Category: Highlights Episode

Podcast Episode 48 - Stay the Course and Go for It: Graphic Novels and Comic Collections

11/21/2018

It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.”

― Marjane Satrapi, The Complete Persepolis

works mentioned in episode

Jen -
- March Trilogy by John Lewis with Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
- Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
- Runaways by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8 by Joss Whedon (Author), Georges Jeanty (Illustrator), Andy Owens (Illustrator), Jo Chen (Illustrator)
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

Ashley -
- Blankets by Craig Thompson
- Alone by Christophe Chabouté
- Illegal by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and illustrated by Giovanni Rigano
- La Perdida by Jessica Abel

Sara -
- El Deafo by Cece Bell
- Middle School Is Worse than Meatloaf by Jennifer L. Holm and illustrator Elicia Castaldi
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral

other mentions

Saga by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables and the graphic novel adaptation (Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden and Brenna Thummler)
Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone series
Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Rick Riordan's graphic novels
Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock

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Podcast Episode 43 - Part of My Personality: Anne Bogel Highlights - READING PEOPLE and I'D RATHER BE READING

10/17/2018

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Books draw us deeply into the lives of others, showing us the world through someone else's eyes, page after page."

-Anne Bogel,
I'd Rather Be Reading

timeline

Introduction and Summary of the Book: 00:00 - 01:24
Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lenses of Personality Changes Everything: 01:24 - 35:42
I'd Rather Be Reading: the Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life: 35:52 - 63:46

other mentions

The Popcast podcast with Jamie and Knox
Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking
Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile's The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone
John Green's The Fault in Our Stars
Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air
Nina Riggs's The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying

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Podcast Episode 39 - Phenomenal in Scope: Global Read Aloud with LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS, AMAL UNBOUND, and REFUGEE

9/19/2018

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You can find more information about the Global Read Aloud and sign up for the program by visiting the website, by following Pernille Ripp on Twitter, and by using the hashtag #globalreadaloud on Instagram.

We tried to go very light on the spoilers in this #unabridgedhighlights episode, but a few minor spoilers were hard to avoid as we revealed what we loved about these books.

timeline

Introduction and Overview of Episode: 00:00 - 00:54
Samira Ahmed's Love, Hate, and Other Filters: 00:55 - 16:30
Aisha Saeed's Amal Unbound: 16:40 - 39:20
Alan Gratz's Refugee: 39:32 - 57:33

other mentions

Clemantine Wamariya's The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After (with Elizabeth Weil)

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Podcast Episode 34 - Everything Is Linked: Jason Reynolds Highlight - LONG WAY DOWN, GHOST, and WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST

8/15/2018

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-Alternate Titles-
The Middle Drawer
OR
Complications of Friendship
OR
I like to do athletic things
OR
I AM athletic

**We're having a giveaway of SEVEN (yes, seven!) Jason Reynolds books from Wednesday, August 15, through Wednesday, August 22. Check Instagram (@unabridgedpod) and Facebook (facebook.com/unabridgedpod) for details and to enter.**

We tried to go very light on the spoilers in this #unabridgedhighlights episode, but a few minor spoilers were hard to avoid as we revealed what we loved about these books.

timeline

Introduction and Summary of the Book: 00:00 - 02:15
A Long Way Down: 02:15 - 15:31
Ghost: 15:41 - 26:47
When I Was the Greatest: 26:57 - 43:28
Classroom Connections: 43:28 - 47:50

other mentions

T. S. Eliot's The Hollow Men
Jason Reynolds's As Brave as You
Jason Reynolds and Brennan Kiely's All American Boys

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Podcast Episode 48 - Stay the Course and Go for It: Graphic Novels and Comic Collections

Podcast Episode 43 - Part of My Personality: Anne Bogel Highlights - READING PEOPLE and I'D RATHER BE READING

Podcast Episode 39 - Phenomenal in Scope: Global Read Aloud with LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS, AMAL UNBOUND, and REFUGEE

Podcast Episode 34 - Everything Is Linked: Jason Reynolds Highlight - LONG WAY DOWN, GHOST, and WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST

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