Rita Williams-Garcia

11 Podcast Episodes

Rita Williams-Garcia: Author, New York Times best-selling author of "One Crazy Summer"

Rita Williams-Garcia: Author, New York Times best-selling author of "One Crazy Summer"

On what it's like having (my pathetic, podunk home turf) work to ban her book from school libraries; on why people feel ... Read more

15 Feb 2022

41mins

A Sitting in St. James with Rita Williams-Garcia

A Sitting in St. James with Rita Williams-Garcia

Audra Russell chats with author Rita Williams-Garcia.Rita Williams-Garcia's Newbery Honor Book, One Crazy Summer, was a ... Read more

13 Jul 2021

1hr 23mins

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"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Rita Williams-Garcia’s 2010 novel about the Black Panthers is a middle-grade masterpiece. The book follows three black s... Read more

25 May 2021

1hr 3mins

One Crazy Summer (ft. Rita Williams-Garcia, Janae Marks, Paula Chase & Lisa Moore Ramée)

One Crazy Summer (ft. Rita Williams-Garcia, Janae Marks, Paula Chase & Lisa Moore Ramée)

Hailed by the New York Times as "witty and original," One Crazy Summer is a moving & funny story about three sisters... Read more

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Ep 64: Author Rita Williams-Garcia

Ep 64: Author Rita Williams-Garcia

The wisdom that comes with over thirty years in this business and at this craft is priceless--Rita is generous with it h... Read more

7 Aug 2020

1hr 11mins

Episode 55: Ibi Zoboi + Rita Williams-Garcia (March 12, 2020)

Episode 55: Ibi Zoboi + Rita Williams-Garcia (March 12, 2020)

Rising star Ibi Zoboi (author of the young adult novels American Street and Pride) presents her middle grade fiction deb... Read more

12 Mar 2020

57mins

Ramona Quimby (ft. Julie Murphy, Rita Williams-Garcia, & Dan Yaccarino)

Ramona Quimby (ft. Julie Murphy, Rita Williams-Garcia, & Dan Yaccarino)

Ramona Quimby is a pest. So... why do we *love* her? Ramona is an icon who helps kids understand the things we can't con... Read more

One Crazy Summer By Rita Williams-Garcia (Historical Fiction)

One Crazy Summer By Rita Williams-Garcia (Historical Fiction)

One Crazy Summer    By Rita Williams-GarciaThey didn’t really remember their mother, since she’d left so many years ago.... Read more

31 Mar 2019

3mins

ROUNDUP: Jacqueline Woodson, Victoria V.E. Schwab, Rita Williams-Garcia, Jeff Zentner, Angie Thomas and Leigh Bardugo

ROUNDUP: Jacqueline Woodson, Victoria V.E. Schwab, Rita Williams-Garcia, Jeff Zentner, Angie Thomas and Leigh Bardugo

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Rita Williams-Garcia: 2014 National Book Festival

Rita Williams-Garcia: 2014 National Book Festival

Aug. 30, 2014. Rita Williams-Garcia appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. S... Read more

10 Nov 2014

28mins

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