The place where young readers meet to talk about books. The show includes a celebrity reader and an interview with the author. The host is award winning public radio journalist Kitty Felde.Book Club won the California Library Association Technology Award and the DC Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Humanitites. Named one of the top 10 podcasts for kids by THE TIMES of London.
Episode One: Favorite Books from Loyola Village Elementary SchoolCreated by: Kitty Felde
Started: June 1st, 2022
Status: Active, 100 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
<a href="https://soundcarrot.com/shows/shows/book-club-for-kids/page/4/" title="SoundCarrot.com - Children's podcasts"><img src="https://soundcarrot.com/img/sc-sm.png" alt="Listen On SoundCarrot" style="width: 200px; height: auto" /></a>Where do gangsters come from? How can we keep kids out of gangs? Our readers from Charles Hart Middle School in Washington, D.C. have some ideas. They discuss G Neri’s graphic novel Yummy and have a few questions for him. Celebrity reader is Ariel Richardson. FAVORITE BOOKS FROM CHARLES HART MIDDLE SCHOOL: Demon Slayer – Natsuki Hokami
It’s the hardest question in the world: what’s your favorite book? Kids from LA County schools have some answers for host Kitty Felde.
Last year, nearly two thousand books were challenged in libraries across America. According to the American Library Association, that’s a 20 percent jump over a year ago.
Writer Claribel Ortega talks about why she loves writing fantasy. She also confesses that she’s been writing about witches for a long time. Kitty Felde is host.
Do witches have cliques? What happens when you’re an outcast? Would you be brave enough to hunt down monsters? Students at Brookland Middle School in Washington, DC discuss Claribel Ortega‘s novel Witchlings. Veteran journalist Stephanie Roberts is our celebrity reader. Kitty Felde his host.
Writer Ali Benjamin (The Thing About Jellyfish) talks about how she manages to focus and block out distractions. Kitty Felde is host.
A young girl struggles to find out how her best friend died. It must be a deadly jellyfish. So she seeks out the experts. The book is The Thing by Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin. Readers from Newport Mill Middle School discuss death, “borrowing” their parents’ credit card, and jellyfish. Writer Ali Benjamin talks about finding a character’s voice. Legendary marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, is our celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.
Readers from Los Angeles County tell us their favorite books.
Created by: Kitty Felde
Started:
June 1st, 2022
Status: Active, 100 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
When Chloe is sent off to live with her mysterious and eccentric grandmother she learns an unbelievable secret. Grandma Ivy is none other than Mother Nature herself! And Chloe is next in line to assume to the power and responsibility of the job. Can a twelve-year old learn to balance the entire world’s ecosystem while just trying to fit in at her new school? Only Mother Nature knows.
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