# Cuéntame! Let’s Talk Books with Gary D. Schmidt

In this episode, Gary Schmidt (“The Labor of Hercules Beal,” “Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy”), book talks one of his all-time favorites, “Song of the Trees” by Mildred D. Taylor, and lets us in on his process for writing funny books. Spoiler alert: writing funny books is hard!

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2024
- Runtime: 7 min
- By: Schmidt, Gary D.
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10110/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-10110?play=1)