8: Difficult Subjects

Mentioned in this episode:
Calling the Water Drum by Latisha Redding; Illustrated by Aaron Boyd
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq by Jeanette Winter
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford; Illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford; Illustrated by Michele Wood
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Killing of Tamir Rice
Emmett Till Murder
Killing of Aiyana Stanley Jones
Tell Me About Sex, Grandma by Anastasia Higginbotham
Ordinary Terrible Things Series by Anastasia Higginbotham
Graphic Novelist Jerry Craft
Hotel Rwanda
Ghost, Volume 1 by Jason Reynolds
March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

Our Books for Children and Young Adults:
Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh- Kelly’s short story in this middle grade anthology is “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.”
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker

Find us online:
Kelly J. Baptist: kellyiswrite.com
Jack Cheng: jackcheng.com
Patrick Flores-Scott: patrickfloresscott.com
Heather Shumaker: heathershumaker.com

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Produced by Josie Schneider and Corey Schneider
Music by Duck Duck Chicken