In this Reading Raves episode, Chrissie shares her favorite kidlit she read during July 2024.

FEATURED TITLES
Short Chapter Books

• Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner

Middle Grade

• A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga
• The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko
• They Call Me No Sam! by Drew Daywalt and Mike Lowery
• Vanished! and Trapped! by James Ponti

Adult Nonfiction (that kids might like too if they've watched the PBS adaptation of ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL)

• The Wonderful World of James Heriot by James Heriot et. al (audio)

Graphic Novels

• Slice of Mallow, Vol. 1 by Adam Foreman
• Jurassic Jeff: Space Invader by Royden Lepp
• Bunny vs. Monkey: Supersonic Aye-Aye and Bunny vs. Monkey: Rise of the Maniacal Badger by Jamie Smart

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On today's Deep Dive, Chrissie is answering one of the questions she is most frequently asked: what makes a picture book "work?"

In the episode, she describes a picture book matrix measuring axes of how didactic a book is and how much agency it gives the kid reader.

To view a graphic of the matrix, visit Chrissie's Instagram page @librarychrissie.

To get a deeper look at the matrix with lots of examples, sign up to become a paid subscriber on Chrissie's Substack and look for this Friday's post.

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In this Booklist episode, Chrissie shares her 10 favorite read alouds from the library last school year.

**NOTE: There are audio quality issues with this episode. Chrissie needs a new microphone, but she wasn't aware of the issue with this recording until after it was finished. Thank you for your understanding!

FEATURED TITLES

• Chez Bob by Bob Shea
• Dim Sum Palace by X. Fang
• Duel by Jessixa Bagley and Aaron Bagley
• Guess Again! by Mac Barnett and Adam Rex
• Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris and Ian Falconer
• Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
• Si. No! by Rhode Montijo
• Ten-Word Tiny Tales by Joseph Coelho
• The Monster Mac and Cheese Party by Todd Parr
• The Night Gardener by Terry Fan and Eric Fan

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In this episode, Chrissie shares a selection of favorite reads from 2024 (so far) across categories.

FEATURED TITLES

Picture Books

• Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris
• The First Week of School by Drew Beckmeyer
• The Teeny Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris

Middle Grade

• The Underdogs of Upson Downs by Craig Silvey

Graphic Novels

• Monti and Leo: A Newcomer in Pocketville by Sylvie Kantorovitz
• Sky and Ty: Howdy, Partner! by Steve Breen
• Poetry Comics by Grant Snider

Adult Fiction

• Piglet by Lottie Hazell
• Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

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In this Forecast episode, Chrissie shares the ten kidlit books releasing during July 2024 that she is most looking forward to.

Resources for Discovering New Release Books:

• Week-by-week "Coming Soon" sliders on the Barnes & Noble website
• The On-Sale Calendar from Publisher's Weekly

FEATURED BOOKS

Picture Books

• Millie Fleur's Poison Garden by Christy Mandin, out 7/2
• That Always Happens Sometimes by Kiley Frank and illustrated by K. Fai Steele, out 7/2
• Little Ghost Makes a Friend by Maggie Edkins Willis, out 7/16
• Sweet and Sour by Brian Yanish and illustrated by Stacy Ebert, out 7/30

Short Chapter Books

• Felix Powell, Boy Dog by Erin Entrada Kelly, out 7/16
• Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner, out 7/16

Graphic Novels

• Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas, out 7/16
• Wagnificent by Bethany Murguia, out 7/23
• Save Our Forest by Nora Dasnes, out 7/30
• The Night Librarian by Christopher Lincoln, out 7/30

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In this Reading Raves episode, Chrissie shares the kidlit she read and loved during June 2024.

FEATURED BOOKS

Short Chapter Books

• Ava Lin, Best Friend! by Vicky Fang
• Bibsy Cross and the Bad Apple by Liz Garton Scanlon

Graphics

• Monti and Leo: A Newcomer in Pocketville by Sylvia Kantorovitz
• Okay, Andy! by Maxwell Eaton III
• Summer Vamp by Violet Chan Karim
• The New Girl by Cassandra Calin

Middle Grade

• Framed! by Jame Ponti (audio)

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In today's episode, Chrissie share 10 things that saved her life in the library this year. Listen for reflections on:

• Mindful minute using the Headspace app
• Read aloud ruthlessness
• Plus plus blocks
• Deciding once about what to color
• Book tastings
• Weeding
• Library Leaders
• Book repair
• 10 minute teacher walks

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In this bite-size deep dive episode, Chrissie shares some quick reflections on what really matters in summer reading this year.

Want more tactics and research to support your reflections on summer reading? Check out Episode 2 of the show, Chrissie's Summer Reading Manifesto.

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If you want to support the show, please consider becoming a paid subscriber on Substack. For $7/month, you are helping to pay the costs of the show and receive exclusive content like extra booklists, roundups of kidlit books that have received starred reviews, reviews of books Chrissie did not like, and more.