Summary: <p>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.</p> <p>Here's a list of all the books mentioned in this episode with links to their Goodreads pages:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30555488-the-underground-railroad?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>The Underground Railroad</em> by Colson Whitehead</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29072594-born-to-run?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Born to Run </em>by Bruce Springsteen</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693716-one-plus-one?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>One Plus One </em>by Jojo Moyes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30065028-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay </em>by J.K. Rowling</a></li> <li><a href="http://harrypotterbooks.scholastic.com/fantasticbeastsscreenplay" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Movie Tie-in books</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29056083-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child---parts-one-and-two?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child </em>by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24490481-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerer-s-stone?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer' Stone Illustrated Edition </em>by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29241319-harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Illustrated Edition </em>by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7552210-slide-and-find---animals?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Slide and Find Animals </em>by Roger Priddy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25779187-my-first-book-of-colors?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>My First Book of Colors </em>by Scholastic</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28684564-duck-goose-let-s-dance" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Duck and Goose Let’s Dance </em>by Tad Hills and Lauren Savage</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30982198-goosebumps-the-movie?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Goosebumps:<em> Slappy’s Revenge </em>by R.L. Stine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125564.Night_of_the_Living_Dummy?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Goosebumps: <em>Night of the Living Dummy </em>by R.L. Stine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176640.Give_Yourself_Goosebumps_Boxed_Set_1?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Give Yourself Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22328546-red-queen?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Red Queen </em>by Victoria Aveyard</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22249668-red?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Red</em> by Michael Hall</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6393631-smile?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Smile </em>by Raina Telgemeier</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238684.The_Stonekeeper?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28507895-ada-twist-scientist?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Ada Twist, Scientist </em>by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33291335-pinball-science?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Pinball Science</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28670029-lunar-chronicles-series-collection-4-books-set---cinder-scarlet-cress?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18584855-heartless?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Heartless </em>by Marissa Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22616123-untwine?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Untwine </em>by Edwidge Danticat</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25953369-hidden-figures?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Hidden Figures </em>by Margot Lee Shetterly</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30840370-hidden-figures-young-readers-edition?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition </em>by Margot Lee Shetterly</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26200563-hamilton?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Hamilton: The Revolution </em>by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22318578-the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up </em>by Marie Kondō</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25074850-the-girl-in-the-spider-s-web?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>The Girl in the Spider’s Web </em>by David Lagercrantz</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28686840-holding-up-the-universe?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Holding up the Universe </em>by Jennifer Niven</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213163-another-brooklyn?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Another Brooklyn </em>by Jaqueline Woodson</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17334406-pirates-love-underpants?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Pirates Love Underpants </em>by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18125095-izzy-the-ice-cream-fairy?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Izzy the Ice Cream Fairy </em>by Tim Bugbird</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25689050-the-airport-book?from_search=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>The Airport Book </em>by Lisa Brown</a></li> </ul><p><strong>Special thanks:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Music composed by Lucas Elliot Eberl</li> <li>Sound mix and editing by Daniel Jordan and Christopher Johnson</li> <li>Produced by Emily Morrow</li> </ul><p> </p>
