All the Feels: The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 7

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Earnestness sets in when Singing Children's Librarian Emily Lazio joins us to talk about courage and encouragement, children's classics, and a cool new trend in picture books.

What We're Reading Now

The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker

 

Spam and Monty Python

NYPL's Best Books for Teens list

 

Burn Baby Burn by Meg MedinaWonderstruck and The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Bryan Selznick

 

Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan, as part of the Read Harder Challenge

 

A Tale for the Time Being by Rose Ozeki

Hot Topix

The works of Pat Conroy and an essay from Book Riot about his legacy

Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins

 

What if your favorite book had a phone in it?

 

 

Guest Star

Picture-book biographies Emily mentioned:

• Miss Moore Thought Otherwise by Jan Pinborough
• Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel
• Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by Robert Byrd
• Just Being Audrey  by Margaret Cardillo
• On a Beam of Light: A Story about Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne
• The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jennifer Bryant

Plus MORE picture-book biographies that Emily didn't get to mention but wants you to know about:

• Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
• Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace
• Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
• A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
• Viva Frida 
• Bottle Houses: The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey
• Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People 
• Enormous Smallness: A Story of E.E. Cummings

NYPL's children's list: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

 

The Nest by Kenneth Oppel

 

Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr

 

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

 

#readingaloudwithyourfriends

 

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

 

Goodreads

 

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

 

The Caldecott Medal and the Newbery Medal, from the American Library Association

 

The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians by Carla Morris

Words of the Week

Emily: Courage/Encourage

Frank: Enthusiasm

Gwen: Badger (as in Frances)

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