In this "My kid needs a book!" episode, Chrissie responds to 5 listener requests for kidlit they want more of in 2024.
Middle Grade Novels in Verse:
- Alone by Megan E. Freeman
- Moo by Sharon Creech
- A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner
- The Deepest Breath by Megan Grehan
- Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Nonfiction for an 8 Year Old who likes learning about topics:
- Packing for Mars for Kids by Mary Roach
- Yummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria Grace Elliott
- Melissa LaSalle's 2023 list of browseable nonfiction
- Return of the Wild by Dr. Helen Scales
- Tales of World War II by Dr. Hattie Hearn
- Pizza, Pickles, and Apple Pie by David Rickett
Chapter Books About History
- I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis
- Ranger in Time series by Kate Messner
- Unsolved Case Files series by Tom Sullivan
Graphic Novels for Fans of Raina Telgemeier and Invisible Emmie
- Duel by Jessixa Bagley and Aaron Bagley
- Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dasnes
- Click series by Kayla Miller
- Berrybrook Middle School series by Svetlana Chmakova
- Cupcake Diaries graphic novel adaptations
- PAWS series by Nathan Fairbairn and Michelle Assarasakorn
- Animal Rescue Friends series by Gina Loveless, Meika Hashimoto, and Genevieve Kote
- Sweet Valley Twins graphic novel series by Nicole Andelfinger and Francine Pascal
For a reader who just finished the Harry Potter series
- The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac
- Winterhouse trilogy by Ben Guterson
- Greenwild by Pari Thomson
- Pages & Co series by Anna James
- Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A. F. Stedman
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