If you've listened to this podcast for three minutes, you know that we are big-time, long-time fans of author/illustrator Tyler Feder (Bodies Are Cool, Are You Mad At Me?, and Dancing At the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir). Tyler has a unique ability of finding the simplest, sturdiest revision to break open the one-dimensional world in which we often live. Today, we talk with her about how she came to rewrite scripts around bodies and grief. (And! We get a sneak peek at a future script she might like to dismantle and rewrite.) We are still basking in the glow of this conversation✨

Tune In to Hear Us Talk About:

🫀 How Tyler ended up writing the picture book that all of us needed.

💀 The weird similarities in the ways people respond to disability and death.

🎭 How Tyler became the kind of person who can hold onto grief and laughter at the same time.

😬 The weird things people said around Tyler after her mom died and a peek at alternate scripts.

⏳ A cultural script Tyler would like to revise.

🎀 The 3 questions Rebekah's kid really wanted to ask Tyler, and her answers.

🕺 A dash of Myers Briggs/Enneagram chitter-chatter.

Mentioned In Today's Episode:

Tyler's books Bodies Are Cool, Are You Mad At Me?, and Dancing At the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir

Tyler's addition to the Scratch That Spotify playlist of songs that have held us – "Kind of Girl" by MUNA

As Always:

Check out Caitlin and Rebekah's Book Shop! Here you can find every book mentioned in our episodes, as well as a few additional faves.

Use this link to get a 25% discount on a PokPok subcription! And if you haven't listened yet, check out our interview with PokPok creators, Esther and Melissa.

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