Riot Headline Book Riot’s 2025 Read Harder Challenge

Extra Credit: Food and Wine, Chips and Cheese, Picture Books and YA

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Hannah recommends recent picture books that go well with some YA favorites and under-sung gems. She is also happy to provide potato chip and cheese pairings upon request via Twitter or Instagram 😉

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Show Notes

Balletball by Erin Dionne and Gillian Flint

Goldfish by Nat Luurtsema

Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o and Vashti Harrison

Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore

Not My Girl by Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, Christy Jordan-Fenton, and Gabrielle Grimard

Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai

We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore (and Bitterblue!)

Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (and Darius the Great Deserves Better!)

Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal

Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron

A Different Pond by Bao Phi and Thi Bui

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender