Musical Selections from The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Musical Selections from The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden
Musical Selections from The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue
Free Downloadable Poster! (Can be printed up to 11” x 17”!)
Discussion and Activity Guides
HMH Books for Young Readers has a free Educator’s Guide for The Vanderbeekers series. Check it out here!
The folks at the Middle Grade @ Heart Book Club created this wonderful interview/discussion/activity guide for The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street. Check it out here.
Which Vanderbeeker sibling are you? Take this quiz and find out!
Interviews and Blog Posts
Publisher’s Weekly Q&A (link)
The Horn Book's Publisher's Previews (link)
The TeachingBooks.net Blog, Guest Post (link)
Literary Rambles (guest post by Karina and her agent Ginger Clark) (link)
Sarah Scoop Interview and Book Review (link)
Beth McMullen's Blog (link)
Teachers Who Read Blog (link)
Blackplume's "Celebrating Debutantes" Blog (link)
Podcast Appearances
The Read-Aloud Revival (link)
The Reading Culture Podcast (link)
Remember Reading Podcast (link)
Withywindle Podcast (first interview and second interview)
The Books Between Podcast (link)
Book Club for Kids Podcast (link)
Book Riot's Recommended Podcast (link)
A Bookish Home Podcast (link)
If you would like to know how to pronounce Karina's name, take a listen to the audio clip below.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers did an Instagram Stories session with Karina right before the book released. They talk about the book, Harlem, and Alexander Hamilton!