Dan Santat
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Search complete. 12 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Dan Santat".
Nov 3, 2026
Henry WinklerGUEST
I did not know what a patu was.
Henry WinklerGUEST
So in this movie, I play a bird, and then Lynn Oliver and I and Dan Santat just have our fourth detective duck where we wrote a bird.
Henry WinklerGUEST
So this is a very heavy bird season for me.
Gio BenitezHOST
Oh, my gosh.
Henry WinklerGUEST
In this wonderful movie, Hex, that comes out Thanksgiving.
Henry WinklerGUEST
And Lynn Oliver and I and Dan Santat wrote a bird that came out yesterday, the duckling.
Henry WinklerGUEST
Are you
George StephanopoulosHOST
practicing? You're not looking at a screen or anything? Are
Stephanie AffinitoHOST
I'm Stephanie Affinito, your Kidlit Loving host, inviting you back to another bookish conversation with a children's literature author, and bonus, an illustrator today too.
Stephanie AffinitoHOST
Because today I'm talking with both Neil Sharpson and Dan Santat.
Stephanie AffinitoHOST
This New York Times bestselling duo has already come together to create their incredibly popular and bestselling picture book, Don't Trust Fish.
Stephanie AffinitoHOST
Today, they're here to celebrate their newest release together.
Neil SharpsonGUEST
You've been doing this.
Neil SharpsonGUEST
Okay.
Dan SantatGUEST
Uh, yeah, uh, I'm Dan Santat.
Dan SantatGUEST
Uh, I'm, this is my home turf here in the United States.
Henry WinklerGUEST
Number two, my partner Lynn Oliver and I We have created this character, Detective Duck.
Henry WinklerGUEST
It's for four year, five, six, seven year olds, heavily illustrated by Dan Santat.
Henry WinklerGUEST
And this one is the most adventurous.
Henry WinklerGUEST
There was a flood at the pond and little Willow, our Detective Duck, her best friend gets swept away on a log and is stuck between the log and a rock.
Ed KalegiHOST
What's the biggest challenge been in accomplishing this?
Henry WinklerGUEST
Well, the one thing is we have an extraordinary illustrator, Dan Santat, who is an award winning illustrator.
Henry WinklerGUEST
He's like he fell from the heavens into our detective duck.
Henry WinklerGUEST
So that's number one.
Ed KalegiHOST
What's the biggest challenge been in accomplishing this?
Henry WinklerGUEST
Well, the one thing is we have an extraordinary illustrator, Dan Santat, who is an award winning illustrator.
Henry WinklerGUEST
He's like he fell from the heavens into our detective duck.
Henry WinklerGUEST
So that's number one.
Henry WinklerGUEST
We are so lucky.
Henry WinklerGUEST
Dan Stanton.
Henry WinklerGUEST
Oh, sure.
Henry WinklerGUEST
One of the great illustrators in America.
John SchuGUEST
Actually, I have a segment in my school visits right now where I talk about, like, I love to laugh and laughing is good for your heart.
John SchuGUEST
circulation and I have like this video from I think Mayo Clinic that is just rotating and I'm not playing the sound from it but I'm essentially saying what this doctor at Mayo Clinic says about laughter and then I talk about Dan Santat and how Dan Santat always makes me laugh and then I play the book trailer for Shishimi and it's like just the perfect way to talk about like how laughing is so good for us and we need to do it more.
Stephanie AffinitoHOST
We do.
Stephanie AffinitoHOST
We definitely do.
Henry WinklerGUEST
it.
Henry WinklerGUEST
And it's illustrated by Dan Santat, who is one of the great illustrators in America.
Henry WinklerGUEST
That looks beautiful.
Henry WinklerGUEST
Fantastic.