The holidays bring many wonderful thing to Scholastic, chief among them, the employee book fair! There's something for readers of every age, from picture books, coloring books, and cookbooks, to how-to books, graphic novels, and memoirs. In this episode, we talked with colleagues who are shopping and volunteering at the fair to find out what are the must-have books this holiday season.
Here's a list of all the books mentioned in this episode with links to their Goodreads pages:
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
- One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Movie Tie-in books
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer' Stone Illustrated Edition by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Illustrated Edition by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay
- Slide and Find Animals by Roger Priddy
- My First Book of Colors by Scholastic
- Duck and Goose Let’s Dance by Tad Hills and Lauren Savage
- Goosebumps: Slappy’s Revenge by R.L. Stine
- Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine
- Give Yourself Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine
- Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
- Red by Michael Hall
- Smile by Raina Telgemeier
- Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi
- Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
- Pinball Science
- Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
- Heartless by Marissa Meyer
- Untwine by Edwidge Danticat
- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
- Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly
- Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter
- Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondō
- The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz
- Holding up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
- Another Brooklyn by Jaqueline Woodson
- Pirates Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
- Izzy the Ice Cream Fairy by Tim Bugbird
- The Airport Book by Lisa Brown
Special thanks:
- Music composed by Lucas Elliot Eberl
- Sound mix and editing by Daniel Jordan and Christopher Johnson
- Produced by Emily Morrow
