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This week, we talk about myths – whether it’s on Capitol Hill or Hawaii. Our book is “Lei and the Fire Goddess” by Malia Maunakea. Our readers are members of the Page Turners Book Club at East City Bookshop in Washington, DC. Our celebrity reader is playwright Kiki Rivera. Kitty Felde is host.
The kids mention Keeper of the Lost Cities
I mention a book with the DC myth about the Demon Cat of Capitol Hill: Welcome to Washington Fina Mendoza
Favorite Books from the Page Turners Book Club at East City Bookshop:
Hooky - Miriam Bonastre Tur
Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
Mac B. Kid Spy - Matt Barnett
A Thousand Ships - Natalie Haynes
Who Was...
Sisters - Raina Telgemeier
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
Dragon Masters - Tracey West
Malia Maunakea's Favorite Book:
The Far Side - Gary Larson
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This week we talk to some older readers at the Culver City book Festival about their favorite books. Once again, fantasy seems to be the fan favorite. Give a listen.
Favorite Books from Older Readers at the Culver City Book FestOnce and Future - Cory McCarthy & A. R. Capetta
Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
Big Nate - Lincoln Peirce
Keeper of the Lost Cities - Shannon Messenger
Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Jewell Parker Rhodes, winner of the American Book Award, talks about the difficulty of writing "Ghost Boys" and about her own reading journey with host Kitty Felde.
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. We continue our look at books that have been challenged or banned. This week, it’s Jewell Parker Rhodes’ tale of a young black boy shot by a white police officer “Ghost Boys.” The book was temporarily banned in Florida’s second largest school district over a complaint that the book was “propaganda” against the police. A rural school district in California removed the book from curriculum after a parent complained about political views in the book. Give a listen to our discussion of “Ghost Boys.”
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Last Saturday was the culver city book festival and book club for kids was there, gathering great suggestions for your next favorite read. We’ve got a different take on Shakespeare, a it of underwear humor, and a debate about which does a better job of telling the story; the book or the movie.
Favorite Books from the Culver City Book Festival:
The Apothacary - Sarah Penner
These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong
Captain Underpants - Dav Pilkey
The Wild Robot - Peter Brown
Dog Man - Dav Pilkey
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
If you're a teacher or librarian in LA County and you'd like your readers to star on a Book Club for Kids podcast, send us an email to [email protected] and we'll send you all the information.
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For Black History Month and Valentines Day, we have a special love story – part fiction, part fact, based on a landmark US Supreme Court case. It’s called "Loving Vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case" by Patricia Hruby Powell. It’s the story of an interracial couple who only wanted to marry the person they loved. Our celebrity reader, actress Crystal West. Readers from Virginia discuss the book and the legal case that took place in their own state. Kitty Felde is host.
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We polled readers at the City of Stem/LA Maker Faire about their favorite books. (By the way, Book Club for Kids will be taping more book suggestion interviews at this year's event on Saturday, April 12th at Exposition Park in Los Angeles.) Kitty Felde is host.
FAVORITE BOOKS FROM THE CITY OF STEM/LA MAKER FAIRE:
Orphan, Monster, Spy - Matt Killeen
Wonder - R.J. Palacio
Percy Jackson - Rick Riordan
Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Heidi Heckelbeck and the Never-Ending Day - Wanda Coven
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
The Fourth Closet - Christopher Hastings, Scott Cawthon, Kira Breed-Wrisley
Felix and Phoebe's Robot - Team 4 Element
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
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We speak to Israeli writer Ofir Lobel, author of "101 Ways to Lose Your Homework: the Snotty Snail" about the difference between writing in graphic novels and writing a screenplay for a movie. He also talks about writing in a country at war. Kitty Felde is host.
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This week, it’s a graphic novel with evil twins, lost homework, and a giant snail. Oh, and a talking frog. The book is "101 Reasons Why I Lost My Homework Again: The Snotty Snail" by Ofir Lobel. Our readers are from Valley Beth Shalom Day School in Encino, California. Sportswriter Keith Thursby is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.
Favorite Books from Valley Beth Shalom Day School:
A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
Harry Potter - JK Rowling
Dragon Masters - Tracey West
A Girl's Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson
Ofir Lobel's Favorite Book
Little Nicolas -Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempe
Keith Thursby's Favorite Book:
The Jim Murray Reader - Jim Murray & Vin Scully
We’ll have a list of everybody’s favorite books at our website, www.bookclubforkids.org.
And if you have a favorite book, you can be on the BookClub for Kids podcast, too. Just have your parent, teacher, or librarian send us an email at [email protected] and we’ll send you all the information.
We have a free newsletter for teachers, parents, and librarians, full of free tips about how to turn kids into lifelong readers. You can sign up at our website: www.bookclubforkids.org.
This episode is made possible by a grant from the LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan. I’m KF, thanks for listening.
And by the way, the makers of Book Club for Kids have created a very different podcast, a mystery about the 10-year-old daughter of a congressman who solves mysteries on Capitol Hill…and teaches civics along the way. It’s called The Fina Mendoza Mysteries and it’s available now for free wherever you listen to podcasts. And if you like the series, check out the books the podcast is based on. Welcome to Washington Fina Mendoza and State of the Union are available in both English and Spanish and book 3 Snake in the Grass – about how the bitter partisanship on Capitol Hill has led someone to put snakes in the gym bags and trash cans of members of Congress – comes out April 1, 2025. Get it here.
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Looking for your next favorite read? We've got it, courtesy of kids at the City of Stem/LA Maker Faire.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate DiCamillo
Magic Treehouse - Mary Pope Osborne
Bunny vs Monkey -Jamie Smart
A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Fart Quest - Aaron Reynolds
Hilo - Judd Winick
Masterminds - Gordon Korman
The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart
We have LOTS of other book suggestions at our website
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2025 is a very special year for Book Club for Kids as we celebrate our 10th anniversary!
But a different version of the show aired on a local cable channel, LA36, taping episodes at the downtown LA public library. This year, we’ll be sharing those conversations once a month and we start with readers from St. Mark’s Lutheran School in Hacienda Heights, California discussing Gail Carson Levine’s classic take on Cinderella “Ella Enchanted” with host Kitty Felde.
You can WATCH this episode on YouTube. Click here.
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We end the year with a special episode from our other podcast THE FINA MENDOZA MYSTERIES. Fina is the 10-year-old daughter of a congressman who solves mysteries in the U.S. Capitol with the help of a big orange dog named Senator Something. This episode takes place January 6th, 2021 and is designed to help adults talk to kids about the events of that day. It's based on the book LOSING IS DEMOCRATIC: HOW TO TALK TO KIDS ABOUT JANUARY 6TH and contains curriculum for use in the classroom or homeschool.
Here's a link to purchase an autographed copy of the book.
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Everybody wants to go to Paris…especially Nikki Maxwell! Readers from Hollingworth Elementary School discuss the latest entry in Rachel Renée Russell’s series. It’s Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Posh Paris Adventure. Rachel and daughter Nikki Russell, who illustrates the books, answer questions from the kids. Our celebrity reader is actress/screenwriter Kate Orsini. Kitty Felde is host.
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For a writer who both illustrates and creates the story for a book, which comes first? We ask writer/illustrator Alina Chau who created "Marshmallow & Jordan."
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Did you ever wish that you had a pet elephant? Well, Jordan was lucky enough to find one. That unusual relationship is at the heart of our book Jordan and Marshmallow by Alina Chau. Readers from Atwater Elementary School in Los Angeles discuss disabilities, sports, and Indonesia with host Kitty Felde. Our celebrity reader is NPR’s host of “All Things Considered” Ailsa Chang.
Favorite Books from Atwater Elementary School:One Piece - Eiichiro Oda
The Wild Robot - Peter Brown
Dogman - Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants - Dav Pilkey
The Funjungle Series - Stuart Gibbs
Trickster: Native American Tales - Matt Dembicki
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Jujutsu Kaizen - Gege Akutami
Amulet - Kazu Kibuishi
Wings of Fire - Tui T. Sutherland
Percy Jackson - Rick Riordan
Alina Chau's Favorite Book:
Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne
Ailsa Chang's Favorite Book:
When Love is More than Words - Jocelyn Chung
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We continue our series of episodes highlighting banned books. This week, it’s Elizabeth Acevedo’s novel The Poet X. The novel in verse was challenged in 2020 by parents in North Carolina who argued that the book was unconstitutionally hostile to religion. The challenge was turned down by the courts. It was again challenged in 2023 in Wisconsin because of objections about frank language about sex. In both cases, the books were part of the high school’s curriculum.
The book is all about poetry and body image and standing up for yourself. It’s the National Book Award winning novel The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. Readers from Charles Hart Middle School in Washington, DC discuss the novel with host Kitty Felde. Our celebrity reader is actress Monica Vigil from our other podcast THE FINA MENDOZA MYSTERIES.
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Are you that aunt or uncle – the one who only gives books for birthdays and holidays? I hope so. But if it’s been a few years since you’ve picked up a middle grade novel, we have help from some experts – kids who visited us at the City of Stem LA Maker Faire to tell us about their favorite books. Start making your list and checking it twice…
Favorite Books for Black Friday Shopping:
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
The Good Egg - Jory John and Pete Oswald
The Land of Stories - Chris Colfer
Amulet - Kazu Kibuishi
Hop on Pop - Dr. Seuss
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Babysitter's Club - Ann M. Martin
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
This episode is made possible by a grant from the LA Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan.
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How did Oprah inspire a writing career? Listen to this conversation with Nikki Shannon Smith, author of Stranded.
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Readers from Las Vegas are live, onstage at the Las Vegas Book Festival, talking about Nikki Shannon Smith's tale of adventure Stranded. Award-winning journalist Rita Pardue from KUNV is celebrity reader. Taped before a live audience, readers have lots of questions for writer Nikki Shannon Smith. Kitty Felde is host.
FAVORITE BOOKS FROM THE LAS VEGAS BOOK FESTIVAL:
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate DiCamillo
Cleopatra in Space - Mike Maihack
Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
Wings of Fire - Tui T. Sutherland
Battle Dragons City of Thieves - Alex London
Weird Kid - Greg von Eekhout
Oh My Gods! - Stephanie Cooke
NIKKI SHANNON SMITH'S FAVORITE BOOK:
Roots - Alex Haley
RITA PARDUE'S FAVORITE BOOK:
Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
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Did you ever think you were a little different than everybody else in school? Suppose you found out there’s a reason for that and that reason is that you’re actually a witch. That's the story of "The Okay Witch," by Emma Steinkellner. Students from Virginia Road Elementary School in Los Angeles discuss the graphic novel and interview Emma. Actress Diane Adair is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.
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Favorite Books from Virginia Road Elementary School in LA:Ghosts (Fantasmas) - Raina Telegemeier
The Spiderwick Chronicles - Tony DiTerlizzi
Dork Diaries -Rachel Renée Russel
Sisters - Raina Telegemeier
Emma Steinkellner’s Favorite Books:Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Holes - Louis Sachar
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
Dianne Adair’s Favorite Books:A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott
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