The Hungry Mirror with Rajani LaRocca

<p>This week’s Story Seeds collaboration brings together 12 year old creative rockstar Liyana and Rajani LaRocca, author of the 2019 middle-grade hit <i>Midsummer’s Mayhem</i> (a Kirkus Best Book of 2019 and a Must Reads in the 2020 Massachusetts Book Awards) .</p><p>Rajani helps Liyana grow this story seed:</p><p><i>A girl who doesn’t fit in with her family of celebrities (her mom is a Bangladeshi supermodel and her dad is a Japanese soccer player) gets a magic mirror from a fairy</i></p><p>Follow this magical <i>Story Seeds</i> adventure with host Betsy Bird as Rajani and Liyana: </p><ul><li>Go on a hunt at a New York City antique store to find an (almost) magic mirror</li><li>Talk about the 3 key ingredients for an excellent urban fairytale: fairies, fantasy, and food</li><li>Celebrate and represent biracial characters inspired by Liyana’s heritage</li></ul><p>The episode concludes with this week’s storytime (15:49) where Rajani reads the story she grew from Liyana’s story seed: <i>...