Episode 79 -The Door By The Staircase by Katherine Marsh
Release Date: 12/10/2025
Favorite Books from Georgia and Florida
Book Club for Kids
Ever wonder what kids in Georgia and Florida are reading? Here's a few suggestions from readers at Druid Hills Middle School in Decatur, Georgia and Indian Trace Elementary School in Weston, Florida. Somewhere Beyond the Sea - TJ Klune Superman Smashes the Klan - Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru Unwind - Neal Shusterman Percy Jackson the Last Olympian - Rick Riordan The Giver - (click on the link and hear an interview with !) You can find more favorite books at our !
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Passenger on the Pearl by Winifred Conkling
Book Club for Kids
This week marks the 173rd anniversary of the attempted escape of African American slaves on a ship docked at the Southwest waterfront, a ship called the Pearl.
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Favorite Books from our Voicemail
Book Club for Kids
You've been calling us with your favorite books. Here's the latest list: House Arrest - K.A.Holt The Running Dream - Wendelin Van Draanen Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus - Barbara Park That Pigeon Needs a Bath - Mo Willems A Dinosaur in the Toilet - Horace Hughes Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery The Land of Stories - Cris Colfer Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Sarafina and the Black Cloak - Robert Beatty Missing Since Monday- Ann Martin The Cat I Never Named - Amra Sabic-El-Rayess Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules -Jeff Kinney The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins...
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Milo Spec Accidental Agent by Linda Urban
Book Club for Kids
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Foxheart by Claire Legrand
Book Club for Kids
Witches, monsters, and a brave little thief. Those are the ingredients in Claire Legrand's novel "Foxheart." The book was chosen by Book Club for Kids fan Kailas. She and her two fellow readers Iona and Gabi discussed the novel one sunny Sunday afternoon upstairs at Boulder Bookstore with host Kitty Felde. Our celebrity reader is actor Wesley Mann. And writer Claire Legrand explains how "Foxheart" began as a short story on a website.
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The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman
Book Club for Kids
What’s it like to be adopted? Does your adopted family’s history become yours or do you need to find your biological story? Our book this week is "The Length of a String" by Elissa Brent Weissman. It’s a Holocaust story about a Jewish family separated by the war. Readers from the Girlfriends Book Club of Baltimore at Hazelwood Elementary Middle School discuss the book and pose lots of questions to our writer. Actor and producer Bari Hochwald is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.
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A Conversation with Jennifer L. Holm
Book Club for Kids
Last week, we heard a bit from writer Jennifer L. Holm when we discussed her book "Turtle in Paradise." In this Bonus Episode, we hear more about Jenni's trilogy of books inspired by family stories.
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Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
Book Club for Kids
Got a nickname? Everybody in Key West seems to have one. Including a little girl named Turtle. Readers at the Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library in Broomfield, Colorado discuss Jennifer Holm's "Turtle in Paradise" with host Kitty Felde. KQED public radio's Rachel Myrow is celebrity reader. Favorite Books from Laura, Leah and Juliet: - RJ Palacio A Dog's Purpose - W. Bruce Cameron Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling Rachel Myrow's Favorite Book: Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein Jennifer L. Holm's Favorite Book: The Black Cauldron - Lloyd Alexander
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The Lions of Little Rock - Kristin Levine
Book Club for Kids
Students from Washington DC's reflect on desegregation sixty years after the Little Rock Nine. They discuss 's novel The Lions of Little Rock. The author describes how she came to tell the story. Former U.S. Education Secretary of Education is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.
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A Convesation with Lisa Yee
Book Club for Kids
Ever wonder what it's like to write one of the American Girl novels? We get the inside scoop from Lisa Yee.
info_outlineThis week, we get a new look at an old fairy tale – the story of the Russian witch known as Baba Yaga. A boys book club in Portland, Oregon met us at Powell's Books to discuss Katherine Marsh's novel "The Door by the Staircase" with host Kitty Felde. Congressman Earl Blumenauer, who represents Portland on Capitol, is celebrity reader.