A Different Kind of Back-To-School

Nicole and Matthew discuss how the coronavirus is affecting decisions to reopen schools and what school will look like in the fall.

This episode is sponsored by:

• Read or Dead, Book Riot’s mystery/thriller podcast
• Act by Kayla Miller, HMH Books for Young Readers
• Peng!: Action Sports Adventures from Oni Press

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Relevant Links:

• A School Reopens, and the Coronavirus Creeps In (NYT)
• Ways School Librarians Can Serve Students in Fall 2020

Books Discussed on the Show: Picture Books:

• The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes and illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
• A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India by Meera Sriram; illustrated by Mariona Cabassa
• The Thing about Bees: A Love Letter by Shabazz Larkin
• Just Like a Mama by Alice Faye Duncan; illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

Chapter Books:

• 13th Street #1: Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats by David Bowles; illustrated by Shane Clester
• #2: The Fire-Breathing Ferret Fiasco (13th Street series)
• #3: Clash of the Cackling Cougars (13th Street series)

Middle Grade:

• Under the Cottonwood Tree by Paul Meyer and Carlos Meyer; Illustrated by Margaret Hardy
• Twins by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright
• A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
• Three Keys by Kelly Yang
• The Other Half of Happy by Rebecca Balcárcel

Closing Note:

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