In today’s episode: 📣 Get ready for National Literacy Month and September 6th National Read A Book Day! 📚 Hear our picks for upcoming fall releases to add to your reading list. 📖 Hear listener Clio's book recommendation, Narwhal: Peanut Butter and Jelly by Ben Clanton.📓 And correspondent Ryan Nerz hangs out with author Lisa Papdemetriou! 💯

🗓️ Plan for these book release dates:

Born Behind Bars by Padma Venkatraman, September 7

How To Win A Slime War by Mae Respicio, September 14

A Soft Place To Land by Janae Marks, September 14

A Bird Will Soar by Alison Green Myers, October 19

Miosotis Flores Never Forgets by Hilda Eunice Burgos, October 26

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