Favorite Books from You and the National Book Festival
Book Club for Kids
If you’ve listened to the show before, you know that we ask everybody our favorite question: What’s your favorite book and why. We ask it in classrooms, we ask it in libraries, and we ask if of YOU. A pair of twin brothers from Washington state picked up a phone and recorded their answers on the voice memo app of a smartphone and sent it to us. We also visit the National Book Club in the other Washington: Washington, D.C. Kitty Felde is host.
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A Conversation with Janet Macreery
Book Club for Kids
We have a conversation with "A Little Wicked" author Janet Macreery about two kids of writers: plotters and pantsers. Kitty Felde is host.
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A Conversation with Janet Macreery
Book Club for Kids
We have a conversation with "A Little Wicked" author Janet Macreery about two kids of writers: plotters and pantsers. Kitty Felde is host.
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NPR's Susan Stamberg live from the National Archive
Book Club for Kids
We reprise our episode taped before a live audience at the National Archives. Readers from the Girlfriends BookClub Baltimore discuss A Little Wicked by Janet Macreery with host Kitty Felde. Celebrity reader is NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg.
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A Conversation with Lisa Thompson
Book Club for Kids
Does a background in radio help you write dialogue? What's the one thing you should never include in a book designed for readers with dyslexia? We ask the expert: Lisa Thompson, author of "The Light Jar" and other middle grade novels.
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The Light Jar by Lisa Thompson
Book Club for Kids
Did you have an imaginary friend when you were little? Nate did. And he's back. Just in time. Students from in Los Angeles discuss 's novel "The Light Jar." NPR newscaster is celebrity reader and Kitty Felde is host. FAVORITE BOOKS FROM GARVANZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: The Stand - Stephen King A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson LISA THOMPSON'S FAVORITE BOOK: Charlotte's Web - E.B. White DALE WILLMAN'S FAVORITE BOOKS: Hardy Boys - Franklin W. Dixon Tom Swift - Victor Appleton
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Favorite Books from Manchester Elementary
Book Club for Kids
We visit Maine to talk to readers at Manchester Elementary School about their favorite books. Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss Toilet-bound Hanako-kun - Iro Forgotten Girl - India Hill Brown Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - Dusti Bowling Naruto the Boy Ninja - Masashi Kishimoto Warriors - Erin Hunter Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney I Survived - Lauren Tarshis Ellie's Story: A Dog's Purpose - W. Bruce Cameron If you'd like to be on the Book Club for Kids podcast, send us an email to and we'll send you all the information....
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Episode 24 - Al Capone Does My Shirts - live from the Gaithersburg Book Festival
Book Club for Kids
It was a rainy, muddy, fabulous day at the Gaithersburg Book Festival where this group of middle school students from Maryland discussed whether they'd like living on Alcatraz and if it's better to be the oldest or youngest in the family. Gennifer Choldenko answers their questions about researching her book AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS. NPR newscaster Jack Speer is celebrity reader. Past Book Club for Kids guests drop by as well. Kitty Felde is host.
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Episode 49 - Ungifted by Gordon Korman
Book Club for Kids
What does it mean to be "gifted?" Don't we all have unique gifts to share with the world? Readers from Eliot-Hine Middle School on Capitol Hill discuss Gordon Korman's story of a prankster who lands in a "Gifted" program. KNX sports anchor (and Talking About Cars podcast host) Randy Kerdoon is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.
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Donna Barba Higuera
Book Club for Kids
Kitty Felde talks to the author of Lupe Wong Won't Dance about creating an unlikeable character. She also gives us a sneak preview of a new science fiction novel she's writing.
info_outlineStudents from Stuart-Hobson Middle School in Washington, DC talk about "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. The conversation covers everything from death to Nazis to books. Actress Melanie MacQueen (Robotech) is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host. Markus Zusak interview is courtesy of the Australian bookstore Booktopia.
Spoiler Alert: plot points are discussed in this episode.
FAVORITE BOOKS FROM STUART-HOBSON MIDDLE SCHOOL:
The Girl Who Drank the Moon - Kelly Barnhill
Dork Diaries - Rachel Renee Russell
Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
MARCUS ZUSAK'S FAVORITE BOOKS:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape - Peter Hedges
Wonder Boys - Michael Chabon
The Odyssey - Homer, translated by Emily Wilson
MELANIE MACQUEEN'S FAVORITE BOOK:
Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne