Ep 38 - Booklist - Tortured Poets Department Songs as Kidlit

In today's booklist episode, Chrissie is pairing ten songs from The Tortured Poets Department with kidlit books.

SONG + BOOK PAIRINGS:

• "Fortnight" and Fluffy McWhiskers, Cuteness Explosion by Stephen W. Martin
• "The Tortured Poets Department" and Olivetti by Allie Millington
• "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys" and Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
• "Down Bad" and Ode to a Bad Day by Chelsea Lin Wallace
• "So Long, London" and The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• "But Daddy I Love Him" and Wrong Way Home by Kate O'Shaughnessy
• "Florida!!!" and Chez Bob by Bob Shea
• "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" and Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris
• "loml" and Pepper and Me by Beatrice Alemagna
• "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" and The Skull by Jon Klassen

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