Listen to the Pippa Park Book Playlist & Create One with Your Students!
Songs have a unique way of capturing emotions and bringing back memories. Author Erin Yun loves to listen to music—especially K-pop, which makes several appearances throughout her books Pippa Park Raises Her Game and Pippa Park Crush at First Sight.
Erin also used her love of music to inspire her writing, creating playlists for each character in the Pippa Park books!
Use this activity to inspire creative writing!
The Pippa Park Create a Book Playlist Activity can inspire students to explore their own creative writing projects. Kids can pick songs their main character would enjoy listening to, or songs representing a specific character or chapter—whatever brings them closer to the characters and captures the tone of their story.
Ready to bring music into your classroom or library? To help get your students started, use our activity sheet!
For inspiration, we put together a few upbeat crush anthems and energizing confidence boosters: K-pop songs that reflect themes of the Pippa Park middle-grade series and that we think Pippa would listen to!
“OMG” by NewJeans: This song will have you thinking about your own “crush at first sight”! We think Pippa Park would definitely be listening to this on loop (especially since she’s got not one but two crushes on her mind).
“I Am the Best” by 2NE1: The empowering message and catchy beat of this throwback song are sure to boost your mood and your confidence! We imagine this is what Pippa listens to while gearing up for her next big basketball game.
“DALLA DALLA” by ITZY: This song is all about celebrating what it means to be yourself and embrace your individuality, which is just what Pippa Park learns in the books. Our favorite lyrics? “Don't measure me by your standards alone / I love being myself, I’m nobody else!”
BONUS! Need even more inspiration? You can listen to the playlist Erin created while she was writing Pippa Park.
Sarah Natale, Media Specialist at Sligo Middle School in Silver Spring, MD, shared her students’ reactions upon using the activity in her classroom:
“It surprised me (but at the same time, it didn’t) how much the music activity resonated with the students. They loved creating their own playlists and sharing where each song went—both in Pippa and in their own lives—and why.”