Book Club for Kids

We take our microphone out to the 2026 City of Stem/LA Maker Faire to ask these young scientists and astronauts about their favorite books. Several of them are OUR favorite books, too! And you can click on the links to hear the Book Club for Kids episode about that book. Kitty Felde is host.
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'Engle
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban- J.K. Rowlings
Percy Jackson - Rick Riordan
Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan
The Girl Who Drank the Moon - Kelly Barnhill
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
My Wierd School - Dan Gutman
Wonder- R.J. Palacio
The Forgotten Five - Lisa McMann
Last Gamer Standing - Katie Zhao

Before she wrote children's books, Lisa Graff worked as a nanny. What lessons from that experience did she bring to her work on the page? Lisa talks to host Kitty Felde.

How do we measure up to our parents' expectations? Does everybody deserve a day off? What's the toughest part of being a homeschooled kid? Our group of readers from the Broomfield Public Library in Colorado weigh in on these questions and more as they discuss Lisa Graff's novel Absolutely Almost. Lisa talks about where the characters came from and how she wrote her first book for her newborn baby brother. NYC actor Thaddeus Fitzpatrick is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.
FAVORITE BOOKS FROM THE BROOMFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY:
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
Warriors - Erin Hunter
Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel - Megan Morrison
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J. K. Rowling
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente
LISA GRAFF'S FAVORITE BOOK:
Holes - Louis Sachar
 
FAVORITE BOOKS FROM THE BROOMFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY:
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
Warriors - Erin Hunter
Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel - Megan Morrison
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J. K. Rowling
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente
LISA GRAFF'S FAVORITE BOOK:
Holes - Louis Sachar

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 - Lois Lowry
(click on the link and hear an interview with Lois Lowry!)
You can find more favorite books at our website!

The Book Club for Kids podcast began in the smallest quadrant of Washington DC called Southwest. It was the waterfront for DC, the place where ships would dock bringing everything from building supplies to fresh fish to slaves. This week marks the 178th anniversary of what Washington Post writer Colbert King calls "one of the most courageous acts in antebellum America": the attempted escape of African American slaves on a ship docked at the Southwest waterfront, a ship called the Pearl.
This week, Book Club for Kids honors its roots by reprising our one episode featuring a non fiction book: Passenger on the Pearl by Winifred Conkling, taped before a live audience at Virginia's Fall for the Book Festival. Lolita Marie is our celebrity reader.
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