EPISODE · May 14, 2026 · 32 MIN
Why you should take children’s books seriously
from Q with Tom Power
Mac Barnett did something he said he never would: he wrote a book for adults. Make Believe is the award-winning children’s author’s newest book about how kids' books deserve a grown-up conversation. Mac joins guest host Gill Deacon to talk about writing for adults, why children’s fiction deserves more respect, and why he has such a problem with didacticism in kids’ books.
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