Ep 36 - April Forecast - 10 Most Anticipated Kidlit Books Releasing in April 2024

In this month's Forecast episode, Chrissie shares the 10 kidlit books releasing in April 2024 that she is most looking forward to.

FEATURED TITLES
Picture Books

• Oh, Are You Awake!? by Bob Shea and Jarvis
• Proper Badger Would Never!  by Lauren Glattly and Rob Sayegh, Jr.

Graphic Novels

• Monkey King and the World of Myths: The Monster and the Maze by Maple Lam
• Unhappy Camper by Lily LaMotte and Anne Xu
• Fake Chinese Sounds by Jing Jing Tsong

Middle Grade

• Trouble at the Tangerine by Gillian McDunn
• The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
• Tree. Table. Book. by Lois Lowry
• Meet Me on Mercer Street by Booki Vivat

SPEED ROUND
Picture Books

• Ahoy! by Sophie Blackall
• The Truth About the Couch by Adam Rubin and Liniers
• A Sundae with Everything On It by Kyle Scheele and Andy J. Pizza
• Dog vs. Strawberry by Nelly Buchet and Andrea Zuill

Short Chapter Books

• Cornbread and Poppy for the Win by Matthew Cordell
• Pets Rule! Invasion of the Pugs by Susan Tan

Graphics

• I Survived the Battle of D-Day by Lauren Tarshis
• Lightfall: the Dark Times by Tim Probert
• Puzzled by Pan Cooke
• Blood City Rollers by V.P. Anderson and Tatiana Hill

Middle Grade

• Keeping Pace by Laurie Morrison
• Winnie Nash Is Not Your Sunshine by Nicole Melleby
• The Wrong Way Home by Kate O'Shaughnessy

Nonfiction

• Who Is Taylor Swift from Who HQ
• Butt or Face: Revenge of the Butts by Kari LaVelle
• Club Microbe by Elise Gravel

Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow the show on Instagram @bookdelightpod, follow Chrissie on Instagram @librarychrissie, and subscribe to Chrissie's kidlit newsletter at librarychrissie.substack.com.

If you want to support the show, please consider becoming a paid subscriber on Substack. For $7/month, you are helping to pay the costs of the show and receive exclusive content like extra booklists, roundups of kidlit books that have received starred reviews, reviews of books Chrissie did not like, and more.