In this "My kid needs a book!" episode, Chrissie responds to 5 listener requests for kidlit they want more of in 2024.

Middle Grade Novels in Verse:

• Alone by Megan E. Freeman
• Moo  by Sharon Creech
• A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner
• The Deepest Breath by Megan Grehan
• Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango

Nonfiction for an 8 Year Old who likes learning about topics:

• Packing for Mars for Kids by Mary Roach
• Yummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria Grace Elliott
• Melissa LaSalle's 2023 list of browseable nonfiction
• Return of the Wild by Dr. Helen Scales
• Tales of World War II by Dr. Hattie Hearn
• Pizza, Pickles, and Apple Pie by David Rickett

Chapter Books About History

• I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis
• Ranger in Time series by Kate Messner
• Unsolved Case Files series by Tom Sullivan

Graphic Novels for Fans of Raina Telgemeier and Invisible Emmie

• Duel  by Jessixa Bagley and Aaron Bagley
• Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dasnes
• Click series by Kayla Miller
• Berrybrook Middle School series by Svetlana Chmakova
• Cupcake Diaries graphic novel adaptations
• PAWS series by Nathan Fairbairn and Michelle Assarasakorn
• Animal Rescue Friends series by Gina Loveless, Meika Hashimoto, and Genevieve Kote
• Sweet Valley Twins graphic novel series by Nicole Andelfinger and Francine Pascal

For a reader who just finished the Harry Potter series

• The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac
• Winterhouse trilogy by Ben Guterson
• Greenwild by Pari Thomson
• Pages & Co series by Anna James
• Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A. F. Stedman

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