Kai Cheng Thom is deeply passionate about what makes people tick. Her life-long interest in Laika, the Soviet space dog, is a celebration of the author’s wonderfully engaged curiosity about human/animal motivations, aspirations, and ways of being in the world (and the outer galaxy).
Pick up a copy of For Laika here: https://wordfest.com/2021/imagineonair-featured-books/kai-cheng-thom
Rachel Yoder knows how to not only write a dazzling story but how to tell one. Through her relationship with her very brave and confident cat-son — the late, great wonderfully named Snacks — Yoder learned to be very brave and confident herself. In conversation with Pam Rocker about her beloved fe...
