Listen "20: Our Favorite Middle Grade Books of the Year - A Conversation with Colby Sharp"
Episode Synopsis
Content creator and author Mr. Colby Sharp joins me today to discuss some of our favorite children's books released in the 2024 year. While it was impossible to pick the top 10 middle grade books published this year, we both choose some of our very favorites and had a fantastic time discussing them.The books we talk about in this video are just SOME of the best books for kids in 2024. If you want to find more of Colby Sharp's favorites then check out his websitehttps://www.mrcolbysharp.com/2024If you want to find more of Karen Reeder's favorites then check out some of my videos from this year like this onehttps://youtu.be/CbvZnp4Umjw?si=1ZijBh0wWAPY2WuiHere are the books that we discussed in this videoSlugfest by Gordon Korman Faker by Gordon Korman Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (Operation Kinderspion) by Adam Gidwitz A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga Stage Fright by Wendy Parris Louder Than Hunger by John Schu Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan The Shape of Lost Things by Sarah Everett The Secret Language of Birds by Lynne Kelly The Wrong Way Home by Kate O'Shaughnessy Quagmire Tiarello Couldn't Be Better by Mylisa Larsen And Then Boom! by Lisa Fipps Operation: Happy: A World War II Story of Courage, Resilience, and an Unbreakable Bondby Jenni L Walsh Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz Ferris by Kate DiCamillo Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell The Frindle Files by Andrew Clements True Colors by Abby Cooper Slouch by Christina Wyman The No-Brainer's Guide to Decomposition by Adrianne Cuevas You can also find Colby Sharp https://www.instagram.com/colbysharphttps://www.facebook.com/colbysharpcreatorThe Yarn podcast hosted by Colby Sharp and Travis Jonkerhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-yarn/id1028877816https://www.mrcolbysharp.com/The Nerdy Book Club https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/Nerd Camp https://nerdcampmi.weebly.com/The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection The Commonsense Guide to Your Classroom Library: Building a Collection That Inspires, Engages, and Challenges Readers by Colby Sharp and Donalyn Miller Game Changer! A Book Access for All Kids by Colby Sharp and Donalyn Miller
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