Our Most Anticipated Books of 2021
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Nicole and Matthew talk about the books they’re most looking forward to in 2021. Joining us is Sailaja Joshi, CEO and founder of Mango and Marigold Press.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:
PICTURE BOOKS
- Tag Team (El Toro & Friends) by Raúl the Third
- Training Day (El Toro & Friends) by Raúl the Third
- Zonia’s Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal
- What You Don’t Know: A Story of Liberated Childhood by Anastasia Higginbotham
- Michelle’s Garden: How the First Lady Planted Seeds of Change by Sharee Miller
- I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner; illustrated by Michaela Goade
- Laxmi’s Mooch by Shelly Anand; illustrated by Nabi H. Ali
Middle Grade
- Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
- Root Magic By Eden Royce
- Red, White, and Whole by Rajani Larocca
- Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues by Andrea Williams
- Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes
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