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 24 - Favorites - Kids Nonfiction & Grown-Up Reads
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It's here! It's time to share my favorite reads of 2023.
In this episode, Chrissie shares her 10 favorite kids nonfiction books and 10 favorite grown-up reads of 2023.
FEATURED BOOKS:
Kids Nonfiction
- ANIMALS IN PANTS by Suzy Levinson, illustrated by Kevin and Kristen Howdeshell
- BUTT OR FACE? A HILARIOUS GUESSING GAME BOOK FOR KIDS by Kari LaVelle
- FUNGI GROW by Maria Gianferrari, illustrated by Diana Sudyka
- GOOD BOOKS FOR BAD CHILDREN by Beth Kephart, illustrated by Chloe Bristol
- READY, SET, RUN!: THE AMAZING NEW YORK CITY MARATHON by Leslie Kimmelman, illustrated by Jessie Hartland
- SEARCH FOR A GIANT SQUID by Amy Seto Forrester, illustrated by Andy Chou Musser
- STRANDED!: A MOSTLY TRUE STORY FROM ICELAND by Aevar Por Benediktsson, illustrated by Anne Wilson
- THEY HOLD THE LINE: WILDFIRES, WILDLANDS, AND THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO BRAVE THEM by Dan Paley, illustrated by Molly Mendoza
- TUMBLE by Adriana Hernandez Bergstrom
- UNSEEN JUNGLE: THE MICROBES THAT SECRETLY CONTROL OUR WORLD by Eleanor Spicer Rice, illustrated by Rob Wilson
Grown-Up Reads
- ANOTHER MARVELOUS THING by Laurie Colwin
- COUPLETS by Maggie Milner
- EMERGENCY by Kathleen Alcott
- THE GIRLS by John Bowen
- HIJAB BUTCH BLUES by Lamya H. (audiobook)
- IN MEMORIAM by Alice Winn
- ONE WOMAN SHOW by Christine Coulson
- ROMANTIC COMEDY by Curtis Sittenfeld
- TERRACE STORY by Hilary Leichter
- TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett
Possible Usurpers (aka even more grown-up reads)
- BIRNAM WOOD by Eleanor Catton
- THE VASTER WILDS by Lauren Groff
- THE UPSTAIRS DELICATESSEN: ON EATING, READING, READING ABOUT EATING, AND EATING WHILE READING by Dwight Garner
Article mentioned in the show:
NYT - Critics Picks of 2023
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