Our Most Anticipated Books of 2021

Kidlit These Days

English - January 07, 2021 14:17 - 52 minutes - ★★★★★ - 57 ratings
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Nicole and Matthew talk about the books they’re most looking forward to in 2021. Joining us is Sailaja Joshi, CEO and founder of Mango and Marigold Press.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: PICTURE BOOKS

Tag Team (El Toro & Friends) by Raúl the Third

Training Day (El Toro & Friends) by Raúl the Third

Zonia’s Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal

What You Don’t Know: A Story of Liberated Childhood by Anastasia Higginbotham

Michelle’s Garden: How the First Lady Planted Seeds of Change by Sharee Miller

I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner; illustrated by Michaela Goade

Laxmi’s Mooch by Shelly Anand; illustrated by Nabi H. Ali

Middle Grade

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

Root Magic By Eden Royce

Red, White, and Whole by Rajani Larocca

Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues by Andrea Williams

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes

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