Book Club for Kids

Summer reading book suggestions from kids at the LA Maker Faire:
The Keeper of the Lost Cities - Shannon Messenger
Jazzies Big Imagination - JaLisa Jackson
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
Whatever After - Sarah Mlynowski
Percy Jackson - Rick Riordan
A Day with the Animal Mechanics - Sharon Rentta
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We meet the writer behind Pseudonymous Bosch: Raphael Simon. Host Kitty Felde chats with him about all things writing.

Would you like to live forever? When is it okay to lie? How do we prepare for a disaster? These and other big questions are tackled by students at Farmdale Elementary School in Los Angeles as they discuss The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch. Actress Satomi Hofmann is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.
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We take the show on the road to the Enoch Pratt Free Library Children's stage at the Baltimore Book Festival for a conversation about Robbie Shell's novel BEES ON THE ROOF. Our group of readers have been meeting to talk about books almost since they first

Get out the Kleenex and a warm jacket and gloves. This week is a heartbreaking tale of troubled foster kid who finds comfort among a herd of cows in Maine. Readers from Carter G. Woodson Charter School in Chicago discuss Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt. U.S. Senator Angus King is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.