Booklist's Shelf Care

On this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Molly Luby and Melissa Bartoletta about Tracks, a hyperlocal streaming music platform, a project of the Chapel Hill Public Library and Chapel Hill Community Arts and Culture. We talked about how the project came to be, how it works, and how Tracks continues to reach out to the community to share local music. Then Audio Editor Heather Booth spills the tea on the Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production. Finally, Susan talks to Books for Youth and Graphic Novels Editor Sarah Hunter about what she’s reading and loving right now.

Tracks Music Library

Rabble/MusiCat

Tracks Volume I: We Rise As Allies and Tracks Volume II: Isolation Illumination

Rowdy

XOXOK

A-Yoni

Bangzz

Treee City

Violet Bell

Boogie Boogie, Y’all, written and illustrated by C. G. Esperanza, narrated by the author

When You Look Like Us, by Pamela N. Harris, narrated by Preston Butler III

RUSA CODE’s Listen List

YALSA’s Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults

ALSC’s Notable Children’s Recordings

Register for Amazing Audiobooks webinar on Friday, February 25th at 2 PM ET

Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest, written and illustrated by Phoebe Wahl

Mr. Watson’s Chickens, by Jarrett Dapier, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, written and illustrated by Kate Beaton

In this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, Booklist’s editors look back on the year in reading and talk about some of their fave titles from the Editors’ Choice list, which is the main feature of our January issue. Here’s what everyone talked about:

Donna Seaman, Editor, Adult Books

Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South, by Winfred Rembert and Erin I. Kelly

The Sentence, by Louise Erdrich

The Book of Form and Emptiness, by Ruth Ozeki

Martita, I Remember You, by Sandra Cisneros, translated by Liliana Valenzuela

Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea, by Edith Widder

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, by Suzanne Simard

Sarah Hunter, Editor, Books for Youth and Graphic Novels

Himawari House, written by Harmony Becker, art by the author

Bubbles…Up, by Jacqueline Davies, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez

This Poison Heart, by Kalynn Bayron

When We Were Infinite, by Kelly Loy Gilbert

Heather Booth, Audio Editor

Finnegan’s Wake, by James Joyce, read by Barry McGovern and Marcella Riordan

Island Queen, by Vanessa Riley, read by Adjoa Andoh

My Heart is a Chainsaw, by Stephen Graham Jones, read by Cara Gee

Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon, by Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam, read by Malcolm Gladwell and others

A Master of Djinn, by P. Djèlí Clark, read by Suehyla El-Attar

The Ex-Talk, by Rachel Lynn Solomon, read by Emily Ellet

The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne, by Johnathan Stroud, read by Sophie Aldred

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World, by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, read by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Kaleidoscope, by Brian Selznick, read by Gwendoline Christie

Maggie Reagan, Senior Editor, Books for Youth

Cool for the Summer, by Dahlia Adler

Instructions for Dancing, by Nicola Yoon

Little Thieves, by Margaret Owen

Susan Maguire, Senior Editor, Collection Management and Library Outreach

A Thorn in the Saddle, by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Blind Tiger, by Sandra Brown

Light from Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki

Julia Smith, Senior Editor, Books for Youth

The List of Unspeakable Fears, by J. Kasper Kramer

Salt Magic, written by Hope Larson, illustrated by Rebecca Mock

The Secret of the Magic Pearl, by Elisa Sabatinelli, illustrated by Iacopo Bruno, translated by Christopher Turner

Annie Bostrom, Associate Editor, Adult Books

And Now I Spill the Family Secrets, written by Margaret Kimball, art by the author

Matrix, by Lauren Groff

On this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to librarians Anna Mickelsen and Alene Moroni about best practices for weeding, and Audio Editor Heather Booth shares what she’s been reading and loving. Find the full show notes with links at booklistonline.com/shelf-care

Here’s what we talked about:

Anna and Alene’s weeding guidelines by Dewey

Burn for Me, by Ilona Andrews

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson, read by Robin Miles

You Had Me at Hola, by Alexis Daria, read by Seraphine Valentine

Alene on Twitter: @surlyspice

Anna on Twitter: @helgagrace

Float Plan, by Trish Doller

Island Queen, by Vanessa Riley, read by Adjoa Andoh

Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson

A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries, 2003-2020, by David Sedaris

How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason, by Lee McIntyre

No One Goes Alone, by Erik Larson, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt and Erik Larson

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Random House Children's Books.

In this latest installment, Sarah Hunter talks to Dave Scheidt and Miranda Harmon, creators of MAYOR GOOD BOY.

Dave Scheidt is a radical dude from Chicago. When he's not writing comic books, he enjoys eating pizza.

Miranda Harmon lives in Los Angeles. She works in animation, and Mayor Good Boy is her debut graphic novel.

Read the full transcript here: https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Shelf-Care-Interview-Dave-Scheidt-and-Miranda-Harmon/pid=9756328

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group.

In this latest installment, Ronny Khuri talks to Chris Barton, author of HOW TO MAKE A BOOK (ABOUT MY DOG).

Chris Barton is the author of acclaimed nonfiction picture books including ALL OF A SUDDEN AND FOREVER, DAZZLE SHIPS, WHOOSH!, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A VOICE LIKE THAT? and THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS, which was awarded a Sibert Honor. Chris lives in Austin, Texas, with his family. Visit his website at www.chrisbarton.info.

Check out the full transcript here: https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Shelf-Care-Interview-Chris-Barton/pid=9755808

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Random House Children’s Books.

In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Maggie Reagan talks to Karla Valenti, author of LOTERÍA and Emma Otheguy, author of SOFIA ACOSTA MAKES A SCENE.

Read the full transcript here: https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Shelf-Care-Interview-Karla-Valenti-and-Emma-Otheguy/pid=9755149

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by HarperCollins Children's Books.

In this latest installment, Sarah Hunter talks to Sara Pennypacker, author of PAX: JOURNEY HOME.

Sara Pennypacker is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling PAX; the award-winning Clementine series and its spinoff series, Waylon; and the acclaimed novels SUMMER OF THE GYPSY MOTHS and HERE IN THE REAL WORLD. She divides her time between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Florida.

Read the transcript here: https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Shelf-Care-Interview-Sara-Pennypacker-Hunter-Sarah/pid=9754682

In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to librarian Katie McLean Horner about helping non-readers’ advisory staff hone their RA skills, audio editor Heather Booth shares an easy, easy way to find audio titles, and Books for Youth’s Maggie Reagan cries into her cat.

Here’s what we talked about:

NoveList

Springshare/LibGuides

The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics’ Top Score—from Nadia to Now, by Dvora Meyers

The Happiest Girl in the World, by Alena Dillon

Reviews of the Day, 2020: Audio

Instructions for Dancing, Nicola Yoon

Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers.

In this latest installment, Donna Seaman talks to Jeffrey Archer, author of OVER MY DEAD BODY.

Jeffrey Archer is the internationally best-selling author of many books, including two crime fiction series, the Clifton Chronicles and the William Warwick mysteries, of which OVER MY DEAD BODY is the most recent.

Link to transcript here: https://www.booklistonline.com/Shelf-Care-Interview-Jeffrey-Archer-Seaman-Donna/pid=9753492

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Macmillan Children's Publishing Group.

In this latest installment, Ronny Khuri talks to Nidhi Chanani, author of JUKEBOX.

Nidhi Chanani was born in Kolkata, India and raised in California. She creates illustrations that capture love in everyday moments which are often featured at Disney Parks. In 2012 she was honored by the Obama Administration as a Champion of Change. She’s the author of Pashmina, Shubh Raatri Dost/Good Night Friend, and illustrator of I Will Be Fierce. Nidhi draws and dreams in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and kid.