Presents some of today's foremost children's authors and illustrators as their quirky, smart, vulnerable, youthful selves, revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today in kids everywhere.

Dan Santat -- R. J. Palacio -- Marla Frazee -- Jarrett J. Krosoczka -- Thanhhà Lòai -- Eric Rohmann -- Linda Sue Park -- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor -- Gordon Korman -- Elissa Brent Weissman -- Kathi Appelt -- Gail Carson Levine -- Chris Gall -- Rita Williams-Garcia -- Cynthia Leitich Smith -- Peter Lerangis -- Candace Fleming -- Brian Selznick -- Tom Angleberger -- Alex Gino -- Tim Federle -- Kwame Alexander -- Grace Lin -- Chris Grabenstein -- Yuyi Morales -- Ashley Brian.