Barb Rosenstock

Barb Rosenstock loves true stories. She’s the author of many award-winning nonfiction and historical fiction picture books about history’s heroes including the 2015 Caldecott Honor book, The Noisy Paint Box, illustrated by Mary Grandpré. Her recent books The Secret Kingdom and Otis & Will Discover the Deep were honored by the NCTE Orbis Pictus committee and Through the Window received a Sydney Taylor honor. Barb loves to visit schools and share ideas about reading and writing with students. She was born, raised and grew up in Chicago where she still lives with her family and her standard poodle named Nikki. For more information about Barb, visit barbrosenstock.com.

Barb's Process

Listen to Barb explain how she researched and wrote Otis and Will Discover the Deep. In particular she addresses:

• ​How she become interested in the topic and where she began her research
• The role of non-written and primary sources
• Challenges and surprises of researching the Bathysphere
• How she created tension and suspense across the narrative
• The role of back matter
• Character development
• Writing style, including her use of repetition and strong verbs

Other Interviews and Resources about Barb

• 10 Questions from Grog Interview (2014)
  
• Read is the New Black Interview (2018)
• A Book's Job in Nerdy Book Club (2018)
• Book Publishing from Beginning to End Interview (2019)
• Fuse 8 Interview (2019)