BookHuddle with Readgab
Welcome to Book Huddle with Readgab where you get to hear from authors of children's books and others having to do with children's literacy. We chat not only about what inspired these amazing authors, but also time relevant themes in their books and how kids can benefit from these themes. Each guest also recommends one of their favorite children's books at the end of the episode so you will constantly be building a wonderful list of books for the kids in your life.
BookHuddle with Readgab
53: Adapting Tuck Everlasting Into a Graphic Novel - Interview with K. Woodman-Maynard
K. Woodman-Maynard and I discuss what it was like for her to adapt the classic middle grade book Tuck Everlasting into a graphic novel. We also explore the Tuck Everlasting themes of grief and death.
Find author, illustrator, graphic novelist, comic coach K. Woodman-Maynard
https://www.woodmanmaynard.com/
https://www.instagram.com/woodmanmaynard/
https://woodmanmaynard.substack.com/
linkedin.com/in/katharine-woodman-maynard-06508460/
https://www.tiktok.com/ @woodmanmaynard
Tuck Everlasting The Graphic Novel by Natalie Babbitt adapted to graphic novel by K. Woodman-Maynard https://www.amazon.com/Tuck-Everlasting-Graphic-K-Woodman-Maynard/dp/0374391866/
Flip Side the graphic novel by Jason Walz https://www.amazon.com/Flip-Side-Graphic-Novel/dp/0593617991/
Chapters
00:00 Meet graphic novelists and comic coach K. Woodman Maynard
03:04 What is Tuck Everlasting about?
03:55 How did K Woodman Maynard get into adapting classic novels into graphic novels?
06:15 The first time you ever read Tuck Everlasting.
07:30 The steps of adapting the classic novel Tuck Everlasting into a graphic novel.
10:48 The most difficult part of adapting Tuck Everlasting into a graphic novel?
11:55 Most enjoyable or most rewarding part of adapting Tuck Everlasting into a graphic novel?
12:50 Using images in Tuck Everlasting graphic novel to convey themes?
15:58 Which character do you most resonate with or which character do you feel a special connection to?
17:50 The theme of grief in Tuck Everlasting
25:07 What is next for graphic novel author K. Woodman Maynard?
26:30 Books K. Woodman Maynard recommends (fiction and graphic novels)