rich 1.0 This episode highlights CADL’s America 250 Reading Challenge, a round up of great picture books, and a mix of extremely popular and under the radar picks. Cheryl’s Books: Bottom of the Pyramid: A Memoir of Persevering, Dancing for Myself, and Starring in My Own Life (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/c6a1e98f-e83f-ec04-7e06-c8e0b35707e2-eng) by Nia Sioux Loved and Missed (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/c7877cd1-e05b-af91-83e9-087e3a98aed4-eng/) by Susie Boyt If We Were Dogs (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/.b31399137?searchId=19826792&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex) by Sophie Blackall Mentioned: Books written and/or illustrated by Julie Morstad (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Author/Home?author=%22Morstad%2C%20Julie%22) Lessons from Plants (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/5bfb005d-b4a8-5c87-9039-e467ee906684-eng/) by Beronda L. Montgomery covered in Reader's Roundtable Episode 40: Summer Wrap-Up (https://www.cadl.org/about/who-what-why/blog/readers-roundtable-episode-40-summer-wrap) Dead and Alive: Essays (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/8c11b22a-c0f1-1d94-a5d3-54718438ee14-eng/) by Zadie Smith Books written and/or illustrated by Sophie Blackall (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Author/Home?author=%22Blackall%2C%20Sophie%22) Jessica’s Books: Game Changer (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/f5cd1d69-0d97-eac9-caf7-2dfda74fe115-eng/) and Heated Rivalry (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/163aadeb-dbba-83a5-9ef4-314e3ae3a2c5-eng/) by Rachel Reid (book one and two of the Game Changer (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/f5cd1d69-0d97-eac9-caf7-2dfda74fe115-eng/Series) series) When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/ab302ff3-4c18-7340-0d5e-cbdb9d518900-eng/) by Beronda L. Montgomery Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer. Vol. 1 (https://catalog.cadl.org/Record/.b31502039) by David Crownson Mentioned: The Correspondent (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/387e23d9-9936-9eee-1927-965ee88ebc45-eng/) by Virgina Evans Theo of Golden (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/70421b11-5ec8-a331-9233-5e0d7200c707-eng/) by Levi Allen Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South (https://catalog.cadl.org/Search/Results?lookfor=twitty%20cooking%20gene%20a%20journey) by Michael Twitty South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/e2a739c7-2801-a00a-d1ac-10631eebe03e-eng/) by Imani Perry All that She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/ea6f3c3b-82f4-1503-f920-c2d8c9d6bc1a-eng/) by Tiya Miles Mari’s Books: Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn’t (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/14f7c6a8-202e-9822-811f-b45465309ca2-eng/Home) by Sarah Albee, illustrated by Chris Hsu This is Orange: A Field Trip Through Color (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/aa62cad9-062a-af30-278c-412db570f108-eng/Home) by Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Julie Morstad The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/23eb765e-53cf-e2f7-a6a9-94d065d3db67-eng/Home?searchId=19827112&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Karina Yan Glaser Our Gorgeous Baby (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/86ba790b-1123-d86e-ff1a-d026662972a8-eng/Home) by Smriti Prasadam-Halls, illustrated by Eve Coy Floor It! (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/340bb37a-9ff2-ec84-7041-0debd198a534-eng/Home) by Bex Tobin Fine, illustrated by Federico Fabiani Mentioned: 2026 Newbery Awards (https://www.ala.org/news/2026/01/american-library-association-announces-2026-youth-media-award-winners) CADL’s America 250 landing page including the Reading Challenge and decade reading lists: https://www.cadl.org/america250 Book Bound https://audioboom.com/channels/4923659-book-bound Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43459687/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8858990/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>