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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