Here's a list of the books we talked about on today's episode!

Adult titles:

• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett


• Deacon King Kong by James McBride


• Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead


• Salvage the Bones and Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward


• Roots by Alex Haley

Children's titles:

• I Am Brown by Ashok Banker, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat


• Cool Cuts by Mechal Renee Roe


• Let the Children March by Monica Clark Robinson, illustrated by Frank Morrison


• Brown Sugar Babe by Charlotte Watson Sherman, illustrated by Akem

Young Adult titles:

• A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson


• Stamped--Racism, Antiracism and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds


• The Hate U Give and On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Cook the Book - Books by Black Chefs:

• The Red Rooster Cookbook by Marcus Samuelsson (Obama's Short Ribs)


• Brown Sugar Kitchen by Tanya Holland (Red Velvet Cake)

Check out our summer reading programs, Park 'n' Pickup information, and computer appointment details at https://www.wallingford.lioninc.org/.

Don't forget to email us with your questions about what to read next and we'll feature them on our next episode! You can reach us at amurphy@wallingfordlibrary.org and chaiken@wallingford.org.

Thanks for listening!