Book Delight with Chrissie Wright
Welcome to Book Delight with Chrissie Wright, the podcast where readers can be all kinds of ways and books really are magic.
This show is hosted by Chrissie Wright, an elementary teacher-librarian in the pacific northwest. On the show, Chrissie connects you and the kids in your life to fantastic kidlit. If the idea of blowing up your kidlit TBR appeals to you, you're in the right place.
Episode formats include booklists, topical deep dives, Dear Abby-style "My Kid Needs a Book" episodes, and reading raves (recap-style episodes sharing Chrissie's favorite reads from the month.)
Book Delight with Chrissie Wright
Ep 74 - Deep Dive - Reading weird books with 4th & 5th graders in the library
In this Deep Dive episode, Chrissie shares a week by week look at a weird books unit with 4th and 5th grade students in the library.
Resources Mentioned on the Show:
- "Let the Kids Get Weird" by Janet Manely on LitHub
- "Goodnight Moon" on Looking at Picture Books Substack by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
- Mac Barnett on NPR: "Are picture books undervalued? This new ambassador of children's literature thinks so"
Books Discussed on the Show:
- Tumblebaby by Adam Rex and Audrey Helen Weber
- The Cat Way by Sara Lundberg, translated by BJ Woodstein
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd
- Let’s Be Bees by Shawn Harris
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- I Want to Be a Vase by Julio Torres, illustrated by Julian Glander
- Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
- The Pineapple Princess by Sabina Hahn
- I Do Not Eat Children by Marcus Cutler
- The Teeny Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris
- A Sleepless Night by Micaela Chirif, illustrated by Joaquin Camp, translated by Jordan Landsman
- Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris, illustrated by Ian Falconer
- Pepper and Me by Beatrice Alemagna
- Tove and the Island with No Address by Lauren Soloy
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