling authors Walter Dean Myers, Jacqueline Woodson, Matt de la Peña, Grace Lin, Tim Federle, Meg Medina, Tim Tingle, Soman Chainani, and Kwame Alexander—plus new author and We Need Diverse Books contest winner Kelly J. Baptist. Read more

Tagged: Diversity, Ellen Oh, FLYING LESSONS & OTHER STORIES, Grace Lin, Hear Diversity, Jacqueline Woodson, Kelly J. Baptist, Kwame Alexander, Matt de la Peña, Meg Medina, Phoebe Yeh, Soman Chainani, Tim Federle, Tim Tingle, Walter Dean Myers, We Need Diverse Books