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Book Delight with Chrissie WrightEp 76 - Reading Raves - February 2025In this reading raves episode, Chrissie is sharing her favorite kidlit that she read during February 2025.Featured TitlesGRAPHIC NOVELSAlan, King of the Universe by Tom McLaughlinCasey's Cases: The Mysterious New Girl by Kay HealyHow to Draw a Secret by Cindy ChangJazzy the Witch in Broom Doom by Jessixa BagleyMixed-Up by Kami GarciaOperation Cover-Up by Tate GodwinMIDDLE GRADEScattergood by HM BouwmanBe sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow the show on Instagram @bookdelightpod, follow Chrissie on Instagram @librarychrissie...2025-02-2419 min
Escape the Mojoverse: An X-Men Comics PodcastEpisode 28: New Mutants Marathon Part 6 (New Mutants Summer Special, New Mutants Annual 5, New Mutants 81-92)New Year, New Me, New You, New Mutants hits some growing pains, and I don't just mean how uncomfortable everyone looks in their new Rob Liefeld costumes. Our heroes are up against Hela, Cable, and their most dangerous foe: TV.New Mutants Created by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeodNew Mutants #81 Written by Chris Claremont Pencilled by Terry Shoemaker, Inked by Joe Rubinstein, Colored by Gregory Wright, Lettered by Tom OrzechowskiNew Mutants #82-91 Written by Louise Simonson, Pencilled by Bret Blevins, Terry Shoemaker, Geof Isherwood, Rob Liefeld, Inked by...2025-01-241h 14Book Delight with Chrissie WrightEp 49 - Booklist - My 10 Favorite Read-Alouds in the Library Last YearIn 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 TITLESChez Bob by Bob SheaDim Sum Palace by X. FangDuel by Jessixa Bagley and Aaron BagleyGuess Again! by Mac Barnett and Adam RexPretty Ugly by David Sedaris and Ian FalconerSam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett and Jon KlassenSi. No! by Rh...2024-07-1518 min
Commonplace PodcastEpisode 125: The Poetics of MotherhoodBooks by Rachel ZuckerThe Poetics of Wrongness (Wave Poetry, 2023) SoundMachine (Wave Poetry, 2019) The Pedestrians (Wave Poetry, 2014) MOTHERs (2014) Museum of Accidents (Wave Poetry, 2009) The Bad Wife Handbook (Wesleyan University Press, 2007)The Last Clear Narrative (2004) Eating in the Underworld (2003) Books by Rachel Zucker and Arielle GreenbergHome/birth: A Poemic (2011) Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama’s First 100 Days (University of Iowa Press, 2010)Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections (University of Iowa Press, 2008) Also Referenced2024-05-111h 11
ThresholdsDorothea LaskyJordan chats with Dorothea Lasky (The Shining) about interpreting a horror classic in her latest poetry collection, her love for horror, and why playfulness and horror aren't incompatible—and might in fact be inextricably connected. MENTIONED:The Shining by Stephen KingThe Shining (1980)Bernadette Mayer's "Memory" projectDorothea Lasky is the author, most recently, of The Shining (October 2023), and Animal, published in 2019 in the Bagley Wright Lecture Series. She is also the author of Milk (Wave Books, 2018), Rome (Liveright/W.W. Norton, 2014), Thunderbird (Wave Books, 2012), Black Life (Wave Books, 2010), and AWE (Wave Books, 2...2024-04-1242 minBook Delight with Chrissie WrightEp 34 - My Kid Needs a Book - Middle Grade RecommendationsIn this "Help! My kid needs a book!" episode, Chrissie responds to listener requests for middle-grade book recommendations.FEATURED BOOKSSpooky Graphic NovelsWELCOME TO FERAL and LAST EXIT TO FERAL by Mark FearingALL THE LOVELY BAD ONES by Mary Downing HahnTHE OJJA-WOJJA by Magdalene VisaggioSCURRY by Mac SmithRealistic Graphic NovelsDUEL by Jessixa BagleyTHE CUPCAKE DIARIES by Coco SimonPAWS by Nathan FairbairnART CLUB by Rashad DoucetBacklist Middle Grade to Read AloudTHE VANDERBEEKERS OF 141ST STREET by Karina Yan GlaserA PLACE TO HANG THE MOON by Kate AlbusA...2024-03-1821 minBook Delight with Chrissie WrightEp 27 - My Kid Needs a Book - More in '24In 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. FreemanMoo by Sharon CreechA Work in Progress by Jarrett LernerThe Deepest Breath by Megan GrehanSomething Like Home by Andrea Beatriz ArangoNonfiction for an 8 Year Old who likes learning about topics:Packing for Mars for Kids by Mary RoachYummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria Grace ElliottMelissa LaSalle's 2023 list of browseable nonfictionReturn of the Wild by Dr. Helen ScalesTales of World War II by Dr. Ha...2024-01-2226 minBook Delight with Chrissie WrightEp 25 - Deep Dive - More in 2024In this deep dive episode, Chrissie shares what she wants more of in kidlit in 2024.Resources mentioned on the show:ALA Newbery Terms & CriteriaMoonbow: A Conversation with Jon KlassenBooks mentioned on the show:The Skull by Jon KlassenMaurice by Jessixa BagleyDinosaurs Don't Exist by Mark JanssenWhat If One Day by Bruce HandyThe Rock from the Sky by Jon KlassenCarol and the Pickle-Toad by Esme ShapiroPineapple Princess by Sabina HahnTumble by Adriana Hernandez BergstromFungi Grow by Maria GianferrariBe sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow the...2024-01-0816 minBook Delight with Chrissie WrightEp 23 - 2023 Favorites - Middle Grade and Graphic NovelsIt's here! It's time to share my favorite reads of 2023.In this episode, Chrissie shares her 8 favorite middle grade books and 10 favorite graphic novels of the year.FEATURED BOOKS:Middle GradeTHE BOOK THAT NO ONE WANTED TO READ by Richard Ayoade and art by Tor FreemanFIREFLY SUMMER by Morgan MatsonFOREVER TWELVE by Stacy McAnultyTHE REMARKABLE RESCUE AT MILKWEED MEADOW by Elaine Dimopoulos and art by Doug SalatiREMEMBER US by Jacqueline WoodsonSIMON SORT OF SAYS by Erin BowTHE WIDELY UNKNOWN MYTH OF APPLE AND DOROTHY by Corey Ann HayduA WORK IN PROGRESS...2023-12-1135 min