BookSmitten

Mentioned in this episode:
ALA’s Top 10 Most Challenged Books Lists
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Author Kelly Yang (@kellyyanghk)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Eight of 10-Most Banned Books Challenged for LGBTQ Content: This article includes the quote Heather mentions about how some challengers believe we should not “put books in a child’s hand that require discussion.”
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman; Illustrated by Laura Cornell
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Our Books for Children and Young Adults:
Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh- Kelly’s short story in this middle grade anthology is “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.”
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker

Find us online:
Kelly J. Baptist: kellyiswrite.com
Jack Cheng: jackcheng.com
Patrick Flores-Scott: patrickfloresscott.com
Heather Shumaker: heathershumaker.com

Email us [email protected]

Produced by Josie Schneider and Corey Schneider
Music by Duck Duck Chicken

Mentioned in this episode:
The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack by Helen Cresswell
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina; Illustrated by Angela Dominguez
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Darcy and Gran Don’t Like Babies by Jane Cutler
Albert’s Impossible Toothache by Barbara Williams; Illustrated by Doug Cushman
Janna and the Kings by Patricia Smith; Illustrated by Aaron Boyd
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Then Again, Maybe I Won’t by Judy Blume
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm

Our Books for Children and Young Adults:
Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh- Kelly’s short story in this middle grade anthology is “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.”
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker

Find us online:
Kelly J. Baptist: kellyiswrite.com
Jack Cheng: jackcheng.com
Patrick Flores-Scott: patrickfloresscott.com
Heather Shumaker: heathershumaker.com

Email us [email protected]

Produced by Josie Schneider and Corey Schneider
Music by Duck Duck Chicken

Mentioned in this episode:
Author Angeline Boulley
Firekeeper’s Daughter

Our Books for Children and Young Adults:
Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh- Kelly’s short story in this middle grade anthology is “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.”
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker

Find us online:
Kelly J. Baptist: kellyiswrite.com
Jack Cheng: jackcheng.com
Patrick Flores-Scott: patrickfloresscott.com
Heather Shumaker: heathershumaker.com

Email us [email protected]

Produced by Josie Schneider and Corey Schneider
Music by Duck Duck Chicken

Mentioned in this episode:
Author Gary D. Schmidt
Author Donna Gephart
Author Gordon Korman
Author Raina Telgemeier
Author Jason Reynolds
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds; Illustrated by Alexander Nabaum
As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Big Nate: From the Top by Lincoln Peirce
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Ted Lasso

Our Books for Children and Young Adults:
Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh- Kelly’s short story in this middle grade anthology is “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.”
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker

Find us online:
Kelly J. Baptist: kellyiswrite.com
Jack Cheng: jackcheng.com
Patrick Flores-Scott: patrickfloresscott.com
Heather Shumaker: heathershumaker.com

Email us [email protected]

Produced by Josie Schneider and Corey Schneider
Music by Duck Duck Chicken

Our Books for Children and Young Adults:
Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh- Kelly’s short story in this middle grade anthology is “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.”
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker

Find us online:
Kelly J. Baptist: kellyiswrite.com
Jack Cheng: jackcheng.com
Patrick Flores-Scott: patrickfloresscott.com
Heather Shumaker: heathershumaker.com

Email us [email protected]

Produced by Josie Schneider and Corey Schneider
Music by Duck Duck Chicken

Mentioned in this episode:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
No Boys Allowed: School Visits as a Woman Writer: Shannon Hale’s thoughts on the exclusion of boys at her author events
Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Park; Illustrated by Denise Brunkus
Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows; Illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen by Debbi Michiko Florence; Illustrated by Elizabet Vukovic
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky

Our Books for Children and Young Adults:
Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh- Kelly’s short story in this middle grade anthology is “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.”
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker

Find us online:
Kelly J. Baptist: kellyiswrite.com
Jack Cheng: jackcheng.com
Patrick Flores-Scott: patrickfloresscott.com
Heather Shumaker: heathershumaker.com

Email us [email protected]

Produced by Josie Schneider and Corey Schneider
Music by Duck Duck Chicken

Our Books for Children and Young Adults:
Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh- Kelly’s short story in this middle grade anthology is “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.”
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker

Find us online:
Kelly J. Baptist: kellyiswrite.com
Jack Cheng: jackcheng.com
Patrick Flores-Scott: patrickfloresscott.com
Heather Shumaker: heathershumaker.com

Email us [email protected]

Produced by Josie Schneider and Corey Schneider
Music by Duck Duck Chicken

Mentioned in this episode:
The Disenchantments by Nina Lacour
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
I Am Drums by Mike Grosso
Frederick by Leo Lionni
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Adiós, Nirvana by Conrad Wesselhoeft
We Are All That’s Left by Carrie Arcos
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
With the Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Drawn Together by Minh Le; Illustrated by Dan Santat

Our Books for Children and Young Adults:
Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh- Kelly’s short story in this middle grade anthology is “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.”
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker

Find us online:
Kelly J. Baptist: kellyiswrite.com
Jack Cheng: jackcheng.com
Patrick Flores-Scott: patrickfloresscott.com
Heather Shumaker: heathershumaker.com

Email us [email protected]

Produced by Josie Schneider and Corey Schneider
Music by Duck Duck Chicken

Mentioned in this episode:
The Boys Start the War by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Be sure to check out the other titles in this series as well!)
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia
The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando
The Disenchantments by Nina Lacour
Blackout by John Rocco
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles; Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue

Our Books for Children and Young Adults:
Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh- Kelly’s short story in this middle grade anthology is “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.”
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker

Find us online:
Kelly J. Baptist: kellyiswrite.com
Jack Cheng: jackcheng.com
Patrick Flores-Scott: patrickfloresscott.com
Heather Shumaker: heathershumaker.com

Email us [email protected]

Produced by Josie Schneider and Corey Schneider
Music by Duck Duck Chicken

Mentioned in this episode:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
Roald Dahl: Inside His Anti-Semitism and Complicated Legacy
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Scholastic Halts Distribution of Book by ‘Captain Underpants’ Author
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Sherman Alexie’s Accusers Go On the Record
Sexual Assault Allegations Against Biographer Halt Shipping of His Roth Book
What Happens to Philip Roth’s Legacy Now?
JK Rowling on Twitter: Why the Harry Potter Author Has Been Accused of Transphobia on Social Media Platforms
Linda Sue Park: The Choices We Make: Park’s webinar mentioned in the episode is not available to the public, but this essay she wrote also addresses intersectionality in writing.
Dr. Seuss Books Are Pulled, and a ‘Cancel Culture’ Controversy Erupts
Statement from Dr. Seuss Enterprises
Doctor Dolittle: Innocent Again
LaRose by Louise Erdrich

Our Books for Children and Young Adults:
Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh- Kelly’s short story in this middle grade anthology is “The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.”
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
The Electric Slide and Kai by Kelly J. Baptist; Illustrated by Darnell Johnson
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Griffins of Castle Cary by Heather Shumaker

Find us online:
Kelly J. Baptist: kellyiswrite.com
Jack Cheng: jackcheng.com
Patrick Flores-Scott: patrickfloresscott.com
Heather Shumaker: heathershumaker.com

Email us [email protected]

Produced by Josie Schneider and Corey Schneider
Music by Duck Duck Chicken