The Graphic Campus Podcast
7. Finding Stories Everywhere: Talking with Sherri L. Smith about Writing, Race and WWII Female Pilots
Meet Author and Educator, Sherri L. Smith! We chose her book, Flygirl, for our upper grades/middle school community read because it epitomizes hope for a better future. We dig in deep with Sherri about her various jobs leading up to writing this book about a black woman becoming a WWII Women's Airforce Service Pilot. We explore crossing racial boundaries and building a world to write. Be sure to tune in to her inspirational advice for all writers.
Meet Author and Educator, Sherri L. Smith! We chose her book, Flygirl, for our upper grades/middle school community read because it epitomizes hope for a better future. We dig in deep with Sherri about her various jobs leading up to writing this book about a black woman becoming a WWII Women's Airforce Service Pilot. We explore crossing racial boundaries and building a world to write. Be sure to tune in to her inspirational advice for all writers.