We're delighted to welcome our very first guest to Storyshaped! Today, we're talking to Olivia Hope, author of the brilliant picturebook Be Wild, Little One (published by Bloomsbury, 2022; illustrated by Daniel Egnéus). Listen in, and discover the books that made Olivia the person and writer she is today, the stories that shaped her, and the stories she has shaped. Learn about her work, her upcoming projects, and the picturebook she thinks is the best ever.
Olivia's website: https://www.darleyandersonchildrens.com/authors/olivia-hope
Bloomsbury's Be Wild, Little One page: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/be-wild-little-one-9781408884805/
Books mentioned in this episode include:
Be Wild, Little One by Olivia Hope and Daniel Egnéus
Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham and Paul O Zelinsky
Luna Loves Library Day by Joseph Coelho and Fiona Lumbers
Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler
Run With the Wind by Tom McCaughren
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
A Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck
Poems by Mary Oliver
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Such Stuff by Michael Morpurgo
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