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(57 minutes)
Designed to watch AFTER reading Rickshaw Girl
Video Highlights
Welcome/Travel questions:
- 01:30 – Introducing Mitali Perkins!
- 03:00 – Can you start by telling us us a bit about your family, and where you make your home?
- 03:45 – I know that you traveled a lot as a child—would you tell us more about your adventures?
- 05:00 – What would you say is one of your favorite places, and why?
- 05:45 – How have your early travels influenced your writing, and do you travel a lot with your own children?
Writing/Author questions:
- 07:30 – How old were you when you wrote your first story?
- 10:45 – Could you share your own journey of becoming a published writer?
- 14:50 – What kept you going when you felt like quitting?
- 17:07 – Where you tend to get your inspiration from?
- 19:10 – How many books have you written?
- 19:42 – Can you talk about the process of book covers being designed?
Rickshaw Girl questions:
- 23:25 – Where did the idea for this particular book come from?
- 25:40 – Why did you decide to make the setting Bangladesh?
- 27:25 – How long was it from your first idea to this book being in the stores?
- 30:30 – Would you read aloud to us a little from Rickshaw Girl?
- 35:00 – How old is Naima?
- 35:34 – What was your research process like for this story?
- 36:45 – Can you teach us more about the language and history of Bangladesh?
- 39:24 – Why aren’t girls allowed to work in Bangladesh?
- 40:40 – Did you ever paint an alpana yourself?
- 41:55 – What is it like riding in a rickshaw?
- 43:12 – Tell us more about the upcoming Rickshaw Girl movie!
- 48:10 – What do you most hope that readers, girls or boys, take away from this story?
- 50:24 – Jamie reads one of her favorite parts of the story & talks about what makes Mitali’s writing so special for kids and parents
Conclusion/Announcements:
- 52:50 – Can you tell us about what you’re working on now?
Links to Learn More:
- Parents, download Jamie’s Rickshaw Girl reader’s guide
- Madlib to enjoy after reading Rickshaw Girl
- Rickshaw Girl movie
- Mitali’s author website
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