Episode 132: The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

On Episode 132, Alli and her guest Renée road trip through Christopher Paul Curti’s award-winning novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963. They talk about how the book portrays bullying, family, masculinity, race, and mental health, and the ways in which it was ahead of its time in many ways!

Renée Hicks is the book lover behind the Book Girl Magic community, a book club that celebrates black women authors and seeks to bring people together through reading. Follow Book Girl Magic on Instagram (@book_girl_magic) and Twitter (@bookgirlmagic).

LISTEN TO RENÉE’S FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE PODCAST HERE!

CHECK OUT RENÉE’S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys

His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

MORE READING:

“The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis” (The Best Children’s Books)

“The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963” (Christopher Paul Curtis)

"The Watsons Go to Birmingham” (Kirkus Reviews, 1995)

“January Kids’ Book Club Pick: The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963” (NPR, 2011)

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