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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 today’s special #ReadGraphic installment, Sarah Hunter talks with John Gallagher, creator of the Max Meow series.

Rebecca Strang, of the Naperville Public Library and ALA’s Games and Gaming Round Table, spoke to Susan Maguire about everything games in libraries, from sure bets for every age to finding reviews of hot new games. Then, Sarah Hunter turns the tables and interviews Susan about what she’s been reading, as well as what books her daughter is chewing on.

ALA's Games and Gaming Round Table

International Games Week

Game On! Grants

More from Rebecca Strang:

Playability podcast

To Play is Human

Some games we talked about:

Ticket to Ride

Carcassonne

Wingspan

Eclipse

Scythe

Gloomhaven

Thunderstone Quest

Catan

Cards Against Humanity

Forgotten Waters

7th Continent

Where to find new games and reviews, info, etc:

Friendly local game shop (like The Wandering Dragon Game Shoppe)

League of Librarian Gamers on Facebook

BoardGameGeek

Board Game Spotlight

Board game publisher websites/newsletters

What’s Eric Playing

Girls’ Game Shelf

The Five By Podcast

Watch it Played videos

Dibs on Blue videos

Gaming conventions:

GenCon

Origins

Pax Unplugged

Susan and Sarah talked about:

Survival of the Thickest, by Michelle Buteau

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life, by Ali Wong

One to Watch, by Kate Stayman-London

The Magic Fish, written and illustrated by Trung Le Nguyen

The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book: A Greenglass House Story, by Kate Milford and illustrated by Nicole Wong

The Blue House, written and illustrated by Phoebe Wahl

Baby Goat, by Chronicle Books, illustrated by Yu-Hsuan Huang

Baby Dragon, by Chronicle Books, illustrated by Victoria Ying

Grouchy Ladybug, by Eric Carle

As I Was Crossing Boston Common, by Norma Farber and Arnold Lobel

Dear Justyce, by Nic Stone

Dear Martin, by Nic Stone

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

In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Maggie Reagan talks to Alex Sanchez. Alex Sanchez has published nine novels, including the American Library Association's Best Book for Young Adults Rainbow Boys and the Lambda Award–winning So Hard to Say. His novel Bait won the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Book Award and the Florida Book Award Gold Medal for young adult literature. His newest book, The Greatest Superpower comes out in February 2021 from Capstone.

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

In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, author Duchess Harris provides a historical perspective from the pages of Being LGBTQ in America: LGBTQ Social Movements in America, and she discusses the importance of empathy in schools today. Insights include how the school community can be a safe space for middle and high school students and the ways that Gale eBooks diversity, equity, and inclusion collections embrace differences by putting relevant content at users’ fingertips—inside or outside the classroom.

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Simon & Schuster and Boom! Studios.

In today’s special #ReadGraphic installment, Ronny Khuri talks with Aliza Layne, creator of Beetle & the Hollowbones, and Gabby Rivera, author of Juliet Takes a Breath.

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In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Susan Maguire talks to the Macmillan Library Marketing Team, Talia Sherer, Amanda Rountree, Emily Day, and Samantha Slavin, to answer the question: Who is this team of book-a-holics and why should librarians give a hoot about their recommendations?

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In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Julia Smith talks with two debut authors: Kim Johnson, author of This Is My America, which was published by Random House Children’s Books this past July, followed by a conversation with Alex Aster, whose Curse of the Night Witch was published in June by Sourcebooks.

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 today’s supersized installment, we have the pleasure of hearing from Mike Curato about his debut graphic novel, Flamer; John Patrick Green, creator of the Investigators series; and Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter, creators of the fantasy adventure Dungeon Critters.

Kansas City Public Library’s Kaite Stover and Crystal Faris talk to Susan Maguire about how they moved author events and youth programming online, how screen fatigue and the digital divide affected them, and what lessons they’re taking with them for post-COVID programs. Then Audio Editor Heather Booth talks to the Best Patrons Ever, aka her husband and kids, about their audiobook plans for the forty-plus hour drive to Yosemite.*

Here’s what we talked about:

18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics. By Bruce Goldfarb.

Midwestern Strange: Hunting Monsters, Martians, and the Weird in Flyover Country. By B.J. Hollars.

A Night Divided. By Jennifer A. Nielsen. Read by Kate Simses.

Stef Soto, Taco Queen. By Jennifer Torres. By Kyla García.

Song for a Whale. By Lynne Kelly. Read by Abigail Revasch.

Middle School's a Drag, You Better Werk! By Greg Howard. Read by Michael Crouch.

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. By Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds. Read by Jason Reynolds.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. By Alan Bradley. Read by Jayne Entwistle.

Pride and Prejudice. By Jane Austen. Read by Emilia Fox.

Sealand: The True Story of the World’s Most Stubborn Micronation. By Dylan Taylor-Lehman. Read by Patrick Lawlor.

Harry Potter series. By J. K. Rowling. Read by Jim Dale.

We're Not from Here. By Geoff Rodkey. Read by Dani Martineck.

Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11. By James Donovan. Read by Allan Robertson.

Once Upon a Marigold. By Jean Ferris. Read by Carrington Macduffie.

Words on Fire. By Jennifer Nielsen. Read by Kathleen McInerney.

*Heather’s update on her family’s vacation listening: “We ended up listening to Song for a Whale, but still haven't finished it. I think I'm going to put it on during ‘remote learning’ breaktime since we never drive anywhere anymore.” Best laid plans, amirite?

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In this episode of the Shelf Care Interivew, Donna Seaman talks with renowned librarian, literary critic, book advocate, and ardent lifelong reader Nancy Pearl about her new book, THE WRITER'S LIBRARY: THE AUTHORS YOU LOVE ON THE BOOKS THAT CHANGED THEIR LIVES, on sale September 8.