Episode 32: 2020 Favorites and Gift Book Ideas
Jessica, Cheryl, and Mari look back at this year’s favorites and suggest great gift book ideas.
Mari’s Titles
I Talk Like A River by Jordan Scott, illustrated by Sydney Smith
I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James
Crown : An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James
Free For You And Me : What Our First Amendment Means by Christy Mihaly, illustrated Manu Montoya
Skunk & Badger by Amy Timberlake, illustrated by Jon Klassen
Show Me A Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
Children of A Lesser God (Drama by Burt Sugarman)
#YouCanBeABCs from Sam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9TLZBZ3eo8
Jessica’s Titles
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider
Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall
The Wicked Sister by Karen Dionne
Heartland Habitats: 265 Midwest Nature Walks by Mary Blocksma
Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Reading: The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab.
Also, if you use Twitter check out #libfaves20.
Cheryl’s Titles
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song – Edited by Kevin Young
The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food by Marcus Samuelsson
How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (And Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion by Ashima Shiraishi
Digging for Words: Jose Alberto Gutierrez and the Library He Built by Angela Burke Kunkel and illustrated by Paola Escobar
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move by Sonia Shah