83: A Story Out of Order with Caldecott Medal Winning Philip Stead Middle Grade Author Interview

Philip Stead is best known for his writing and illustrating of picture books, but after a little convincing from others and a lot of creativity on his part he recently published his first middle grade novel. "A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic or Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm a Story Out of Order" quickly became a New York Times bestseller for children and in this episode you get to hear about how he came up with this unique writing style and how to work morals into middle grade books.Find author and illustrator Philip Steadhttps://www.numberfivebus.com/https://www.instagram.com/number5bus/A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic Or Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm a Story Out of Order by Philip Stead https://www.amazon.com/Potion-Powder-Little-Bit-Magic/dp/0823458091/The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine by Mark Twain, Philip Stead, and Erin Stead Bambert's Book of Missing Stories by Reinhardt JungChapters00:00 Meet author and illustrator Philip  Stead01:40 What is A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic or Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm a Story Out of Order about?03:20 Does Philip Stead represent the author in his book?04:25 What inspired Philip Stead to write his first middle grade book, A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic or Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm a Story Out of Order? And finishing a children’s book that Mark Twain started?13:05 Did life go like you expected it to as a child?14:20 Enjoyment vs fulfillment in life?16:16 Why 10 year old Philip Stead would like a story out of order?18:00 An interview out of order - author ice breaker in the middle - what is Philip’s will power struggle?19:20 24 morals in Philip Stead’s books and why Philip decided to put morals in?22:14 What significance some of the morals hold for Philip personally?32:31 This or that based on Philip’s book?34:21 What is next for author and illustrator Philip Stead and wife Erin Stead?36:45 Philip Stead’s book recommendation.