First Draft Episode #276: Oliver Jeffers

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Oliver Jeffers is a visual artist, illustrator of The Day the Crayons Quit, and author and illustrator of How to Catch a Star, The Fate of Fausto, and Here We Are talks about his newest picture book, What We’ll Build.

This episode is brought to you by Everything I Thought I Knew, by Shannon Takoaka, out from Candlewick Press October 13, 2020.

Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode

Sam Winston, who co-authored A Child of Books with Oliver, is a fine artist interested in language
Artist Michael Sowa
Artist Mark Tansey
Colette, the “trendiest store in the world”
The essay I couldn’t name was “It’s time to build,” a viral post written by venture capitalist Marc Andreesen
Tom Rivett-Carnac’s TED Talk, “How to Shift Your Mindset and Change Your Future”

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